Book of Hours, use of Utrecht (DS16404) (Q68905)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Wellesley College (MS 29, https://libcat.wellesley.edu/Record/in00000625706, in00000625706)
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Book of Hours, use of Utrecht (DS16404) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Wellesley College (MS 29, https://libcat.wellesley.edu/Record/in00000625706, in00000625706) |
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Catholic Church--Prayers and devotions
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Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Massachusetts--Wellesley
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between 1450 and 1550
15. century
16. century
1450Gregorian
1550Gregorian
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Extent: 87 leaves : parchment ; 219 x 147 (118 x 80) mm
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Title supplied by cataloger.
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Collation: Parchment. A8, B4+1, a8+1, b-g8, h8+1, i8; fol. 13, 14, and 78 are singletons. Signatures extant in first half of quires A-d, although the singletons in those sections are not signed.
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Layout: 1 column, 19 lines. Bounding lines full-length, those at top and bottom are doubled, bounding and writing lines in brown ink, prickings preserved in outer margin.
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Script: Written in a Gothic bookhand in black ink. Red rubrics.
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Decoration: Two 7-line gold initials with colors and 3/4 border of acanthus and gold leaves and berries (fol. 49 and 62); 3-line initials in blue with red and green or red with green and yellow; 2-line initials alternate red or blue, as do in-text initials. Two full-page miniatures (both are singletons, fol. 14 and 78) [see Contents above]; one half-page miniature (fol. 86v, Virgin standing on...
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XRF analysis indicates that some of the initials were added in the nineteenth century.
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Origin: Written in Utrecht in the late-fifteenth or early-sixteenth century. An origin in Utrecht is indicated by the Utrecht use of the Hours of the Virgin, the Office of the Dead, and the calendar, which includes three Bishops of Utrecht in red: Servatus (5/13), Lebuin (11/12) and his translation (6/25) (both dates are peculiar to Utrecht), and Willebrord (10/19; also a date peculiar to Utrecht)
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Two English dealers' descriptions pasted to inner front binding.
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14 February 2025
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14 February 2025
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