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Identifier:
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exwsms107_bk
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Manuscript Identifier:
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MS 107
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Title:
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Bifolium from a Book of Hours
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Alternative Title:
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MS 107
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Incipit:
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[f. 1v initial] Bekier ons god ouse heil geuer eum
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Origin Date:
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ca. 15th century
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Origin Location:
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Netherlands
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Description:
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One bifolum from a Book of Hours in Dutch featuring illuminated marginal decoration and initial.
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Provenance:
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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.
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Extent:
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1 bifolium
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Subject:
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Manuscripts, Dutch
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Subject:
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Manuscripts, Medieval
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Subject:
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Illuminated manuscripts--Netherlands--15th century
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Subject:
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Prayer books--Early works to 1800
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Subject:
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books of hours
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Subject:
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Textura (Gothic script)
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Subject:
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Decorated initials
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Subject:
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detached leaves
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Language:
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dut
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Dimensions:
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150 x 226 mm
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Material:
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parchment
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Binding:
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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.
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Decoration Description:
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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.
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Description of Hands:
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1 column of 18 lines ruled in drypoint and written in gothic texutalis libraria. Pricking in outer margins.
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Is Part Of:
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Medieval Document Collection
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Is Part Of:
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Manuscript 107, Western Michigan University Special Collections
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Publisher:
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Western Michigan University
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Date-Issued:
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2019
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Type:
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Text
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Format:
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image/jp2
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Rights:
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Copyright 2019 Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, all rights reserved. The digital version is available for educational use under 'Fair Use' guidelines. For additional permission and further information contact the WMU Libraries.
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