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Description
ff. 1-10v. [Book of Hours] ff. 1-9v: Commendation of souls; ff. 9v-10v: Prologue in English and a suffrage of Erasmus, added in a late fifteenth/early sixteenth century cursive hand. Fragment (the ending quire and leaves) from a Book of Hours written probably in England, although the border foliage on f. 1 resembles the work of northeastern France. Span folios: ff. 1-10v. Support: Parchment. Layout: 1⁸ + 2 leaves; no catchword or signatures. Ruled space, 115 x 73 mm; 22 long lines, ruled in pale red ink. Written in a gothic book hand. Decoration: Opening initial in patterned dark pink on a cusped gold ground with infilling of colored trilobe leaves; U-shaped frame around text of colored and gold strips; reversed C-shaped bracket border of black ivy spray, with red and blue acanthus leaves at the upper right corner, and a dark pink and green burst in the lower right corner; multicolored flowers and gold motifs. 2-line initials in gold on blue or dark pink ground with infilling of the other color; 1-line initials in blue with red penwork or in gold with black penwork. Rubrics in red. Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 9/17/2009. Cataloged from existing description: C. W. Dutschke with the assistance of R. H. Rouse et al., Guide to Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Huntington Library (San Marino, 1989). Bound in 19th century half blue morocco; marbled endpapers. HM 1159. Huntington Library, San Marino, CA.
Books of hours England 15th century. (aat) Manuscripts (documents) (aat)
Source
Manuscripts, Huntington Digital Library
Provenance
In the library of Henry Huth and in his catalogue, The Huth Library (London 1880) vol. 4, p. 1231; sold by his son, Alfred H. Huth, Sotheby's, 8 July 1918, pt. VII, lot 6248 to G. D. Smith. Acquired from Smith by Henry E. Huntington in September 1918.
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