Smith College, Codex 255

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS301

Shelfmark:

Codex 255

Title:

[Book of hours].

Book of hours

Book of hours (Smith College Ms. 255)

Book of hours

Author:

Catholic Church.

Catholic Church WIKIDATA

Date:

[ca. 1410-1420]; 1410-1420

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Material:

vellum, col. ill.;

Parchment AAT

Note:

Manuscript note: Calendar of the saints -- Selections of Gospel sequences -- Prayers to the Virgin -- Obsecro te -- O intemerata -- Passion from Gospel of John -- Hours of the Virgin -- Penitental Psalms -- Hours of the Cross-- Hours of the Holy Spirit -- Office of the Dead -- Suffrages (John the Baptist, St. Stephen, St. Lawrence, St. Dionysius, St. Nicholas, Mary Magdalene, St. Agnes, St...
Manuscript note: Minatures are: St. John on Patmos -- Crucifixion (Pietáa) -- Annunciation -- David in Prayer -- Crucifixion -- Pentecost -- Battle for the Soul of the Dead.
10 cm.: Ms. Probably written in Paris, ca. 1410-1420.
10 cm.: In Latin.
10 cm.: Ms. cropped top and right margin with loss of decoration and pagination.
10 cm.: Seven minatures at the beginning of each section; foliage and acanthus leaves and floral borders on far left and right margins.
10 cm.: Heraldic shield on decorative minature of the Prayers to the Virgin: Party per pale; on the dexter, or on a bar gules, with three increscent crescents argent in the field; on the sinister, bendy of six gules and sable [or oxidized argent?] on a bar sable.
10 cm.: Textura script in black and red for calendar; text in black with red chapter headings and frequent red, blue and gold initials (1 and 2 lines); catch words.
10 cm.: Bound in later (19th. c?) full brown leather with overall gold tooling (front cover detached; clasps lacking). In modern full red leather split case with binder's title: Horµ xv century.

Keyword:

Catholic Church

Prayers and devotions

Latin language

Books of hours

France

Institutional Record:

https://archive.org/details/Ms.255_48

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https://compass.fivecolleges.edu/node/100106/manifest

Holding Institution:

Smith College