Book of Hours (DS11729) (Q50552)

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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Ohio State University (Spec.Rare.MS.MR.Frag.310, Spec.Rare.MS.MR.Frag.310)
Language Label Description Also known as
English
Book of Hours (DS11729)
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Ohio State University (Spec.Rare.MS.MR.Frag.310, Spec.Rare.MS.MR.Frag.310)

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    Extent: fols. 1; membrane; 128 x 81 (70 x 51)
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    Layout: 1 column, 14 lines
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    Decoration: 1 3-line initial in blue infilled with white penwork and flanked by red and blue vinework, all on burnished gold grounds; full border on all sides consisting of flowers and acanthus leaves in blue, green, and red, with some smaller vinework details 4-panel miniature featuring portraits of the four Evangelists and their emblems, each depicted writing their Gospel accounts
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    The folio is heavily trimmed on all four sides, but especially at the the upper and exterior margins
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    Text rubbed on the verso
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    Provenance: Sold at auction by Bloomsbury's (London, UK), Western Manuscripts, 9 December 2016, lot 63
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    Opening of the Gospel readings, with the beginning of the reading from John 1:1-6
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    Incipit: Secundum Iohannem . In principio erat verbum
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    Explicit: perhiberet de lumine ut omnes
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    26 August 2024
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    26 August 2024
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