Layout: Recto: 1 column, 21 lines; Verso: 12 columns, 37 lines Decoration: Recto: Full illuminated borders in shell gold with plants and flowers in rted, burgundy, green, yellow, and blue, and a standing cherub drawing a bow and pointing its arrow at a bird looking down on him from above. Verso: Illuminated borders in shell gold on all sides but the top with plants and flowers and a small bird perched on a blossom Provenance: Mansfeld family, possibly Albert, Count of Mansfeld (1480-1560) Provenance: Comte d'Aspremont-Lynden Provenance: Sotheby's, 23 June 1987, lot 100 Provenance: For further information, see Peter Kidd's "Medieval Manuscripts Provenance" blog: https://mssprovenance.blogspot.com/2014/10/the-1524-hildesheim-hours.html The original codex was likely connected to a Cistercian foundation, with possible links to Neuborg Abbey in Alsace Incipit: Quere aureum numerum in domo littere domini / calis Explicit: illa ebdomada sed alia proximis sequentis Recto features explanatory text describing how to use the computational chart on the verso to determine various liturgical dates
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