Book of hours, use of Rouen, in Latin and French (DS11018) (Q47156)
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Harvard University (990098542610203941, MS Typ 657, https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990098542610203941/catalog)
- Book of hours
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Book of hours, use of Rouen, in Latin and French (DS11018) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Harvard University (990098542610203941, MS Typ 657, https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990098542610203941/catalog) |
|
Statements
Book of hours
0 references
Manuscripts, Medieval--France--1450-1500
0 references
ca. 1475-ca. 1500
15. century
1475Gregorian
1500Gregorian
0 references
Extent: 118 leaves, bound : vellum ; 18 cm.
0 references
Written in a gothic book-hand in brown ink, with 1-, 2- and 3-line initial letters and line-fillers in red, blue, white, and burnished gold.
0 references
There are 7 large miniatures in tempera and gold (ff. 13, 25, 46, 63, 69, 85, and 111), and 17 foliate borders.
0 references
The calendar (ff. 1-12) and prayers beginning "Doulce dame de misericorde" (111r-118v) are in French.
0 references
Later pagination in graphite in lower corners, numbering the calendar a-x and the remaining leaves 1-197, stopping at the final full-page miniature.
0 references
Bound in 19th-century red morocco, gilt.
0 references
Given by Andrew Oliver in memory of Peter Oliver '22, 1978.
0 references
23 July 2024
0 references
23 July 2024
0 references