Book of Hours

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Title: Book of Hours
Supplied Title: Book of Hours
Genre: codices
Format: text
Extent: 1 leaf : parchment ; 178 x 132 (94 x 66) mm.
Date Created [inferred/start]: 1450
Date Created [inferred/end]: 1499
Place of Publcation: [Flanders or France]
Description: Text is Psalms (Iuxta LXX) 123:6-124:5.
Note [Physical Description]: Layout: Written in 14 long lines; ruled in red ink. Decoration: Eight dentelle verse initials, one foliated chapter initial, red, blue, and gold line fillers. Large outer border on recto is decorated with vegetal and animal themes in red, blue, green, gold, brown, and purple. Note the "passer" (sparrow) mentioned in verse 7 of the text. Large outer border on verso is made up of decorated blue, gold, and red geometric shapes.
Not bound.
Note [Script]: Written in a Gothic Textualis script.
Source Document Location: University of Vermont Libraries. Special Collections.
Shelf Location: Manuscript Leaves. Special Collections.
Language: Latin
Note [Digital Version]: 2010-04-05, Center for Digital Initiatives, University of Vermont Libraries
Note [Incipit]: ...ptione dentibus eorum Anima nostra sicut passer erepta est
Digital Format: Text/Color: 24 bits; 300 ppi
Parent Collections: Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts
Date Created: 1450
1499
Access Conditions: No known copyright restrictions.