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This manuscript is a twenty-three folio fragment of a fifteenth-century Book of Hours produced in Northern France. It contains fragments of the Seven Penitential Psalms, Hours of the Cross, Hours of the Holy Spirit, and Litany. The first five folios, all singletons, are severely and irregularly trimmed. Apart from three conjoined bifolia, the book consists of bound singletons. The manuscript was bequeathed to the Loganian Library (later the Library Company of Philadelphia) by William Mackenzie.
Support: Parchment; Extent: ii+23+ii; 133 x 91 mm bound to 137 x 91 mm; Foliation: Unfoliated; Collation: 1 (5, +1 +2 +3 +4 +5), 2 (3, +1 +2 +3), 3 (4), 4 (3, +1 +2 +3), 5 (4, +1 +4), 6 (4, +1 +2 +3 +4); Catchwords: Regular horizontal catchwords at 13v and 21v
One column of fifteen lines, ruled in red; written area: 78 x 55 mm
Gothic--textualis
Four-line illuminated initials at 1r, 2r, and 3r
For a full list of Decorations in this manuscript please see the Content and Decorations section by clicking on the [i] button in the top left corner of the image viewer above.
These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.
Northern France
Second half 15th century
Nineteenth-century boards; gilt "M.S." and Library Company labels on spine
Latin
William Mackenzie, Philadelphia; bequeathed to the Loganian Library in 1828, later the Library Company of Philadelphia, according to the Loganian accession book
Northern France
Second half 15th century
Latin
William Mackenzie, Philadelphia; bequeathed to the Loganian Library in 1828, later the Library Company of Philadelphia, according to the Loganian accession book
This manuscript is a twenty-three folio fragment of a fifteenth-century Book of Hours produced in Northern France. It contains fragments of the Seven Penitential Psalms, Hours of the Cross, Hours of the Holy Spirit, and Litany. The first five folios, all singletons, are severely and irregularly trimmed. Apart from three conjoined bifolia, the book consists of bound singletons. The manuscript was bequeathed to the Loganian Library (later the Library Company of Philadelphia) by William Mackenzie.
Gothic--textualis
Four-line illuminated initials at 1r, 2r, and 3r
For a full list of Decorations in this manuscript please see the Content and Decorations section by clicking on the [i] button in the top left corner of the image viewer above.
These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.
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