Book of Hours, Sarum use, written in the middle of the fifteenth century in Flanders or northern France for export to England. Span folios: ff. 1-168v. Support: Parchment. Layout: 16 24 3-48 54(through f. 30) 6-128 132(through f. 88) 14-228(through f. 160) 238. One catchword survives in a cursive script in the lower margin of f. 96v; quires and leaves signed in letters and roman numerals with a cross marking the first folio in the second half of the quire. Ruled space, 110 x 74 mm; 19 long lines ruled in pale red ink... Decoration: Twenty-seven large miniatures, in the style of the Master of the Gold Scrolls. Major initials, 4-line, in white-patterned blue or pink with trilobe leaf infilling against a cusped gold ground, or ground of the other color with the infilling only in gold; 2-line initials in gold against parted pink and blue grounds with sprays of a few gold leaves and a flower at either end; 1-line... On f. ii verso, a rectangle of cleaner parchment with holes around it, as though something (a pilgrim's badge?) had once been attached, 72 x 55 mm. Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 9/11/2009. A coat of arms (16th century?) has been added on f. 30v; per pale 1 azure a chevron or between three dogs' heads sable langued and collared gules; 2 quarterly, 1 and 4 azure three fish in a bend proper, 2 and 3 argent three escallops gules; above the arms, a stoat proper; below them, a fish or; the whole encircled by a chapelet of carnations. Belonged to Robert Hoe, Cat. (1909) pp. 34-36; his...
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