Vassar College, Scheetz MS. 47

Metadata

DS ID:

DS29207

Shelfmark:

Scheetz MS. 47

Title:

Leaf from a Book of hours

Book of hours

Place:

France

France TGN

Date:

between 1375 and 1400

fourteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Material:

parchment, ill., illuminations

Parchment AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 leaf : parchment, ill., illuminations ; 171 x 127 (102 x 67) mm

Note:

Ms. leaf.
Title from Kidd.
Layout: Written in 14 lines, ruled.
Script: Written in gothic script.
Decoration: Two 2-line initials on gold ground, alternating blue and pink, with white ornament and ivy-leaf foliate forms extending into margin; nine 1-line initials in gold and alternating blue and pink with white ornament; line fillers in blue and pink with white and gold ornament.
Origin: Written in France during the late 14th century.
King Alfred's Notebook, Cayce, SC (?); Nicholas B. Scheetz (date of acquisition unknown)

Keyword:

Psalms

illuminated manuscripts

Books of hours

Gothic scripts

Manuscripts

psalms

Manuscripts, Medieval

France

Fourteenth century

Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)

Illumination of books and manuscripts

Catholic Church

Prayers and devotions

Early works

Institutional Record:

https://vassar.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01VAC_INST/al3g85/alma991019345678307396

Holding Institution:

Vassar College