Rochester Institute of Technology, 109908
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS16503
- Shelfmark:
- 109908
- Title:
- Book of hours, use of Rome
- Place:
- Southern Netherlands
- Date:
- between 1400 and 1450.
- Language:
- Prayers are in Latin; calendar and rubrics are in French
- Material:
- parchment
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 86 leaves: parchment, 105 x 79 mm.
- Note:
- Gothic textualis script; Layout is 14 lines ruled in red ink.
COLLATION: i8 [-7, -8], ii6, iii-xi8, xii2
DECORATION: Capitals touched in yellow, 1- to 2-line initials alternating in red and blue throughout, many of the 2-line initials decorated with areas of parchment left in reserve. Nine 3- to 4-line puzzle initials with penwork flourishes alternating in red and blue. Black stains from pilgrims' badges on leaves 18 verso-19 and 37 verso-38.
PROVENANCE: 1. The dialect of French used is Picard, spoken from the northernmost part of France to the southern Netherlands (modern Belgium). The liturgical use of the Hours of the Virgin, specifically the None capitulum "Sicut cinnamomum," and the penwork decoration, point more specifically to the southern Netherlands in the fifteenth century. The calendar lacks the feast of the Presentation... - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://digitalcollections.rit.edu/luna/servlet/s/54bfq3
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://digitalcollections.rit.edu/luna/servlet/iiif/m/RIT~1~1~1136~26783/manifest
- Holding Institution:
