summary
Book of Hours, use of Rome
note (text)
This compact Italian Book of Hours is illustrated with sixteen large miniatures facing the incipit pages of their respective sections, as well as two historiated initials. Its sequence of miniatures for the Hours of the Virgin diverges from the usual Infancy narrative. The book also contains a complete sequence of Passion miniatures for the Long and Short Hours of the Cross, as well as two miniatures for the Office of the Dead.
leaf dimensions : height (mm)
99
leaf dimensions : width (mm)
69
justification : height (mm)
55
justification : width (mm)
42
origDate : proposed date
From : 1400 (CCLL) To : 1420 (CCLL)early 15th century
ID Arkindex
a7e92a43-3a49-45e5-9c5e-cdfc05ba4601
HORAE_1200pxmin (1815 mss)
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Digitization-type
single page
