Book of Hours (DS4703) (Q21609)

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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Free Library of Philadelphia (Lewis E M 5:20, Lewis E M 5:20)
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Book of Hours (DS4703)
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Free Library of Philadelphia (Lewis E M 5:20, Lewis E M 5:20)

    Statements

    title as recorded
    Book of Hours
    standard title
    Book of hours
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    instance of
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    physical description
    Extent: 124 x 180 mm; parchment
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    note
    St. Christopher Carrying the Christ Child
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    This miniature probably prefaced the Suffrage to St. Christopher in a book of hours. According to his legend, a small child asked St. Christopher, a man of fearsome size, to carry him across a river. The weight of the child was much greater than any weight the giant had carried before. When the giant inquired, the child revealed that he was Christ and that he was so heavy because he bore the...
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    This image shows the reverse of a fragment with a full-page miniature from a book of hours. The Latin text is an excerpt of a prayer.
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    acknowledgements
    Contributor: David Kalish
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    Cataloger: Dot Porter
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    Funder: Council on Library and Information Resources
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    date added
    4 December 2023
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    date last updated
    4 December 2023
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