Ohio University, ege-45

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS30527

Shelfmark:

ege-45

Title:

Ege leaf 45: 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); 18.75 cm x 13.75 cm

Former Owner(s):

Ege, Otto F.

Otto Ege WIKIDATA

Note:

Script: Gothic
Decoration: foliage (motif); gold leaf; illuminations (painting); initials (layout features); line fillings; marginal illustrations; rules (layout features); long-line format;
The following text is based on the original seller's label. 45. VELLUM LEAF FROM AN ILLUMINATED MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPT
FRANCE
Late XVth Century
Latin Text
Gothic Script
Book of Hours
(Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis)
FROM THE COLLECTION OF OTTO F. EGE.
This manuscript leaf came from a Book of Hours, sold probably at one of the famous shrines to which wealthy laymen made pilgrimages
To meet the demand for these books, the monastic as well as the secular scribes produced them in great numbers
The freely drawn, indefinite buds here entirely supplant the ivy, fruits, and realistic wayside flowers which characterized the borders of manuscripts of the preceding half century
The initial letters of burnished gold on a background of old rose and blue with delicate white line decorations maintain the tradition of the earlier period
The vellum is of silk-like quality that often distinguished the manuscripts of France and Italy.
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/163

IIIF Manifest:

https://media.library.ohio.edu/iiif/2/p15808coll19:163/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Ohio University