University of Kansas, Pryce MS C1

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS16383

Shelfmark:

Pryce MS C1

Title:

Vosper hours

Vosper Hours

Book of hours

Place:

France

France TGN

Date:

between 1491-1500

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin; French

Latin WIKIDATA

French WIKIDATA

Material:

parchment

Parchment AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: ff. 170 : parchment ; 235 x 162 mm

Note:

Title devised by cataloger.
s. XV(2)
Layout: 14 long lines ruled in red ink; some visible catchwords.
Script: Gothic
Decoration: Gold initials on red and blue background with white tracery; blue initials on gold background; line-enders in red, white, blue and gold; section headings in red; 17 full-page miniatures; 4 small miniatures; viny borders with birds and insects; f. 19v has small gold initial 'O' in upper right corner of a blue background; in center of background is the portrait of a bearded male face...
Illuminations and decorations attributed to the Master of the Troyes Missal.
Eastern France, Langres, according to the 1953 Sotheby's catalog.
The Vosper Hours was purchased by the Spencer Research Library in 1958, after coming into this country five years earlier from England. The history of the book's path to Kansas is sketchy, as currently no records prior to its 1953 sale through Sotheby's London have been recovered; Sotheby's catalog: 7 December 1953, lot 30.

Keyword:

Books of hours

France

Early works

Manuscripts, Latin

Manuscripts, Medieval

Kansas--Lawrence

Manuscripts, French

Institutional Record:

https://kuprimo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/f/1n9tuvc/KU_VOYAGER10630704

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/images_PryceMSC1_30/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

University of Kansas