(Q50234)
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Grabhorn Press
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ca. 1450-1475
15. century
1450Gregorian
1475Gregorian
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Extent: fols. 1; membrane; 159 x 108 (93 x 56)
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Layout: 1 column, 21 lines
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Decoration: 1 2-line and 11 1-line initials in alternating white-grey, gold, and blue set on grounds of red, blue, and gold, with further gold accents. Three of the 1-line initials are inhabited by animal heads.
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Decoration: Horizonal bar line-fillers in red and/or blue with gold highlighting, with three rendered as brown wooden branches with gold accents The exterior margins of both recto and verso are filled with a vertical bar border of blue and red acanthus leaves, and fine black stems terminating in green leaves, blue and white flowers, and red fruit.
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Decoration: At the center of each border is a standing bird with outstretched wings, with all decorative elements set against gold grounds
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Ruled in pink ink
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Foliated in modern pencil at bottom right corner of recto ("66")
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This folio is tipped into a printed leaf book: "A Leaf from a Fifteenth Century Flemish Book of Hours with an Introductory Essay by H. C. Schulz, Assistant Curator of MSS at the Huntington Library. San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1938 (one of 120 copies)
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Provenance: Acquired by OSUL in the 1940s
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Provenance: The Grabhorn Press (San Francisco, CA), 1938
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Provenance: David Magee
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Text from Vespers in the Office of the Dead (Psalms 137:2-8), with associated chants, and the Canticle of the Virgin (Luke 1:46-49)
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Incipit: …fitebor nomini tuo / Super misericordia tua et veritate
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Explicit: Quia fecit michi magna
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26 August 2024
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26 August 2024
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