(Q42975)
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Book of hours (Diocese of Salisbury, England)
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Caryll, John, 1625-1711
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Thacher, John Boyd, 1847-1909
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Books of hours--Belgium--15th century
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Illuminations (paintings)--Belgium--15th century
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Historiated initials--Belgium--15th century
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Books of hours--Texts--Early works to 1800
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between 1440 and 1460
15. century
1440Gregorian
1460Gregorian
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Extent: ff. ii + 147 + ii : parchment ; 145 x 205 mm
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Book of hours, Sarum use, written on the Continent (Bruges?) in the middle of the 15th century for English use; Ithamar and Paulinus in the calendar may indicate Rochester as the destination.
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ff. 1-147 verso. Support: Parchment. Layout: 12(contemporary flyleaves) 26 3-48 52(+1, f. 25) 6-118 126(through f. 81) 13-148(through f. 97) 15-188 194(+5, f. 134) 208 21 (? ff. 143-145) 222(contemporary flyleaves). Ruled space, 115 x 70 mm; 20 long lines, ruled in pale red ink, the top line full across. Written in a gothic book hand.
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Decoration: Twenty-nine large miniatures above 7 or 8 lines of text in arched compartments with serrated tops, with borders of black vine spray, thin multicolored acanthus leaves, flowers and gold motifs. Historiated initials, 6-line, with bracket borders and narrow gold and color strip along the length of the text, often with gold-scroll backgrounds, for the suffrages and the Hours of the...
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Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 9/10/2009.
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The figure of a man kneeling before pope and emperor (f. 45v) may be intended to represent the owner of the book. The signature "Elizabeth Wyndesor" in an early sixteenth century hand on f. ii may be that of Elizabeth Blount, wife of Andrew Windsor; the same name occurs in a volume of Lydgate's poems (Oxford, Bod. Lib., Hatton 73, ff. 1v, 122 and 123) where an "Elyzabeth Wyndesore" is said to...
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22 July 2024
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22 July 2024
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