(Q20898)

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Book of Hours, Use of Rome
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Latin; Middle French (ca. 1400-1600)
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Extent: i+105+i; 182 x 113 mm bound to 190 x 125 mm; parchment
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Binding: Original brown calf covers over wooden boards; blind stamped including emblems of the Virgin and Child on a crescent, the Pascal Lamb, and Saint Matthew; bound at the Benedictine Abbey of St. Mathias at Trèves (de Ricci); rebacked
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Layout: Twenty-one long lines; frame-ruled in faint ink; written area: 112 x 68 mm
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Script: Hybrida
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Decoration: Twelve full-page miniatures with architectural borders; eighteen smaller miniatures; illuminated initials (one-line and two-line) and line fillers throughout
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Provenance: Coat of arms of the family de Farges d'Espeisse of Auvergne, originally from Lyon (argent a chevron azure charged with five estoiles or surmounted by a crescent argent; fol. 21v); second coat of arms of the former on the dexter side dimidiated with Legoué, of Mayenne on the sinister (argent a bend gules charged with three unicorn heads or; also fol. 21v); Laurent Campagne (16th...
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Contributor: Allison Freyermuth
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Cataloger: Aileen McNamara
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Cataloger: Amey Hutchins
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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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