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Leaf from a Book of Hours
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Parchment, 150 x 105 mm; text block on reverse 95 x 65 mm, 12 long lines, ruled in faint brown ink.
CONTENTS: recto: Hours of the Virgin, end of Nones, [exau]di orationem meam et clamor meus ad te veniat followed by the collect Famulorum tuorum domine delicits ignosce.
DECORATION: Full-page miniature with full acanthus and strewn-flower borders:with full acanthus and strewn-flower borders: Flight into Egypt, with Miracle of the Harvest and idols falling from their columns.
ORNAMENTATION: Alternate blue and red penwork initials [1 – 2 ll.]
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
16th Century, Early#
Production date:
circa
AD 1503
: probably after 1503
Support
composed of
parchment
Page
Height 150 mm
Width 105 mm
Text
Height 95 mm
Width 65 mm
Accession number: Marlay cutting Fl. 5a
Primary reference Number: 170648
Project ID: 129
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Manuscripts and Printed Books
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Leaf from a Book of Hours" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/170648 Accessed: 2024-11-09 02:23:19
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