(Q43053)
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Book of hours (Usus Romanus)
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Master of the Vienna Mamerot, active 1468-1475
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Bragge, William, 1823-1884
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Hoe, Robert, 1839-1909
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Illuminations (paintings)--France--15th century
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Books of hours--France--15th century
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between 1450 and 1499
15. century
1450Gregorian
1499Gregorian
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Extent: ff. ii + ii + 209 + ii : parchment ; 136 x 195 mm
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Book of Hours, use of Rome, written in France during the second half of the fifteenth century, perhaps for use in the diocese of Tours as suggested by the saints in the calendar.
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Span folios: ff. 1-209v. Support: Parchment. Layout: 1-26 3-48 56(through f. 34) 6-108 116(+4, f. 79) 126(through f. 87) 13-148(through f. 103) 15-278 282. Quires and leaves signed beginning with quire 19, f. 130, with letters of the alphabet (a-i) and arabic numerals in the upper left hand corner of the band border. Ruled space, 100 x 67 mm; 18 long lines, ruled in pale red ink. Written in a...
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Decoration: Thirty-one large miniatures by an artist known as the Master of the Vienna Mamerot. Traced band borders in the outer margin of every page, running the length of the text, composed of blue and gold acanthus leaves, flowers and strawberries. One 5-line initial, and the 3- and 2-line initials in white-patterned blue on a burnished gold ground, with colored trilobe leaf infilling...
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Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 9/16/2009.
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The first owner appears in a miniature on f. 32 kneeling before the Virgin; his arms are in the borders of f. 35, barry of six or and sable. Belonged to William Bragge; his sale, Sotheby's, 7 June 1876, lot 476 to B. F. Stevens. Belonged to Robert Hoe, Grolier Club (1892) n. 19; Bierstadt (1895) p. 24 with a plate of f. 32; Cat. (1909) pp. 56-57; his sale, Anderson, New York, 1912, pt. IV, n...
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22 July 2024
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22 July 2024
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