Book of Hours (DS560) (Q2642)

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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Indiana University, Bloomington (Ricketts 117)
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Book of Hours (DS560)
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Indiana University, Bloomington (Ricketts 117)

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    C. L. Ricketts, bought from the bookseller E. Parsons in 1907; acquired by the Lilly Library with the Ricketts Collection in 1961.
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    s. XV(2/4); 1425-1450
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    Binding: Bound in quarter black morocco and blue cloth boards; in a fawn cloth case.
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    Figurative details, ff. 1-42: One- to 5-line illuminated initials throughout, with three-quarter illuminated borders round every text page; ten large miniatures above 6 lines of text and within full borders, showing Saint Margaret emerging from the dragon (fol. 4v, suffrage), Saint Christopher carrying the Christ Child (fol. 5v, suffrage), Saint Katherine (fol. 6v, suffrage), the Agony in the...
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    Other decoration, ff. 1-42: Rubrics in red.
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    Script, ff. 1-42: Liturgical textura.
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    Layout, ff. 1-42: Ruled in red ink, 21 lines, written-space 120 mm. by 83 mm., written in brown ink.
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    Manuscript note: Very worn and fragile from damp.
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    Bibliography: De Ricci 1935, p. 634.
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    ff. 1-42: The image on f. 19r combines the Crucifix incongruously in the branches of the Tree of Knowledge, with Christ gazing down on Adam as he bites the apple, showing both elements of devotions to the wounds of Christ and the Fall of Man. It is an unusual visual link between the Fall and Redemption of mankind.
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    ff. 1-42: Latin.
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    ff. 1r-43v: Use of Sarum. The texts are: parts of the 15 O’s, commonly ascribed to Saint Bridget (fol. 1r); parts of the Suffrages, opening with Saint Mary Magdalene (fol. 4r) and including Saints Margaret, George (by this time, patron saint of England), Christopher and Katherine; the opening of Matins in the Hours of the Virgin (fol. 7v) and the beginning of Lauds (fol. 8r); prayers to the...
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    28 June 2023
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    28 June 2023
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