(Q45977)
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Book of hours
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Kergariou, Joseph-Francois-René-Marie-Pierre, 1779-1849
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Books of hours--France--15th century
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Manuscripts, Medieval--France--1450-1500
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ca. 1470.
15. century
1470Gregorian
1470Gregorian
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Extent: iv, 233] leaves, bound : vellum, ill. ; 18 cm.
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Written in a gothic bookhand in dark brown ink, probably in Paris, all texts ruled for 14 lines. The manuscript is decorated with 2 full-page and 7 three-quarter-page miniatures; rubrics in blue and burnished gold; initials in blue, red, and burnished gold; line endings in blue, red, and burnished gold; and bracket borders of gold and blue acanthus, ivy-leaves, and flowers.
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An unfinished book of hours with space left for a further 30 miniatures.
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Bound in 18th-century brown calf, gilt, with printed and stenciled endsheets.
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For more information see curatorial file.
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Purchased with the Amy Lowell Trust, 2009.
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Owned by P. Pigeot (bookplate, front pastedown); and Joseph-Francois-René-Marie-Pierre Kergariou (f. iv).
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23 July 2024
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23 July 2024
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