Saint Louis University, VFL MS 004

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DS ID:

DS10012

Shelfmark:

VFL MS 004

Title:

Book of hours, single leaves

Author:

Catholic Church

Catholic Church WIKIDATA

Place:

France

France TGN

Date:

ca. 1470

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 10 single leaves : parchment, illustrations ; 178 x 122 mm

Former Owner(s):

Fischmann, Milton, d. 1974

Milton Fischmann WIKIDATA

Fischmann, Gail

Gail Fischmann WIKIDATA

Note:

Ms. leaves.
Layout: Written in 23 long lines; ruled mostly in light red ink.
Script: Bastarda.
Decoration: On fol. d, verso, one full-page miniature of the Betrayal and Arrest of Christ (above) and Christ in Gethsemane (below); on fol. f, verso, one half-page miniature of the Stoning of St. Stephen; twelve 10-line miniatures. Illuminated initials in brushed gold on rectangular red or blue fields; border panels on three sides with fruit, flowers, and acanthus sprays in brushed gold...
Origin: Written and illuminated in northern France or Flanders (Belgium), ca. 1470.
Gift of Milton and Gail Fischmann, 1962.
Shelfmark: St. Louis, Saint Louis University, Pius XII Memorial Library, Special Collections, VFL MS 004.

Keyword:

manuscripts (documents)

illuminated manuscripts

detached leaves

Gothic scripts

Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)

Books of hours

Catholic Church

Institutional Record:

https://libcat.slu.edu/record=b1977097

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/3/images_VFLMS004_44/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Saint Louis University