Book of Hours (fragment).

Description

Title: Book of Hours (fragment).
Published / Created: [between 1450 and 1499].
Publication Place: France,
Abstract: Manuscript fragment on parchment of a Book of Hours containing: the Hours of the Virgin; full-page miniature of mediocre quality depicting the Adoration of the Magi; full-page miniature of mediocre quality depicting the Office of the Dead; the Office of the Dead; and Suffrages.
Description: Decoration: rubrics written in red in the same script as the text; punctuated with the punctus; hyphenation is in the same ink as the text.
Script: written in a hybrid gothic script mixing elements of littera bastarda and littera cursiva formata.
Extent: ff. 1-3 : parchment ; 124 x 89 mm.
Extent of Digitization: Completely digitized
Language: Latin

Format: text
Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval--France--15th century.
Resource Type: Archives or Manuscripts
Subject (Name): Catholic Church--Prayers and devotions
Subject (Topic): Books of hours.
Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven.
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library.
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library.

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Citation: Book of Hours (fragment). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.

Orbis Record: 12850409
OID: 2004094
More Information: https://pre1600ms.beinecke.library.yale.edu/docs/ms482.123.pdf