(Q20865)

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Book of Hours, Use of Rome
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Latin; Middle Dutch (ca. 1050-1350)
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Extent: vii+165+vii; 163 x 110 mm bound to 172 x 127 mm; parchment
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Rubrics on fols. 80v, 150r-151r, and 154r are in Dutch; first three and final three flyleaves are modern paper; remainder are parchment
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Binding: Early-nineteenth-century French black calf; elaborately gold-tooled decoration on front and back covers, spine, and inside covers; red satin doublures; gilt and gauffered edges; metal clasp; stamped in gold on spine: "HORAE BEATAE MARIAE VIRGINIS" and "1430"
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Layout: One column of eighteen lines; ruled in purple ink; written area: 107 x 72 mm
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Script: Bâtarde
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Decoration: Three full-page miniatures; twenty historiated initials; red, blue, and gold decorated initials and line fillers throughout
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Provenance: Gilbert sale, Philadelphia, 7 June 1909; Given by John Frederick Lewis's widow, Anne Baker Lewis, to the Free Library of Philadelphia in 1936.
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Contributor: Caitlin Goodman
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Cataloger: Nicholas Herman
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Funder: Council on Library and Information Resources
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4 December 2023
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4 December 2023
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