Hours of the Virgin; Life of the Virgin; Description of the pilgrim churches in Rome

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Title: Hours of the Virgin; Life of the Virgin; Description of the pilgrim churches in Rome
Published / Created: [ca. 1475]
Publication Place: South Germany or Austria
Abstract: Manuscript on paper
Description: In German.
Watermarks: quatrefoil, var. Briquet 5576?; balance, var. Briquet 2454?.
Script: Hand A copied ff. 1r-39r (quires I-IV, artt. 1-7) in Gothica Cursiva Libraria; Hand B copied ff. 41r-84v (art. 8) in Gothica Cursiva Currens; Hand C copied ff. 85r-89r (art. 9) in Gothica Cursiva Libraria.
There is space for initials in artt. 8-9 but they have not been executed. In artt. 1-7 the decoration consists of red heightening of majuscules and red plain initials, 1-3 lines, with guide-letters. Headings in red.
Binding: Original undecorated brown pigskin over heavy unbevelled wooden boards, with two decorated brass clasps attached to the rear cover and five decorated brass bosses on each cover (the center bosses are circular; one corner boss on the front cover missing). Remnants of a 17th-century paper title label on the spine.
Provenance: Collection of A.R.A. Hobson, London. Purchased from Laurence Witten on the Edwin J. Beinecke Fund, 1984.
Extent: ff. 89 : 210 x 140 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: German, Middle High (ca. 1050-1500)

Genre: Prayers and devotions
Manuscripts, Medieval Germany 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: paper ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Rome (Italy)
Subject (Name): Catholic Church
Subject (Topic): Books of hours
Devotional literature, German
Manuscripts, Medieval
Description and travel
Subjects: Catholic Church > Prayers and devotions
Books of hours
Devotional literature, German
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Rome (Italy) > Description and travel
Germany > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Hours of the Virgin. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.