Book of Hours, fragment (DS9706) (Q43122)

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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens (.b18619344, https://catalog.huntington.org/record=b1861934, mssHM 1159)
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Book of Hours, fragment (DS9706)
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens (.b18619344, https://catalog.huntington.org/record=b1861934, mssHM 1159)

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    Book of Hours, fragment
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    Books of hours--England--15th century
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    between 1400 and 1415
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    Extent: ff. iii + 10 + iii : parchment ; 127 x 170 mm
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    Fragment (the ending quire and leaves) from a Book of Hours written probably in England, although the border foliage on f. 1 resembles the work of northeastern France.
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    Span folios: ff. 1-10v. Support: Parchment. Layout: 18 + 2 leaves; no catchword or signatures. Ruled space, 115 x 73 mm; 22 long lines, ruled in pale red ink. Written in a gothic book hand.
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    Decoration: Opening initial in patterned dark pink on a cusped gold ground with infilling of colored trilobe leaves; U-shaped frame around text of colored and gold strips; reversed C-shaped bracket border of black ivy spray, with red and blue acanthus leaves at the upper right corner, and a dark pink and green burst in the lower right corner; multicolored flowers and gold motifs. 2-line...
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    Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 9/17/2009.
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    In the library of Henry Huth and in his catalogue, The Huth Library (London 1880) vol. 4, p. 1231; sold by his son, Alfred H. Huth, Sotheby's, 8 July 1918, pt. VII, lot 6248 to G. D. Smith. Acquired from Smith by Henry E. Huntington in September 1918.
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    22 July 2024
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    22 July 2024
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