(Q22404)
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1475-1499
15. century
1475Gregorian
1499Gregorian
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Extent: 145 x 185 mm; parchment
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Initial G
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The initial on this leaf marks the beginning of Prime of the Hours of Eternal Wisdom, a cycle of devotions popular in the Netherlands in the late Middle Ages.
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Initial G
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The initial on this leaf marks the beginning of Sext of Hours of the Holy Spirit.
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Entombment of Christ
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The miniature marks the beginning of Compline of the Hours of the Cross.
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This image is of an opening of a bifolium with from a Dutch book of hours. The text is not continuous. The verso contains part of the Prayers of St. Gregory. The text on the recto includes the beginning of 'Nunc dimittis suum tuum' (Now send your servant), a Canticle recited during Compline of the Hours of the Virgin
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Initial O
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The rubrics and initial mark the beginning of Prayers by St. Gregory to the Passion of Our Lord. This leaf is the first folio of a bifolium (or two conjoined leaves).
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These leaves belong to a group of leaves in the Free Library's collections that were removed from the same Dutch book of hours (Lewis E M 18:5-8).
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Script: Hybrida
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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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4 December 2023
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4 December 2023
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