Book of hours (use of Paris) : manuscript, [ca. 1420-1425]
- Title
- Book of hours (use of Paris) : manuscript, [ca. 1420-1425]
Alternative Title: De Buz hours
Alternative Title: Book of hours - Creator / Contributor
- Catholic Church
- Place of Origin
- France
- Description
- Extent: 197 leaves, bound : vellum, ill. ; 25 cm.
print - Abstract
- Contains a liturgical calendar, in French (lacks January), Gospel sequences, hours of the Virgin, the Cross, and Holy Spirit, Psalms, Fifteen joys of the Virgin, in French, Seven requests, in French, Office of the Dead, suffrages, various prayers, and Office in honor of the Magdalen.
- Genre
- Manuscripts, Medieval-France-1400-1450.
Illuminations.
Rules (layout features)
Catchwords.
Pricking (parchment marking)
Cut manuscripts (partial works) - Notes
- Written in textualis semi-quadrata in 1 column of 14 lines; 20 large and 40 smaller miniatures, 12 occupations of the months and zodiacal illustrations in the calendar.
Written and illuminated in France (Anjou?) by the Rohan Master and workshop.
Bound in 19th-cent. English black morocco.
In a tray case, 28 cm.
MS Richardson 42. Houghton Library, Harvard University.
Also available in an electronic version. - Series
- Digital Medieval Manuscripts at Houghton Library
- Repository
- Houghton Library, Harvard University
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