Book of hours bifolium (DS6390) (Q28507)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Western Michigan University (99509885133802436, WMU MS 107)
- Book of hours
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | Book of hours bifolium (DS6390) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Western Michigan University (99509885133802436, WMU MS 107) |
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Book of hours
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Manuscripts, Dutch--Michigan--Kalamazoo
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Catholic Church--Prayers and devotions--Early works to 1800
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Illumination of books and manuscripts, Flemish
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between 1400 and 1499
15. century
1400Gregorian
1499Gregorian
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Extent: 1 bifolium : parchment ; 150 x 226 mm
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Ms. leaves,
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Title supplied by cataloger.
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Detached bifolium with cuts visible from binding.
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Single bifolium originally bound in a gathering, 18 long lines. Ruled in drypoint with single boundary lines. Written in gothic textualis libraria. Pricking in outer margins. Rubricated. Framed sometime before 1979, removed from frame May 21, 2010.
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Decoration: 5-line illuminated initial "B" with elaborate blue and gold finial and gold, white, blue and green foliate border decoration; single-line blue and gold pen initials.
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Origin: Produced in Flanders in the 15th century.
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Produced in Flanders in the 15th century. In ink on back of frame: "Vellum Leaves Man[uscript]" Sticker on back of frame: "The Bonfoey Co...Cleveland, O." Loaned by Gethsemani Abbey Library, Kentucky to the Western Michigan University Library School through Jean Lowrie in 1974; now permanently held by Western Michigan University Libraries, Special Collections.
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2 February 2024
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2 February 2024
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