Vassar College, MS. 11

Metadata

DS ID:

DS11922

Shelfmark:

MS. 11

Title:

Book of hours; use of Mons?

Author:

Catholic Church

Catholic Church WIKIDATA

Place:

Mons

Mons TGN

Date:

between 1435 and 1460

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin and French

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 119 leaves : parchment, col. ill. ; 190 x 140 (111 x 90) mm bound to 200 x 150 mm

Note:

Ms. Codex.
Title from Kidd.
Collation: Parchment, fol. i +119 + ii (foliated 1-121)
Layout: written in one column of 16 lines; frame-ruled.
Script: written in Gothic textura.
Decoration: illuminated initials and 12 miniatures; decorated with vines, birds, and flowers; polished gold in borders and frames of initials and miniatures.
Unidentified bookseller's price code: kt 800.00. Owned by George A. and Ella Park Lawrence, given to daughter, Rebecca Lawrence. Bookplate of John and Rebecca Lowrie.

Keyword:

illuminated manuscripts

Prayers and devotions

Gothic scripts

Books of hours

Early works

Bookplates

Belgium--Mons

Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)

Catholic Church

Manuscripts, Medieval

Illumination of books and manuscripts, Gothic

Institutional Record:

https://vassar.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01VAC_INST/349upj/alma991010689389707396

Holding Institution:

Vassar College