Book of Hours, Use of Rouen (DS12790) (Q55453)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Wellesley College (MS 30, https://libcat.wellesley.edu/Record/in00000625976, in00000625976)
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Book of Hours, Use of Rouen (DS12790) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Wellesley College (MS 30, https://libcat.wellesley.edu/Record/in00000625976, in00000625976) |
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Dyckman, Fannie Fredericka, -1951
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Books of hours--Texts--Early works to 1800
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between 1450 and 1499
15. century
1450Gregorian
1499Gregorian
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Extent: i, 66, i leaves : parchment ; 161 x 113 (92 x 57) mm
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Title supplied by cataloger.
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Collation: Parchment. 110, 28, 36, 410, 56, 610, 7-88. Modern pencil foliation.
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Layout: 1 column, 20 lines. Bounding lines full-length, bounding and writing lines in red ink.
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Script: Written in a bâtarde bookhand in brown ink. Red rubrics.
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Decoration: Numerous 2- to 4-line white, gold, and salmon initials on background of gold ink, the larger ones historiated with foliage or fruit; verse initials alternate gold on red or gold on blue, as do line fillers; outer border on every page of scrolling acanthus, fruit, flowers, animals and grotesques on gold ink background. Eight 3/4-page miniatures: fol. 1: John on Patmos (for gospel...
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Origin: Written in Rouen in the late fifteenth century. An origin in Rouen is indicated by the use of the Hours of the Virgin, and by the illustration of the fortified quai of Rouen in the background of the miniature on fol. 1 (John of Patmos)
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Nineteenth-century British catalogue description pasted onto verso of rear flyleaf. Inscription on front flyleaf, "F. Freda Dyckman/ from/ Her mother/ Oct. 8th 1895/ London.
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11 November 2024
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11 November 2024
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