University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Codex 681

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS1585

Shelfmark:

Ms. Codex 681

Title:

Book of hours.

Author:

Catholic Church

Catholic Church WIKIDATA

Place:

France

France TGN

Date:

[between 1450 and 1500]

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 10 leaves : parchment, color illustrations ; 203 x 137 (115 x 70) mm bound to 211 x 150 mm

Former Owner(s):

Krumbhaar, E. B. 1882-1966

E.B. Krumbhaar WIKIDATA

Note:

Ms. codex.
Origin: Written in France in the second half of the 15th century.
Title supplied by cataloger; title in Zacour-Hirsch, Horae.
Foliation: Parchment, iii (modern paper) + 10 + iii (modern paper); [1-10]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.
Layout: Written in 21 long lines; frame-ruled in ink.
Binding: Modern red morocco, upper cover detached.
Decoration: Wide illuminated border and illuminated 6-line initial (f. 1r); wide decorative border and fully colored 6-line miniature of St. Catherine (f. 2v); initials decorated in gold, red, and blue throughout.
Script: Written in a Gothic script by a single hand.
Formerly owned by E. B. Krumbhaar (bookplate, inside upper cover; stamp with winged crown, first two endleaves).

Keyword:

Specimens

Manuscripts, Latin

Prayers

Manuscripts, Renaissance

Manuscripts, Medieval

codices (bound manuscripts)

books of hours

Devotional literature

illuminations (paintings)

Prayers and devotions

Catholic Church

Illumination of books and manuscripts, French

Catherine, of Alexandria, Saint

Institutional Record:

https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9924874673503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p31p2z/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania