(Q43800)
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Book of hours (Usus Romanus)
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Hoe, Robert, 1839-1909
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Books of hours--Belgium--15th century
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Illuminations (paintings)--Belgium--15th century
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between 1485 and 1499
15. century
1485Gregorian
1499Gregorian
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Extent: ff. 206 : parchment ; 117 x 165 mm
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Book of Hours, use of Rome, written in the late fifteenth century in Flanders, possibly in Bruges to judge by the saints in the calendar.
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Span folios: ff. 1-206v. Support: Parchment. Layout: 18(-1, 2) 28 38(+1, f. 14 and 9, f. 22) 48(+6, f. 29) 58 68(+2, f. 42) 78 88(+5, f. 62) 98 108(+1, f. 75 and 7, f. 81) 118(+3, f. 87 and 9, f. 95) 128(+5, f. 99) 138(+5, f. 108) 148 152(ff. 121-122) 168(+1, f. 123) 178 188(+5, f. 144) 19-228 238(to f. 188) 24-258 262. 16 long lines, ruled in pale red ink. Written in a rounded gothic book hand.
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Decoration: Thirteen full page miniatures on the versos of inserted singletons, blank on the recto, usually with full borders of painted gold strewn with realistic flowers (some in bright orange), berries, insects and birds; matching borders on the facing page with 5-line acanthus leaf initials against square colored grounds and a flower in the infilling. At least three of them relating to...
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Other Decoration: Band borders, the length of the text, in the outer margin, at the occurrence of a 2-line initial. 2- and 1-line initials alternate grey-and-white leaf designs against brown-and-gold square grounds, or vice versa; ribbon line fillers in the same colors. 2- and 1-line initials alternate grey-and-white leaf designs against brown-and-gold square grounds, or vice versa; ribbon...
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Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 7/31/2012.
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Belonged to Robert Hoe: Grolier Club (1892) n. 35; Cat. (1909) pp. 67-68 (at that time kept in a cloth case with brass clasps, lined with blue satin); his sale, Anderson, New York, 1912, pt. III, n. 2076, with a plate of f. 29v, to G. D. Smith. Precise source and date of acquisition by Henry E. Huntington unknown.
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22 July 2024
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22 July 2024
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