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Book of hours Ms. Codex 681
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts
Manuscript Overview
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Abstract

Fragment of a book of hours, French script, use of Sarum [?]. Misbound: includes Ad laudes (f. 1r-v, f. 7-10); Matins (f. 3r-6v), ending in the middle of the Te Deum; commemoration of St. Anne (f. 2r); commemoration of St. Catherine.

Physical Description

Support: parchment; Extent: 10 leaves : 203 x 137 (115 x 70) mm. bound to 211 x 150 mm; Foliation: Parchment, iii (modern paper) + 10 + iii (modern paper); [1-10]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.

Layout

Written in 21 long lines; frame-ruled in ink.

Script

Written in a Gothic script by a single hand.

Decoration

Wide illuminated border and illuminated 6-line initial (f. 1r); wide decorative border and fully colored 6-line miniature of St. Catherine (f. 2v); initials decorated in gold, red, and blue throughout.

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.

Notes

Ms. codex.

Title supplied by cataloger; title in Zacour-Hirsch, Horae.

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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Keywords
15th century
Book of Hours
Illumination
Christian
France
University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts

Place of Origin

France

Date

Written in France in the second half of the 15th century.

Binding

Modern red morocco, upper cover detached.

Language

Latin

Provenance

Formerly owned by E. B. Krumbhaar (bookplate, inside upper cover; stamp with winged crown, first two endleaves).

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Place of Origin

France

Date

Written in France in the second half of the 15th century.

Language

Latin

Provenance

Formerly owned by E. B. Krumbhaar

Manuscript Overview

Abstract

Fragment of a book of hours, French script, use of Sarum [?]. Misbound: includes Ad laudes (f. 1r-v, f. 7-10); Matins (f. 3r-6v), ending in the middle of the Te Deum; commemoration of St. Anne (f. 2r); commemoration of St. Catherine.

Notes

Ms. codex.

Title supplied by cataloger; title in Zacour-Hirsch, Horae.

Script note

Written in a Gothic script by a single hand.

Decoration Note

Wide illuminated border and illuminated 6-line initial (f. 1r); wide decorative border and fully colored 6-line miniature of St. Catherine (f. 2v); initials decorated in gold, red, and blue throughout.

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.

References
Binding Images

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.

Spine

Keywords
15th century
Book of Hours
Christian
France
University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts
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