(Q43194)
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Miniatures (Painting)--France--15th century
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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. i + i + 126 + ii : parchment ; 95 x 123 mm
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Book of Hours, use of Rouen, written in France, probably in Rouen, in the second half of the fifteenth century.
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Span folios: ff. 1-126v. Support: Parchment. Layout: Collation beginning with f. 2, 112 2-58 62(+1 at the beginning; ff. 46-48) 78(-1, 3, 5, 8; ff. 49-52) 88(-1, 8; ff. 53-58; f. 53 misbound, should follow f. 58) 910(-1, 4, 7; ff. 59-65) 106(+4, f. 69 misbound, should follow f. 48; +8, f. 73) 11-128 132(ff. 90-91) 14-178 182(+3, f. 126). Ruled space, 68 x 50 mm; 14 long lines, ruled in pale...
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Decoration: Seven large miniatures, somewhat rubbed, above 3 lines of text in arched compartments with serrated tops; borders of acanthus leaves, flowers and grotesques against a flat painted gold ground. 3-line initials in 3 styles: in white-patterned blue against burnished gold ground with multicolored trilobe leaves in the infilling; or as shaded white leaves against a painted gold ground...
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Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 11/25/2009.
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Belonged to Joseph Granville Stuart Goff of Hale Park; his armorial book plate, 19th c., on the front pastedown. P. M. Pittar sale, Sotheby's, 4 November 1918, pt. II, n. 340 to Finnigan; again P. M. Pittar sale, Sotheby's, 17 December 1919, n. 124 to G. D. Smith. Pencilled price code of Dawson's Book Shop, Los Angeles on f. i verso. Given to the Huntington Library in May 1939 by Miss Bella...
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22 July 2024
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22 July 2024
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