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xMMs Bo7. Book of Hours, use of Rome, 1450-1460

 Item — Box: xMMs Bo7
Identifier: 3

Dates

  • Creation: 1450-1460

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 18.00 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

Latin

Materials Specific Details

A miniature book of hours bound in later French mottled calf (ca. 18th century) with marbled paste-downs.

Illuminated manuscript on vellum. Franco-Flemish.

85 x 65 milimeters. 239 leaves, 4 miniatures with decorative borders, 9 illuminated initials.

Leaf 1: Calendar page for December noting S. Barbare, S. Nicolai Episcopi, S. Ambrosius, S. Lucie virginnis, S. Thomas, S. Silvestri Pape

Leaves 2-25: Hours of the cross

Leaves 26-29: Hours of the Virgin for the use of Rome with Matins

Leaves 70-76: Prime

Leaves 77-83: Terce

Leaves 84-89v.: Sext

Leaves 90-97: None

Leaves 98-108r.: Vespers

Leaves 108-135r.: Compline

Leaves 135-165v: Penitental psalms

Leaf 166: Blank

Leaves 171-239v.: Office of the Dead

Repository Details

Part of the University of Iowa Special Collections Repository

Contact:
Special Collections Department
University of Iowa Libraries
Iowa City IA 52242 IaU
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