Saint Louis University, VFL MS 035

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DS ID:

DS10041

Shelfmark:

VFL MS 035

Title:

Book of hours, single leaves

Author:

Catholic Church

Catholic Church WIKIDATA

Place:

Coutances

Coutances TGN

Date:

ca. 1420].

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

In Latin; calendar in French

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 2 single leaves : parchment, ill. ; 160 x 113 mm

Former Owner(s):

St. Mary's College (Saint Marys, Kan.), 1848-1968

St. Mary's College WIKIDATA

Note:

Ms. leaves.
Layout: Written in 15 long lines; ruled with single bounding lines in red.
Script: Gothic textualis.
Decoration: On fol. a, recto, illuminated initial and border on three sides with gilded ivy and acanthus and an image of a man reaping; on fol. a, verso, border on three sides with a grotesque and an image of a crab. On fol. b, recto, illuminated border on three sides, one-line intials, and line fillers; on fol. b, verso, similar border with a dragon.
Origin: Written in Coutances, France ca. 1420.
Shelfmark: St. Louis, Saint Louis University, Pius XII Memorial Library, Special Collections, VFL MS 035.
Originally owned by the College of St. Mary's, St. Marys, Kansas, closed 1968; donated by Father Heiser.

Keyword:

Gothic scripts

detached leaves

manuscripts (documents)

illuminated manuscripts

Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)

Catholic Church

Books of hours

Institutional Record:

https://libcat.slu.edu/record=b3397386

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/3/images_VFLMS035_44/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Saint Louis University