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Metadata

DS ID:

DS30458

Shelfmark:

pftp-008

Title:

Book of hours, Netherlands, mid-1400s (PftP leaf: s01, f008)

Book of hours

Place:

Belgium

Belgium TGN

Netherlands

Netherlands TGN

Date:

1400s

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Dutch

Dutch WIKIDATA

Material:

Vellum (parchment)

Parchment AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 leaf; Vellum (parchment); 15.2 cm x 11.1 cm

Note:

Script: Gothic
Decoration: Long-line format; Rules (layout features);
Provenance: This leaf is from a portfolio compiled by The Foliophiles Inc. and issued as a limited edition under the title "Pages from the past: Original leaves from rare books and manuscripts."
Provenance: The set of leaves belonging to Ohio University is number 18 of 20 in "Portfolio set I: History of the written word."
Provenance: The transcribed labels accompanying these leaves were originally written by The Foliophiles, Inc., a now-defunct New York association of rare book dealers that was also known as the Society of Foliophiles.
Provenance: Between 1925 and 1968 The Foliophiles disbound hundreds of historical texts and assembled them into several thematic portfolio sets.
Provenance: These were then issued in “editions” of between 15 and 200 leaves. Universities across America subsequently purchased these portfolios as teaching tools.
Provenance: While a small number of the selected leaves come from other cultures, the vast majority are from European texts. The collecting and marketing practices of The Foliophiles reflect the values of the members of the association and the contemporary American rare book market.
Provenance: Original descriptions, therefore, may contain outdated language, speculation, or inaccurate information.
The following text is based on the original seller's label. FROM THE DUTCH BOOK OF HOURS, a lovely leaf on vellum written in the middle of the 15th Century in the even, firm calligraphy with the very wide margins that so typifies the traditionally plain Horae
Written in a firm gothic script that has turned a soft black over the centuries, one can not but marvel at the devotion shown by countless monks in creating and assembling such religious works with such painstaking care
© 1964, T.P.I.
Pages from the Past, Set I: History of the written word

Keyword:

Books of hours

Manuscripts

Institutional Record:

http://media.library.ohio.edu/digital/collection/p15808coll19/id/335

IIIF Manifest:

https://media.library.ohio.edu/iiif/2/p15808coll19:335/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Ohio University