Book of Hours, use of Rome, written in northern France at the beginning of the sixteenth century. Span folios: ff. 1-12v, 1-134v (including 45 bis). Support: Parchment. Layout: 1-26 38 48(-1, 8) 5-88 96 108(+9 through f. 60) 11-128 136(the Hours of the Cross and the Holy Spirit) 148 158(+9, f. 99) 168 1710(through f. 117) 186 1910 + 1 leaf, f. 134. Ruled space, 120 x 63 mm; 24 long lines, ruled in pale red ink, with pricking occasionally visible in the outer margin.Written in bâtarde script. Decoration: Thirteen large miniatures in painted gold architectural frames, enclosing the full page scene on which the 3 lines of text appear as if imposed. Similar smaller miniatures, 8- to 16-line. 3- and 2-line white initials on square brick red grounds with gold tracery, infilled with a flower; 1-line initials in gold paint on alternating brick red or blue square grounds; ribbon line... Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 9/17/2009. Belonged to John Boykett Jarman; his sale, Sotheby's, 13 June 1864, lot 1. Source and date of acquisition by Henry E. Huntington unknown.
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