COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Document Collection
Record
Identifier:
exws_ms165_3cover
Manuscript Identifier:
MS 165
Title:
Book of hours, cover
Alternative Title:
MS 165, cover
Author:
Catholic Church
Origin Date:
between 1450 and 1499
Origin Location:
Paris (France)
Description:
Upper cover of a Book of Hours containing containing a calendar, gospel readings followed by prayers; the Hours of the Virgin; the Penitential Psalms, followed by prayers and a Litany; the Hours of the Cross; the Office of the Dead; the Suffrages to the Saints, followed by a single prayer which a blue rubric announces.
Provenance:
"1542" on last main text leaf perhaps indicating the precise date of the binding.
Extent:
1 item
Subject:
Catholic Church--Prayers and devotions--Early works to 1800
Subject:
Books of hours--France--Paris--15th century
Subject:
Illumination of books and manuscripts--France--15th century
Subject:
Manuscripts, Latin--France
Subject:
Manuscripts, Medieval--France
Subject:
Historiated initials
Subject:
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Michigan--Kalamazoo
Subject:
Devotional literature
Subject:
Devotional calendars
Subject:
Decorated initials
Language:
lat
Language:
fre
Dimensions:
115 x 74 mm
Material:
parchment
Foliation:
ff. i + 171 + i
Binding:
16th century gilt-tooled arabesque binding or pasteboard, with small marks on edges of boards where clasps were once attached. Binding damaged, and on f. 8 the top of leaf is cut with loss of text.
Is Part Of:
Medieval Document Collection
Is Part Of:
Manuscript 165, Western Michigan University Special Collections
Publisher:
Western Michigan University
Date-Issued:
2019
Type:
Text
Format:
image/tiff
Format-Extent:
29,686,948 bytes
Access Rights:
This book is in the public domain. Western Michigan University holds the right to the image and reproduction. The images that are provided here are for non-profit, educational use only. For all other uses please contact Special Collections, Western Michigan University.
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Book of hours, cover
