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Manuscript leaf from a Book of Hours, in Latin, produced in Northern France (perhaps...

Catalogue reference: MS 5650/13

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MS 5650/13

Title

Manuscript leaf from a Book of Hours, in Latin, produced in Northern France (perhaps Rouen)

Date

c.1480-1500

Description

Text: From a Book of Hours, in Latin

Script: Textualis Formata (Textus Quadratus)

The text shows a part of what is probably the Hours of the Virgin - Compline. The text is written in black ink with line ruling in red ink. There is one two-line initial painted in white and infilled with a flower on a liquid gold ground. Also there are eleven one-line initials in liquid gold on blue or red grounds. Panel borders on each side of the leaf are composed of flowers on scroll-like designs in gold together with blue and gold acanthus.

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University of Reading: Special Collections

Former department reference

MS 13

Language

Latin

Physical description

1 leaf

Physical condition

Material: Vellum leaf

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