Book of hours leaf, 1400s.

Format:

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Catholic Church.

Contributor:

Schoenberg, Lawrence J., former owner.

Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

Latin

Subjects (All):

Catholic Church--Prayers and devotions--Early works to 1800.

Catholic Church.

Genre:

fragments (object portions)

books of hours

Manuscripts, Latin.

Manuscripts, Medieval.

Manuscripts, Renaissance.

Prayers and devotions.

Prayers.

Devotional literature.

Penn Provenance:

Formerly owned by Lawrence J. Schoenberg, LJS 125.

Gift of Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2008.

Physical Description:

1 item (1 leaf) : parchment ; 170 x 130 mm

Contained In:

Manuscript Fragment Collection. Folder 27

Place of Publication:

1400s.

Language Note:

In Latin.

Summary:

Vellum leaf from a book of hours in 13 long lines. Initials are in alternating red and blue ink, with abstract line fillers in red and blue ink. The text is from the Office of the Dead, containing Psalm 40.9-14. Written in France in the 15th century.

Local Notes:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.

OCLC:

238234922

Online:

The Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative Fund Home Page