COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Document Collection
mediaCollectionId
WMUwmu~77~77
Medieval Document Collection
Collection
true
Identifier:
exwsms107_bk
resource_identifier
exwsms107_bk
Identifier
false
Manuscript Identifier:
MS 107
manuscript_identifier
MS 107
Manuscript Identifier
false
Title:
Bifolium from a Book of Hours
title
Bifolium from a Book of Hours
Title
false
Alternative Title:
MS 107
alternate_title
MS 107
Alternative Title
false
Incipit:
[f. 1v initial] Bekier ons god ouse heil geuer eum
incipit
[f. 1v initial] Bekier ons god ouse heil geuer eum
Incipit
false
Origin Date:
ca. 15th century
date_original
ca. 15th century
Origin Date
false
Origin Location:
Netherlands
location__creation_site_
Netherlands
Origin Location
false
Description:
One bifolum from a Book of Hours in Dutch featuring illuminated marginal decoration and initial.
description
One bifolum from a Book of Hours in Dutch featuring illuminated marginal decoration and initial.
Description
false
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.
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.
Provenance
false
Extent:
1 bifolium
extent
1 bifolium
Extent
false
Subject:
Manuscripts, Dutch
subject
Manuscripts, Dutch
Subject
false
Subject:
Manuscripts, Medieval
subject
Manuscripts, Medieval
Subject
false
Subject:
Illuminated manuscripts--Netherlands--15th century
subject
Illuminated manuscripts--Netherlands--15th century
Subject
false
Subject:
Prayer books--Early works to 1800
subject
Prayer books--Early works to 1800
Subject
false
Subject:
books of hours
subject
books of hours
Subject
false
Subject:
Textura (Gothic script)
subject
Textura (Gothic script)
Subject
false
Subject:
Decorated initials
subject
Decorated initials
Subject
false
Subject:
detached leaves
subject
detached leaves
Subject
false
Language:
dut
language
dut
Language
false
Dimensions:
150 x 226 mm
section_title_english
150 x 226 mm
Dimensions
false
Material:
parchment
book_type
parchment
Material
false
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.
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.
Binding
false
Decoration Description:
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.
decoration
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.
Decoration Description
false
Description of Hands:
1 column of 18 lines ruled in drypoint and written in gothic texutalis libraria. Pricking in outer margins.
description_of_hands
1 column of 18 lines ruled in drypoint and written in gothic texutalis libraria. Pricking in outer margins.
Description of Hands
false
Is Part Of:
Medieval Document Collection
original_manuscript
Medieval Document Collection
Is Part Of
false
Is Part Of:
Manuscript 107, Western Michigan University Special Collections
original_manuscript
Manuscript 107, Western Michigan University Special Collections
Is Part Of
false
Publisher:
Western Michigan University
contributing_institution
Western Michigan University
Publisher
false
Date-Issued:
2019
date_digital
2019
Date-Issued
false
Type:
Text
type
Text
Type
false
Format:
image/jp2
format
image/jp2
Format
false
Rights:
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.
rights_management
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.
Rights
false