California State Library, Sutro Library M000132

Metadata

DS ID:

DS26318

Shelfmark:

Sutro Library M000132

Title:

Office of the Dead

Office of the Dead

Confiteor

Confiteor

Place:

Flanders

Flanders TGN

France

France TGN

Date:

fifteenth century

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Material:

parchment, illuminations

Parchment AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 31 leaves; parchment, illuminations; 155 x 107 mm bound to 161 x 115 mm

Former Owner(s):

Sather, Eugene E. (Eugene Earl), 1924-1986

Note:

Layout: 1 column, 16 lines
Script: Written in a mature gothic script in black ink
Decoration: Enlarged initials in gold on blue or pink grounds. Fol. 1r has a miniature depicting a burial, surrounded by a foliate border typical of a 15th-c. Flemish book of hours. The border includes a black, three-legged vessel.
Binding: 19th century red levant morocco
Provenance: Purchased by Eugene Sather (1924-1986) at an auction in Los Angeles about 1960. Acquired by the Sutro Library about 1980 or 1990.

Keyword:

books of hours

Books of hours

Prayers and devotions

Institutional Record:

https://csl.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CSL_INST/kjolsn/alma990015610340205115

Holding Institution:

California State Library