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Book of Hours (Le Mans) (Ms. UCB 167)
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Manuscripts--France--15th century
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Illuminated manuscripts--France--15th century
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Église catholique--Prières et dévotions--Ouvrages avant 1800
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Manuscrits médiévaux--Californie--Berkeley
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Catholic Church--Prayers and devotions--Early works to 1800
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Manuscrits latins médiévaux et modernes--Californie--Berkeley
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Manuscripts, Medieval--California--Berkeley
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Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)
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Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--California--Berkeley
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between 1460 and 1499
15. century
1460Gregorian
1499Gregorian
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Extent: 1 volume (247 leaves) : parchment ; 126 x 87 (50 x 38) mm. bound to 137 x 88 mm.
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Fol. 1r, in ink: "Je suis [erasure] [p?]louj[a?]z," then in another hand, "M. Le [V?]u[-]n" and above, in same hand, "sin." Fol. 246v, ownership note written upside down and too faint to read. Fol. 247v, another ownership note, also written upside down and nearly illegible.
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Ms. codex.
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Title devised by cataloger.
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Collation: Parchment, fol. iv (paper) + 247 + iv (paper: watermarks of unidentified letters); 112 28 ( -1) 3-78 88 ( -4?) 98 ( -2) 108 118 ( -1) 128 ( -2) 138 ( -1) 148 ( -1) 15-168 178 188 ( -3?) 19-288 298( -1) 30-338; catchwords.
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Layout: 12 lines per page; frame-ruled in red ink with lines extending length of page.
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Script: Bâtarde; 3 scribes.
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Binding: 18th century sheep; 4 raised thongs laced in; sewn endband on top.
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Decoration: 3 miniatures (scourging of Christ, fol. 75r; Christ carrying cross, fol. 81v; and Mother and Child enthroned, fol. 229r); unfinished miniatures on fol. 46r (sketched in but never completed), 76v, and 91r. Offset from excised miniatures on fol. 12v, 61v-62r, 69v, 86, and 123v, and 212v. Panel borders throughout, with flowers, fruit, and acanthus leaves and birds and animals; later...
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Origin: Core of book begun in the area of Angers approximately 1460 but not finished; further text and illuminations added to the book approximately 1475 in Rouen in the same workshop that produced MFA 04.1745.
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Shelfmark: Berkeley, CA, The Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley, MS UCB 167.
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20 September 2024
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20 September 2024
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