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Book of hours : manuscript, [14--]

Title
Book of hours : manuscript, [14--]

Alternative Title: Heures

Alternative Title: Book of hours
Creator / Contributor
Catholic Church
Place of Origin
France
Date
14uu
Description
Extent: 254 leaves, bound : vellum ; 18 cm.
print
Genre
Manuscripts, Medieval-France-1400-1450.
Manuscripts, Medieval-France-1450-1500.
Notes
Written in a gothic book hand in brownish ink, 15 lines per page.
One- and two-line initials, bar ornaments, and foliate borders in colors and gold.
There are large miniatures on ff. 13r, 15r, 19v, 23r, 44r, 65r, 89v, 92v, 121r, 127r.
Leaves are wanting at the end, and before ff. 34, 50, 55, 59, 71, and 155 (probably containing miniatures).
Bound in later full red morocco with a silver clasp.
MS Typ 999. Houghton Library, Harvard University.
The Houghton Library accession number 90M-16 and the former Fogg Art Museum accession number 1930.305 should no longer be used to refer to this manuscript.
Also available in an electronic version.
In Latin except for ff. 1-12 (the calendar) and ff. 121r-130v (prayer beginning "Douce dame de misericorde mere de pitie") which are in French.
Series
Digital Medieval Manuscripts at Houghton Library
Repository
Houghton Library, Harvard University

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