Saint Louis University, VFL MS 063

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS10069

Shelfmark:

VFL MS 063

Title:

Book of hours, single leaf

Author:

Catholic Church

Catholic Church WIKIDATA

Place:

Bruges

Bruges TGN

Date:

ca. 1450].

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

In Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 single leaf : parchment ; 195 x 135 mm

Former Owner(s):

Strouse, Norman H

Norman H. Strouse WIKIDATA

Note:

Ms. single leaf.
Layout: Written in long lines.
Script: Gothic textualis.
Decoration: Fol. a, verso, full page miniature depicting St. John the Baptist, by a follower of Willem Vrelant; surrounded by a gold rectagular frame and full border with folitate forms and sprays of penwork highlighted in gold.
Origin: Written in Bruges in about 1450.
Shelfmark: St. Louis, Saint Louis University, Pius XII Memorial Library, Special Collections, VFL MS 063.
Formerly owned by Norman H. Strouse; formerly owned and donated by William J. Edwards and Shelby J. Edwards.

Keyword:

books of hours

detached leaves

illuminated manuscripts

manuscripts (documents)

Gothic scripts

Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)

Catholic Church

Institutional Record:

https://libcat.slu.edu/record=b4479270

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/3/images_VFLMS063_44/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Saint Louis University