Two leaves from a 15th-century book of hours : in French and Latin

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Item Information

Title:
Two leaves from a 15th-century book of hours : in French and Latin
Title (uniform):
Book of hours
Creator:
Catholic Church
Former owner:
Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts Company
Date:
[ca. 1450]
Format:
Manuscripts
Genre:
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)
Books of hours
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Medieval and Early Renaissance Manuscripts (Collection of Distinction)
Places:
France
Extent:
2 leaves : parchment ; 126 x 90 (78 x 55) mm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/3r076r358
Terms of Use:
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No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
[France]
Language:
French
Latin
Table of Contents:
a: [Recto] Dame sans nulle blecheure/ Et sans nulle paine endurre.../ [Verso]...Tu es celle qui nous soustient/ Et celle de qui tout bient vient... [Prayer in praise of the Virgin] b: [Recto] Quos eius inebrians.../[Verso]...labia mea laudabunt de... [Lauds, Office of the Dead]
Notes:
Ms. leaves.
Title devised by cataloger.
Origin: Written in France in the mid-fifteenth century.
Bibliographic record created by BPL staff based on description by Dr. Lisa Fagin Davis.
Notes (acquisition):
Source of acquisition: Acquired ca. 2000 from Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts Company.
Notes (object):
Script: Written in a Gothic bookhand in black ink with red rubrics.
Layout: 1 column, 14 lines. Bounding and writing lines in light red plummet, bounding lines full-length.
Decoration: 1- and 2-line initials throughout in gold on red and blue with white filigree highlights.
Binding: Stored in a folder housed in an oversize folder.
Identifier:
06_01_016306-06_01_016307, 06_01_016322-06_01_016323
Call #:
RARE BKS MS pb Med. 237
Barcode:
39999087663975