Single leaf from a 15th-century book of hours : in French

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Title:
Single leaf from a 15th-century book of hours : in French
Title (uniform):
Book of hours
Creator:
Catholic Church
Date:
[1450–1475]
Format:
Manuscripts
Genre:
Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscripts, French
Books of hours
devotional calendars
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Medieval and Early Renaissance Manuscripts (Collection of Distinction)
Places:
France
Extent:
1 leaf : parchment ; 180 x 124 (116 x 80) mm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/3r076r23g
Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
[Northern France]
Language:
French
Table of Contents:
[Recto] Iuyng a xxx iours/ La lun xxix/ Saint nicomede.../ [Verso] ...Saint marcial.
Notes:
Ms. leaf.
Title devised by cataloger.
Origin: Written in northern France in the third quarter of the 15th century.
Bibliographic record created by BPL staff based on description by Dr. Lisa Fagin Davis.
Notes (ownership):
Provenance: The inclusion of St. Landericus (10 June) suggests Paris use, and the date of 13 June for St. Anthony of Padua may further suggest Franciscan use, but without additional calendrical or textual evidence it is impossible to draw any definite conclusions about the origins of the leaf. Annotation in lower margin of the recto, added after 1636: "Lan mil six cent trente six / Le dix neuf de Juin".
Notes (acquisition):
Source of acquisition: Given to the Boston Public Library on 10 September 1958 by Margaret F. Woodward.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Notes (object):
Script: Written in a bâtarde script in black ink with red rubrics.
Layout: 1 column, 17 lines. Bounding and writing lines in blind.
Decoration: KL in blue and white on red with gold filigree; one-line initials throughout alternating gold on blue or red with gold filigree.
Binding: Laid in a small folder housed in an oversize folder.
Identifier:
06_01_016298-06_01_016299
Call #:
RARE BKS MS pb Med. 227
Barcode:
39999087663934