The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, KG 22

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS266

Shelfmark:

KG 22

Title:

Book of Hours, Psalms from Hours of the Virgin
Book of Hours

Scribe:

Geoffroy Tory, similar to style of

Geoffroy Tory WIKIDATA

Place:

France

France TGN

Date:

s. XVI(1/4); 1500-1525

sixteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Binding: Not bound.
Other decoration, One leaf: Text framed by a painted gold rope with knots at intervals. Brown ink, one column. Two 2-line initials, one gold on red and one gold on blue; seventeen 1-line initials, gold on red and gold on blue.
Number of scribes, One leaf: 1.
Script, One leaf: Imitative of roman font.
Layout, One leaf: Text block 110 x 65 mm. 18 long lines.

Former Owner(s):

Belonged to Karen Gould (1946-2012); gift of Lewis Gould to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in 2012 in his wife's memory.

Karen L. Gould WIKIDATA

Belonged to Karen Gould (1946-2012); gift of Lewis Gould to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in 2012 in his wife's memory.

Lewis L. Gould WIKIDATA

Note:

One leaf: Some similarity in format, script and decoration as the 8 leaves: Columbia, University of Missouri, Ellis Library, Special Collections, RARE RES BX2080.A1 1500 (6 leaves), and Fragmenta Manuscripta 212 and 213.
One leaf: Contains Ps. 96:1-12, Ps. 97:1-3, recited during the third nocturn at matins of the Hours of the Virgin.
Incipit, One leaf: Viderunt omnes termini terre salutare dei nostri//.
Explicit, One leaf: //Dominus regnavit exultet terra letentur insule multe.

Institutional Record:

https://archive.org/details/KG22_46

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archivelab.org/iiif/images_KG22_46/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art