summary
Book of Hours, use of Rome
note (text)
This manuscript contains a Book of Hours, Use of Rome.
leaf dimensions : height (mm)
129
leaf dimensions : width (mm)
92
justification : height (mm)
68
justification : width (mm)
50
scriptNote
Hand 1, main body of text; hand 2, Calendar; hand 3, added prayer
note (deco)
2 historiated/figured initials3 decorated initials, 5 foliate borders, some inhabited and historiated, red and blue 1-2 lines initials throughout
binding
S. XIX red morocco, gold tooled inner borders, with clasp, LIBER PRECIS stamped in gold on spine; in red case with morocco-backed spine, gold-stamped HORAE B. M. VIRGINIS M.S. XV. SAEC.
origDate : proposed date
Late 15th centuryFrom : 1400 (CCLL) To : 1500 (CCLL)
origPlace : proposed origin
Florence, Italy
provenance
Abbey of Passignano, Italy (late s. XVI); John Morgan, Rubislaw House, Aberdeen; sold London, Sotheby's (1900) to Tregaskis (cat. 463, 2 Apr. 1900, n. 388; cat. 468, 9 July 1900, n. 500); Maggs (after 1900); John Frederick Lewis, Philadelphia.
ID Arkindex
40082639-3130-4d8c-9bae-ccd3c341122f
HORAE_1200pxmin (1815 mss)
Philadelphia_Free_Library_of_Philadelphia_Lewis_E_121.tar.gz
Digitization-type
single page