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Metadata

DS ID:

DS30526

Shelfmark:

ege-43

Title:

Ege leaf 43: Book of hours, Netherlands, 1400s

Book of hours

Place:

Netherlands

Netherlands TGN

Date:

1400s

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Material:

Vellum (parchment)

Parchment AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 leaf; Vellum (parchment); 17.5 cm x 12.75 cm

Former Owner(s):

Ege, Otto F.

Otto Ege WIKIDATA

Note:

Script: Gothic
Decoration: initials (layout features); pen-flourished initials; rubrics; rules (layout features); long-line format
The following text is based on the original seller's label. 43. VELLUM LEAF FROM A MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPT
THE NETHERLANDS
Late XVth Century
Latin Text
Bold Angular Gothic Script
Book of Hours
(Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis)
FROM THE COLLECTION OF OTTO F. EGE.
In general, the Books of Hours produced for the devout layman in the Netherlands at the end of the XVth century were written in Dutch
This particular example, however, is in Latin
The heavy, angular, and closely spaced vertical strokes, with very short ascenders and descenders, give a much darker tone to the page than do similar scripts in such northern countries as Germany and England
This book hand resembles very closely the types known as lettre de forme which were used by certain anonymous contemporary printers in the Netherlands between 1470 and 1500 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/171

IIIF Manifest:

https://media.library.ohio.edu/iiif/2/p15808coll19:171/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Ohio University