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Book of Hours [Fragment] Public Deposited

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Contents
  • Language: Latin. Incipit: // tuum et animam meam nunc et in hora mortis mee. Explicit: Ad nonam //. Folio range: [1]r-v
Owning Institution
  • Loyola University Chicago Archives & Special Collections. Chicago, IL.
Call Number
  • BX2080.L43 1450z
Source Identifier
  • xau_001_001
Keywords
  • Devotion
  • Border
  • Illumination
  • Christian
  • France
  • Fragment
  • Book of Hours
Description
  • A leaf from a French Book of Hours produced in the second half of the fifteenth-century. Other leaves from the same original manuscript were included in Otto Ege's "Original Leaves from Famous Bibles, Nine Centuries 1121-1935 AD" (Series A) portfolio.
Provenance
  • This leaf was given to the Loyola University Chicago libraries by an unidentified donor. Bob Seal (Dean of Libraries, 2005-2016) received the leaf from the donor on behalf of Loyola libraries to be put it in Special Collections.
Source Metadata Identifier
  • xau_001_001
Date Created
  • 15th century
Language
  • Latin
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Place of Origin
  • France
Title
  • Book of Hours [Fragment]
Physical Description
  • Physical type: Fragment. Fragment type: Detached. Classification: Leaf (untrimmed). Support material: Parchment. Extent: 1. Page dimensions (in mm): 193 x 134. Written area (in mm): 108 x 60. Line height (in mm): 6.3. Script: Gothic. Script type: Quadrata. Layout: One column ruled in text ink for seventeen lines. Number of columns: 1. Number of lines: 17. Decoration: Floral border in outside margin in red, green, yellow, gray, white, black, and gold. Two- and one-line initials in blue, pink, and gold. Line filler in blue, pink, and gold. Titles in blue.
Time Period
  • Second half of the 15th century
Contributors
  • Records created or enhanced by the Peripheral Manuscript Project’s Description team, led by Dr. Elizabeth K. Hebbard and Dr. Sarah L. Noonan.
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