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Metadata

DS ID:

DS30491

Shelfmark:

ege-46

Title:

Ege leaf 46: Book of hours, France, 1400s

Book of hours

Place:

France

France TGN

Date:

1400s

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Material:

Vellum (parchment)

Parchment AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 leaf; Vellum (parchment); 16.25 cm x 12 cm

Former Owner(s):

Ege, Otto F.

Otto Ege WIKIDATA

Note:

Script: Gothic
Decoration: chrysography; flowers (motif); foliage (motif); ; illuminations (painting); inhabited initials; initials (layout features); line fillings; marginal illustrations; rubrics; rules (layout features); long-line format;
The following text is based on the original seller's label. 46. VELLUM LEAF FROM AN ILLUMINATED MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPT
NORTHERN FRANCE
Late XVth Century
Latin Text
Gothic Script
Book of Hours
(Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis)
FROM THE COLLECTION OF OTTO F. EGE.
The Book of Hours, the prayer book of the laity, usually contains 16 sections
The section on prayers to the Virgin is the most important and most used, and its manuscripts exceed in number all other XVth century religious texts
The laymen who ordered and purchased these books would at times stipulate the style of ornament and the amount of burnished gold to be used, and could even, to a certain extent, select the saints they esteemed most and wished to glorify
In this example, the border reveals by its wayside flowers entangled with the heavy acanthus motif of the North and by the use of the "wash" gold that it was executed in Northern France about 1475 A.D.
Fifty original leaves from medieval manuscripts, Western Europe, XII-XVI century

Keyword:

Books of hours

Manuscripts

Institutional Record:

http://media.library.ohio.edu/digital/collection/p15808coll19/id/183

IIIF Manifest:

https://media.library.ohio.edu/iiif/2/p15808coll19:183/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Ohio University