Castle Hours # 5, Use of Paris (DS16524) (Q69265)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Bryn Mawr College (MS 22, MS 22, https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0003/html/BMC_MS22.html)
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Castle Hours # 5, Use of Paris (DS16524) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Bryn Mawr College (MS 22, MS 22, https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0003/html/BMC_MS22.html) |
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Castle, Ethelinda Schaefer
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Extent: vi+96+vi; 181 x 117 mm bound to 190 x 130 mm; parchment
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All full-page miniatures missing; for many sections, text breaks off or begins imperfectly
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Collation not possible due to number of missing leaves and fragile condition
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Binding: Eighteenth-century gold-tooled, acid-stained calf; on spine in gold: "Heures"
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Layout: Single column, fifteen lines, ruled in red ink with single vertical and horizontal bounding lines, full length; written area: 95 x 58 mm
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Layout: Calendar four columns, seventeen lines, double ruled for vertical divisions
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Script: Gothic -- textualis quadrata
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Decoration: Two three- line illuminated initials with penwork extensions and two-and one-line illuminated initials with penwork extensions throughout; rubrications in red; much of the gold worn off and inks faded and smeared throughout
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Provenance: Written in the Paris/Rouen region of France in about 1430; early provenance unknown; the name "M. DeVilleroy," and "Villeroy," occur in the top or the bottom margin on several leaves throughout the text in a later hand; on fol. 1r: "Villeroy / Jacques," on 9v: "Villeroy 1755"; on fol. ii recto in a modern hand: "Offert par M. Long Depaquit." Bookplate: "Ex libris CP"; in the...
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14 February 2025
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14 February 2025
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