(Q46724)

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Book of hours
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Books of hours--France--15th century
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Manuscripts, Medieval--France--1450-1500
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Extent: 132] leaves, bound : vellum, ill. ; 22 cm.
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Written in a gothic bookhand, ruled for 16 lines, calendar for 17 lines, with feasts in gold and alternating in blue and red. Two full-page illuminations, including a 16th-cent. addition, illustrating a noble lady presented to the Virgin and Child by St. Bernard (f. 2r), 8 large and 14 small miniatures attributed to the Master of the Burgundian Prelates, with decorated initials, and foliate...
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Includes a full-page colored drawing representing the owner's (Bitault family?) genealogy by means of a tree with coats-of arms hanging along the branches (f. 131v).
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Bound in19th-cent. black morocco with silver clasps.
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In a protective tray case, 25 cm.
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Bequest of Charles Sumner, 1874.
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23 July 2024
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23 July 2024
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