University of Kansas, MS A10

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS1104

Shelfmark:

MS A10

Title:

Book of hours,

Author:

Catholic Church

Catholic Church WIKIDATA

Place:

France

France TGN

Date:

[between 1491-1500]

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin, French; later annotations in Italian

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 153 leaves : parchment, illuminations ; 139 x 95 mm

Note:

Title devised by cataloger.
Manuscript codex
Collation: iii (parchment, i is pastedown) + 153 (parchment) + iii (parchment, iii is pastedown, now lifted): 1¹² + 2¹⁰ + 3⁸ (wants 1) + 4-10⁸ + 11⁸ (wants 1) + 12⁸ + 13⁸ (wants 5) + 14⁸ (wants 1) + 15⁸ (wants 1) + 16-19⁸.
Catchwords: Vertical catchwords.
Layout: 16 long lines ruled in red ink with full-length vertical bounding lines.
Script: Bâtarde.
Decoration: Initials in gold on red/blue background with white tracery; alternating red and blue initials; red and blue linefillers; red rubrics; some ordinary capitals filled in with yellow.
Binding: Sixteenth-century. Bound in blind-stamped brown leather over wooden boards; clasps missing.
Origin: Probably written in France in a provincial center at the end of the fifteenth century.
Former shelfmark: MS BK X10
Lawrence, University of Kansas, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, MS A10
Presumably the five leaves that are removed contained full-page miniatures; there are two caricatures coming out of initials and prayers added later.
Early history of the manuscript is unknown.

Keyword:

Wooden bindings

Wooden boards

Leather bindings

Blind tooled bindings

Inscriptions

Catholic Church

Manuscripts, Latin

Manuscripts, Medieval

Manuscripts, French

Books of hours

Institutional Record:

https://kuprimo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/f/1n9tuvc/KU_VOYAGER2954526

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archivelab.org/iiif/images_MSA10_30/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

University of Kansas