textLang
Latin (LA, LAT)French (FR, FRE)
leaf dimensions : height (mm)
160
leaf dimensions : width (mm)
113
note (deco)
On fol. a, recto, illuminated initial and border on three sides with gilded ivy and acanthus and a historiated medallion in the bas de page; on fol. a, verso, border on three sides with a grotesque and a historiated medallion in the bas de page. On fol. b, recto, illuminated border on three sides, one-line initials, and line fillers; on fol. b, verso, similar border with a grotesque.
origPlace : proposed origin
Coutances
note (history)
Possibly from a Book of Hours sold at Sotheby's, 22 June 1982, lot 91. Sister leaves have appeared in Maggs Bros.Catalogue 1249, 1998, no.27, Catalogue 1262, 1998, no.16, and Catalogue 1340 [2003], no.8.
provenance
Originally owned by the College of St. Mary's, St. Marys, Kansas, closed 1968; donated by Father Heiser.
note (temp)
http://ds.lib.berkeley.edu/VFLMS035_44
