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Johannete Ravenelles tidebok – Book of Hours (Calendar, Gospel perocopes, O intemerata, Obsecro te, Hours of the Virgin, Penitential Psalms, Hours of the Cross, Hours of the Holy Spirit, Seven Words of the Lord, Fifteen Joys of the Virgin, Requiem and some more prayers.)
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Typical french gothic style of the late 14th century Paris. Commissioned by: Johannete Ravenelle, Paris. Illuminator(s): Ravenelle Painter/ Master of BN fr 159. Scribe(s): at least two, one later hand for the additions on f 82v, 125r, 189r and another for the main text. Written in France, in Paris, in the first decade of the 15th C. Follows Parisian liturgical use. Parisian saints mentioned. The female owner Johanette Ravenelle is mentioned on folio 11r.This manuscript, C 517e, is a beautifully illuminated book of hours made for a French lady, Johannete Ravenelle, around the year 1400.