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Metadata

DS ID:

DS30531

Shelfmark:

ege-50

Title:

Ege leaf 50: Book of hours, France, circa 1535

Book of hours

Place:

France

France TGN

Date:

1535 circa

sixteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Material:

Vellum (parchment)

Parchment AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 leaf; Vellum (parchment); 16.25 cm x 11.5 cm

Former Owner(s):

Ege, Otto F.

Otto Ege WIKIDATA

Note:

Script: Gothic cursive
Decoration: flowers (motif); foliage (motif); gold leaf; illuminations (painting); 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. 50. VELLUM LEAF FROM AN ILLUMINATED MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPT
FRANCE
Early XVIth Century
Latin Text
Cursive Gothic Script
Book of Hours
(Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis)
FROM THE COLLECTION OF OTTO F. EGE.
This beautiful manuscript leaf was written and illuminated about the year 1535 A.D. At this late date Books of Hours were also being printed in great numbers by such famous French printers as Vostre, de Colines, and Tory
These were elaborately illustrated and frequently hand-colored
The cursive gothic script used in this leaf, with its boldly accented letters and flourished initials, borrowed heavily from the decorative chancery or legal hands of the XIIIth and XIVth centuries
It influenced the type face known as civilité, designed by Granjon, and first used in 1559 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/167

IIIF Manifest:

https://media.library.ohio.edu/iiif/2/p15808coll19:167/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Ohio University