(Q43116)
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Book of hours (Usus Romanus)
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Books of hours--Belgium--15th century
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Illuminations (paintings)--Belgium--15th century
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between 1485 and 1499
15. century
1485Gregorian
1499Gregorian
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Extent: ff. i + 217 (and ff. 87a, 88a) + i : parchment ; 90 x 124 mm
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Book of Hours, use of Rome, written at the end of the fifteenth century probably in Bruges as indicated by the saints in the calendar.
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Span folios: ff. 1-217v (and ff. 87a, 88a). Support: Parchment. Layout: 112 28(+3, f. 15) 38(+2, f. 23 and 8, f. 30) 48 58(+4, f. 43) 68 78(+7, f. 63) 88 98(+3, f. 76 and 8, f. 82) 108(+5, f. 88) 118(+1, f. 91 and 5, f. 96) 128(+5, f. 105) 1310(+2, f. 111; through f. 120) 14-168 178(+1, f. 145) 188 198(+7, f. 168) 20-248 256(+7). Ruled space, 70 x 50 mm; 15 long lines, ruled in pale red ink...
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Decoration: Fifteen full page miniatures on the versos of inserted singletons, blank on the rectos; in slightly arched compartments surrounded by full borders, usually consisting of realistically painted flowers, branchy acanthus leaves, insects, and birds strewn on a gold fields. In the calendar, bracket borders to the left of the text begin each month with square inserts in the upper margin...
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Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 9/17/2009.
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Date and source of acquisition by Henry E. Huntington unknown.
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22 July 2024
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22 July 2024
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