(Q51110)
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Book of hours
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Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Netherlands
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Manuscripts, Medieval--Netherlands
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Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)
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Catholic Church--Prayers and devotions--Early works to 1800
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14--
15. century
1400Gregorian
1400Gregorian
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Extent: 119 leaves : parchment ; 105 x 80 (67 x 48) mm bound to 115 x 95 mm
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Ms. codex.
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Title from Kidd.
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Collation: Parchment, fol. i (19th-century paper) + i (parchment) + i (paper) + 120 + ii (paper) + i (parchment manuscript waste) + i (19th-century paper) (folated i-iii, 1-124)
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Layout: written in 16 lines; frame-ruled
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Script: written by 2 scribes in Gothic bookhand: scribe 1, leaves 1r-101v; scribe 2, leaves 102r-119r and additions on leaves 3v, 4r, 4v. Later additions on flyleaf (approximately 1500) written in Gothic script
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Decoration: five- and six-line initials in red or blue with quatrefoil piercings, initials in both red and blue, all with penwork decoration in red, brown, or purple, trailing into margins and infilled in light green; interiors of initials filled with foliate ornamentation highlighted with green shades. In addition, three-line initials in red or blue with contrasting penwork details...
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Apparently produced in the diocese of Utrecht, to judge by the calendar and litany. Prayers are written for a male supplicant (fols. 92v, 95v), but this would not have prevented their use by female readers. Charles Bradbury: his late 18th- or early 19th-century armorial bookplate, with his name and motto "æquitas actionum regula." Unidentified bookseller: with a pencil note and price-code...
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26 August 2024
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26 August 2024
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