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Hours of the Virgin; Life of the Virgin; Description of the pilgrim churches in Rome
Title
Hours of the Virgin; Life of the Virgin; Description of the pilgrim churches in Rome.
Created
South Germany or Austria, [ca. 1475]
Physical Description
ff. 89 : paper ; 210 x 140 mm.
Language
German, Middle High (ca. 1050-1500)
Notes
Watermarks: quatrefoil, var. Briquet 5576?; balance, var. Briquet 2454?.
Script: Hand A copied ff. 1r-39r (quires I-IV, artt. 1-7) in Gothica Cursiva Libraria; Hand B copied ff. 41r-84v (art. 8) in Gothica Cursiva Currens; Hand C copied ff. 85r-89r (art. 9) in Gothica Cursiva Libraria.
There is space for initials in artt. 8-9 but they have not been executed. In artt. 1-7 the decoration consists of red heightening of majuscules and red plain initials, 1-3 lines, with guide-letters. Headings in red.
Binding: Original undecorated brown pigskin over heavy unbevelled wooden boards, with two decorated brass clasps attached to the rear cover and five decorated brass bosses on each cover (the center bosses are circular; one corner boss on the front cover missing). Remnants of a 17th-century paper title label on the spine.
In German.
Record created by Beinecke staff from catalog description by Albert Derolez.
Provenance
Collection of A.R.A. Hobson, London. Purchased from Laurence Witten on the Edwin J. Beinecke Fund, 1984.
Access and use
Material is open for research.
Summary
Manuscript on paper.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
December 16, 2010
References
Hours of the Virgin. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Hours of the Virgin. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Manuscripts, Medieval - Germany - 15th century.
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