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This is a mid-fifteenth-century Book of Hours, use of Rome.
Support: Parchment; Extent: 104+ii; 119 x 87 mm bound to 126 x 90 mm; Foliation: Modern foliation in pencil, upper corner recto; Collation: 1-6 (8), 7 (2), 8-13 (8), 14 (6); Catchwords: Horizontal center of lower margin verso; fols. 8, 16, 24, 32, 40, 48, 58, 66, 74, 82, 90, 98
Frame-ruled in ink, every line ruled, fifteen lines in one column; written area: 78 x 54 mm
Gothic--textualis
One- and two-line initials in red and blue with foliate and geometric designs throughout, twelve historiated initials, miniature of the Annunciation and a foliated border (fol. 1r)
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Lombardi, Italy
Mid-15th century
Early nineteenth-century mottled vellum; stamped in gold on spine, "offices de vierge" and "avec miniature"; edges speckled with red
Latin
Bought at Verona, May 1698, by Louis Bourguet; John Frederick Lewis, Philadelphia; given by his widow, Anne Baker Lewis, to the Free Library of Philadelphia in 1936
Lombardi, Italy
Mid-15th century
Latin
Bought at Verona, May 1698, by Louis Bourguet; John Frederick Lewis, Philadelphia; given by his widow, Anne Baker Lewis, to the Free Library of Philadelphia in 1936
This is a mid-fifteenth-century Book of Hours, use of Rome.
Gothic--textualis
One- and two-line initials in red and blue with foliate and geometric designs throughout, twelve historiated initials, miniature of the Annunciation and a foliated border (fol. 1r)
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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