(Q43845)
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Book of hours (Usus Romanus)
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Dickinson, Mary W. T
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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. 123 : parchment ; 46 x 60 mm
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Book of Hours, use of Rome, written in Flanders at the end of the fifteenth century for use in Bruges, according to the saints in the calendar.
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Span folios: ff. 1-123v. Support: Parchment. Layout: For the collation, the structure of (the 2 flyleaves and?) ff. 1-4 is unclear, 28 38(+3, f. 15) 48(+3, f. 24) 5-128 13 (ff. 96-99 of uncertain structure) 14-158 168(+5, f. 120). Catchwords written vertically along the inner bounding line. 17 long lines ruled in very pale brown ink. Written in a gothic book hand.
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Decoration: Three inserted singletons, blank on the recto, and with a miniature of simple execution on the verso; the leaves facing the miniatures with the same style borders and 5-line white acanthus initials: f. 15v, Virgin and Child, on the crescent; f. 24v, Annunciation; f. 120v, Pietà; the same style border on ff. 13 (with a coat of arms) and 100.
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Other Decoration: Secondary initials, 5-line, white-patterned blue or pink on a gold cusped ground with trilobe leaf infilling; 2-line initials in gold against blue or pink square ground with infilling of the other color; 1-line initials, blue with red penwork or gold with black. Rubrics in pale red.
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Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 8/19/2012.
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The coat of arms on f. 13 appears to be original, and is probably that of the Esneval family of Normandy (Rietstap, vol. 2, pl. 280). The book bears the number "26" on the spine and on f. i; also on f. i, the erased press mark "D.8.1," the cipher "1673/2629," and what is probably the price code for Dawson's Book Shop, Los Angeles. Received by the Huntington Library in April 1953 as a bequest...
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22 July 2024
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22 July 2024
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