Book of Hours (Bifolium) (DS287) (Q1212)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (KG 21)
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Book of Hours (Bifolium) (DS287) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (KG 21) |
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Unknown. Apparently purchased from Phillip Pirages, November 1987. From the collection of Karen Keel Gould (1946-2012) Gift of Lewis Gould to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in 2012 in his wife's memory.
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s. XV; 1400-1499
15. century
1400Gregorian
1499Gregorian
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Binding: Not bound.
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Other decoration, Two leaves (bifolium): A recto: semi-flourished red/blue line filler, yellow wash capital letters; A verso: one-line blue initial with red flourishing, yellow capital letter washes; B recto: semi-flourished red line filler. A recto: modern pencil VA/85; B recto: modern pencil 2/89 KHSY 95; puncture holes below the 3 lines of text on B, possibly from sewing an attachment such...
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Script, Two leaves (bifolium): Lettre Batarde.
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Layout, Two leaves (bifolium): Leaves 161 x 122mm. Text block 98 x 76 mm. 18 lines A recto and verso, 3 lines B recto, B verso blank. Ink Ruled, 1 column.
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Two leaves: Text of a prayer hailing the wound in Christ’s side, followed by two prayers of the sort used in preparation for a journey. This bifolium may be taken from the final folios of a Book of Hours where accessory prayers frequently appear.
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Incipit, B-verso / A-recto: [A verso:] comitetur Iter et actus meos diri-.
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Explicit, B-verso / A-recto: [A recto:] miseris esto nunc doloris sanans si.
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Incipit, A-verso / B-recto: [A verso:] comitetur Iter et actus meos diri- [B recto:] -gat et bene disponat ut cum pace sa/lute ac prosperitate reuertar ad / propria. Amen.
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Explicit, A-verso / B-recto: [A recto:] Miseris esto.
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We are grateful to Brother Thomas Sullivan, O.S.B., for providing the identification of the text, and to Patricia Deery Kurtz and Linda Ehrsam Voigts for the physical description.
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22 June 2023
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22 June 2023
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