[Horae B.V.M. use of Paris] (DS25505) (Q98242)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Williams College (Codex Mss 026, Codex Mss 026, https://librarysearch.williams.edu/permalink/01WIL_INST/1faevhg/alma991013508789102786)
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English | [Horae B.V.M. use of Paris] (DS25505) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Williams College (Codex Mss 026, Codex Mss 026, https://librarysearch.williams.edu/permalink/01WIL_INST/1faevhg/alma991013508789102786) |
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Manuscripts, Medieval -- Massachusetts -- Williamstown
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Books of hours -- France -- Specimens
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ca. 1490
15. century
16. century
1465Gregorian
1515Gregorian
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Extent: fols. 139; parchment; 150 x 100 (97 x 55) mm
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Layout: Single column, seventeen or sixteen lines of text per page.
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Script: Gothic characters in red and brown ink.
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Decoration: Four large miniatures depicting the Crucifixion, the Descent of the Holy Ghost, David in Penitence, and Job. Illuminated initials. Six floriated borders.
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Binding: 17th century? full leather with gold tooling.
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Calendar pages are badly worn. Beginning of the Sequentia of the Gospels is missing, as are the miniature for the Annunciation and the beginning prayers for Matins. A miniature, probably of St. John, between folios 11-12 or 12-13 is also missing. Marginal notation in a modern hand. Folios incorrectly numbered in a modern hand.
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Collation: I^6, II^2, III^4 (1 cancelled), IV^1 (singleton), V^8 (wants 1), VI^8 (wants 6), VII-XVI^8, XVII^8 (4 cancelled), XVIII-XIX^8, XX^8 (3 and 6 singletons), XXI^4 (wants 3 and 4)
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Provenance: Gift of William Ellery Greene, May 1957.
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Imprint of ink on front endleaf that is not from the currently adjoining first folio; possible lacking a first folio or first gathering?
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28 April 2025
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28 April 2025
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