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Book of Hours [Fragment] Public Deposited

Contents
  • Language: Latin. Incipit: // Benedictus dominus qui non dedit nos in captionem dentibus eorum. Explicit: Gaude maria uirgo cunctas hereses sola interemisti in vniuerso mundo . Deo gracias//. Folio range: [1]r-v
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Time Period
  • Second or third quarter of the 15th century
Place of Origin
  • France
Description
  • Leaf from a French Book of Hours, dating to the second or third quarter of the fifteenth century. The text comprises a portion of the Hours of the Virgin (Sext), including the ending of Psalm 123 and Psalm 124.
Contributors
  • Records created or enhanced by the Peripheral Manuscript Project’s Description team, led by Dr. Elizabeth K. Hebbard and Dr. Sarah L. Noonan.
Source Identifier
  • mma_001_001
Keywords
  • Christian
  • Devotion
  • Illumination
  • France
  • Fragment
  • Book of Hours
Title
  • Book of Hours [Fragment]
Physical Description
  • Physical type: Fragment. Fragment type: Detached. Classification: Leaf (untrimmed). Support material: Parchment. Extent: 1. Page dimensions (in mm): 194 x 139. Written area (in mm): 104 x 71. Line height (in mm): 6.8. Script: Gothic. Script type: Quadrata. Layout: One column, ruled in light brown ink for fifteen lines, double upper bounding lines. Number of columns: 1. Number of lines: 15. Decoration: Two- and one-line illuminated initials on a ground of blue and mauve, with white accents. Line fillers in gold, blue, and mauve--the latter sometimes faded. Rubrication.
Language
  • Latin
Alternate Identifier
  • 1924.26 (Accession number)
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Date Created
  • 15th century
Owning Institution
  • Muskegon Museum of Art. Muskegon, MI.
Provenance
  • Acquired by the Muskegon Museum of Art from Orientalia, Inc. (New York, NY) in 1924. Accessioned 9/1/1924. Possible dealer's inscription in pencil on the recto reading "NL 14."

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