Manuscript document. Title devised by cataloger. Collation: 1 disbound leaf. Origin: France, late 14th century. Layout: Single column, 4 lines on recto, 17 lines on verso. Script: Compact Gothic minuscule in brown ink with some ligatures, abbreviations, and rubrication. Recto: one red word ("prime"); verso: two red words and one red character. Decoration: Recto: miniature of the Nativity in the stable: Mary in blue robe and cloak, reaching down to infant Jesus. Joseph sits in green tunic, pink cloak, and blue hood, with an ox and an ass. Behind a wattle fence stands a shepherd in red tunic, light yellow cowl, and black hat. Minimal landscape of grass and five trees in background. Text begins with a large illuminated 'D' with a vine... Binding: Framed in dark purple velvet on recto, purplish-brown leather on verso. Pasted note on frame verso: "134. The Nativity. A leaf from a French Horae at the beginning of Prime. The miniature measures 3 1/2 x 2/58 inches, and depicts the Nativity, with the Virgin, Joseph, a shepherd and an ox and an ass adoring the Child; beneath is an illuminated initial D, the whole being surrounded by a border of the line and leaf type; mounted in a frame of dark red velvet... Shelfmark: Eugene, OR, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon, MS 054.
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