(Q8709)
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Gospel lessons for the Office of the Dead : use of Chartres.
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Book of hours.
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Fragments (object portions)
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Catholic Church--Prayers and devotions--Early works to 1800
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[1390?]
14. century
1390Gregorian
1390Gregorian
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Extent: 6 leaves : parchment ; 147 x 109 (80 x 53) mm bound to 154 x 118 mm
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Title supplied by cataloger.
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Origin: Written in western France, possibly Chartres or Poitiers, ca. 1390 (King Alfred's Notebook).
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Ms. codex.
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Binding: Modern leather (Don Etherington, Summerfield, N.C.).
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Decoration: 4 2-line initials on gold grounds infilled with vine tendrils, with vine extensions in margins (f. 2r, 3v, 4v, 6r); 8 1-line initials in gold on colored grounds with short tendril extensions (f. 1r, 1v, 6r); rubrication in red.
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Foliation: Parchment, i (modern) + 6 + i (modern); 1⁶; [1-6], modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto.
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Layout: Written in 12 long lines; frame-ruled in faint red ink, with double upper horizontal bounding line.
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Script: Written in Gothic script, with versicles and responses in a slightly smaller Gothic script (f. 1r-1v).
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Parent manuscript sold at auction at Sotheby's, 8 Jul. 2008, lot 28; broken in Germany (King Alfred's Notebook).
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Sold by King Alfred's Notebook (Cayce, S.C.), cat. 10 (2012), no. 51.
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19 September 2023
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19 September 2023
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