COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Document Collection
Record
Identifier:
exwsms107_bk
Manuscript Identifier:
MS 107
Title:
Bifolium from a Book of Hours
Alternative Title:
MS 107
Incipit:
[f. 1v initial] Bekier ons god ouse heil geuer eum
Origin Date:
between 1400 and 1499
Origin Location:
Flanders
Description:
One bifolium from a Book of Hours in Dutch featuring illuminated marginal decoration and initial.
Provenance:
Produced in Flanders in the 15th century. Sticker on the back of frame readers “The Bonfoey Co... Clevelend, O.” Loaned to WMU Library School through Jean Lowrie from the Gethsemani Abbey Library of Kentucky in 1974, and now permanently held by Special Collections.
Extent:
1 bifolium
Subject:
Manuscripts, Dutch--Michigan--Kalamazoo
Subject:
Manuscripts, Medieval
Subject:
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Flemish--15th century
Subject:
Prayer books--Early works to 1800
Subject:
books of hours
Subject:
Textura (Gothic script)
Subject:
Decorated initials
Subject:
detached leaves
Language:
dut/nld
Dimensions:
150 x 226 mm
Material:
parchment
Binding:
Traces of earlier sewing slits appear in the middle margin, along the fold of the bifolium, possibily from the original binding. “Framed sometime before 1979, removed from frame 5-21-2010.” --from dealer description.
Decoration Description:
Text written 1 column of 18 lines ruled in drypoint. On f. 1v, 5 line illuminated inital B on a field of gold, enclosing white floral pattern on a field of blue. Illumintated three-quarter border with sprays of light brown ivy and bezants on hairline stems and with fruit and flowers forms. Gold flaking from initial and bezants. Single line initials in gold and blue throughout text. Rubricated in red. On f. 1r and f. 2v, 2 line initial in blue. Pricking in outer margins.
Description of Hands:
Written in gothic texutalis libraria.
Is Part Of:
Medieval Document Collection
Is Part Of:
Manuscript 107, Western Michigan University Special Collections
Publisher:
Western Michigan University
Date-Issued:
2019
Type:
Text
Format:
image/jp2
Access Rights:
This leaf 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.
Rights Statement:
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