Hours, undetermined use

Description

Title: Hours, undetermined use
Published / Created: [between 1450 and 1500]
Publication Place: Northern France
Abstract: Manuscript on parchment. With Calendar in French
Description: In Latin and French.
Script: Written by a single scribe in Gothica Cursiva Formata (Bastarda) in two sizes. The ascenders on the top line often have calligraphic extensions.
Red headings. Heightening of the majuscules in yellow. All initials (1- or 2-lines) are on a rectangular background and are executed in paint and liquid gold. At the opening of the various Hours there are 4-line initials of the same type, always accompanied by full acanthus borders and an arch-topped miniature. The borders are framed in gold and may also contain leaves, flowers, fruit, birds.
Binding: Modern limp vellum with two pairs of white leather ties. The preceding 19th-century binding is preserved: dark brown leather over cardboard, both covers framed with blind-tooled fillets; spine with four raised bands and gold-tooled title: "HEURES DE SENLIS"; gilt edges.
Provenance: Given by Thomas E. Marston in 1972 in honor of Herman W. Liebert.
Extent: ff. iii + 129 + iii : 120 x 84 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been partially digitized.
Language: Latin

Repository: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number: Beinecke MS 514
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Genre: Prayers and devotions
Books of hours
Manuscripts, Medieval France 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: parchment ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Name): Catholic Church
Subject (Topic): Books of hours
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscripts, Medieval
Subjects: Catholic Church > Prayers and devotions
Books of hours
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
France > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Hours, Undetermined Use. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.