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Metadata

DS ID:

DS30528

Shelfmark:

ege-47

Title:

Ege leaf 47: 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); 18 cm x 13 cm

Former Owner(s):

Ege, Otto F.

Otto Ege WIKIDATA

Note:

Script: Gothic
Decoration: flower (motif); flowers (motif); gold leaf; illuminations (painting); inhabited initials; initials (layout features); marginal illustrations; rubrics; rules (layout features); long-line format;
The following text is based on the original seller's label. 47. VELLUM LEAF FROM AN ILLUMINATED MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPT
THE NETHERLANDS
Late XVth Century
Latin Text
Angular Gothic Script
Book of Hours
(Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis)
FROM THE COLLECTION OF OTTO F. EGE.
In assigning this leaf from a Book of Hours to the Netherlands it must be remembered that some sections of that country were once part of France, while others belonged to what is now Germany
In this leaf French characteristics predominate, but in no other country did the study of nature have a more direct influence on miniatures and ornamentation than in the Netherlands
Carnations, pansies, columbines, and many other flowers were faultlessly and realistically drawn
A few decades later, at the turn of the century, cast shadows as well as snails, butterflies, and birds were added, with the result that the borders became a distraction to the reader.
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/195

IIIF Manifest:

https://media.library.ohio.edu/iiif/2/p15808coll19:195/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Ohio University