(Q47156)
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Book of hours
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Manuscripts, Medieval--France--1450-1500
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ca. 1475-ca. 1500
15. century
1475Gregorian
1500Gregorian
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Extent: 118 leaves, bound : vellum ; 18 cm.
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Written in a gothic book-hand in brown ink, with 1-, 2- and 3-line initial letters and line-fillers in red, blue, white, and burnished gold.
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There are 7 large miniatures in tempera and gold (ff. 13, 25, 46, 63, 69, 85, and 111), and 17 foliate borders.
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The calendar (ff. 1-12) and prayers beginning "Doulce dame de misericorde" (111r-118v) are in French.
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Later pagination in graphite in lower corners, numbering the calendar a-x and the remaining leaves 1-197, stopping at the final full-page miniature.
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Bound in 19th-century red morocco, gilt.
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Given by Andrew Oliver in memory of Peter Oliver '22, 1978.
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23 July 2024
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23 July 2024
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