Prayer book (DS11813) (Q50804)

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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Ohio State University (Spec.Rare.MS.MR.Frag.395, Spec.Rare.MS.MR.Frag.395)
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English
Prayer book (DS11813)
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Ohio State University (Spec.Rare.MS.MR.Frag.395, Spec.Rare.MS.MR.Frag.395)

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    Extent: fols. 1; membrane; 165 x 132 (Recto: 100; Verso: 125 x Recto: 80; Verso: 87)
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    Layout: Recto: 1 column, 21 lines; Verso: 12 columns, 37 lines
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    Decoration: Recto: Full illuminated borders in shell gold with plants and flowers in rted, burgundy, green, yellow, and blue, and a standing cherub drawing a bow and pointing its arrow at a bird looking down on him from above. Verso: Illuminated borders in shell gold on all sides but the top with plants and flowers and a small bird perched on a blossom
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    Provenance: Mansfeld family, possibly Albert, Count of Mansfeld (1480-1560)
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    Provenance: Comte d'Aspremont-Lynden
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    Provenance: Sotheby's, 23 June 1987, lot 100
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    Provenance: For further information, see Peter Kidd's "Medieval Manuscripts Provenance" blog: https://mssprovenance.blogspot.com/2014/10/the-1524-hildesheim-hours.html
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    The original codex was likely connected to a Cistercian foundation, with possible links to Neuborg Abbey in Alsace
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    Incipit: Quere aureum numerum in domo littere domini / calis
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    Explicit: illa ebdomada sed alia proximis sequentis
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    Recto features explanatory text describing how to use the computational chart on the verso to determine various liturgical dates
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    26 August 2024
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    26 August 2024
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