Western Michigan University, WMU MS 145

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS6419

Shelfmark:

WMU MS 145

Title:

Calendar from a book of hours

Author:

Catholic Church

Catholic Church WIKIDATA

Place:

France

France TGN

Date:

1450-1499

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Middle French language

Middle French WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 14 leaves : parchment, 168 x 118 mm.

Note:

Complete calendar from a Book of Hours.
Parchment. ff. 14. Unfoliated. Written space 90 x 65 mm. 16 long lines per page. Ruled in ink. Collation: 16 +2 inserted before 1, 26. Written in gothic textualis formata. Decoration: 1-line initials in gold on a ground of red or blue; borders of leaves in gold leaf on ivy vines with fronds and flowers in tempera. Two gatherings still bound and showing leather torn from previous binding. The...
Produced in France, Normandy - probably in Bayeux. Calendar includes Saint Regnobert, Bishop of Bayeux. A pilgrim badge impression on the verso of folio 2: four badges, two larger and two smaller ones in a vertical row - they were attached with needle and thread to the page preceding the calendar. The practice of attaching the badges to the pages of devotional books flourished in the regions...

Keyword:

books of hours

Catholic Church--Liturgy--Calendar

Manuscripts, Medieval

Manuscripts, French

Institutional Record:

https://primo-pmtna01.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/f/4vcoc/01WMU_ALMA21346861050002436

IIIF Manifest:

https://luna.library.wmich.edu/luna/servlet/iiif/m/WMUwmu~77~77~1222427~156843/manifest

Holding Institution:

Western Michigan University