[Book of hours]

Name:

Catholic Church

Date:

1450

Description:

Fragment of a book of hours, French script, use of Sarum [?]. Misbound: includes Ad laudes (f. 1r-v, f. 7-10); Matins (f. 3r-6v), ending in the middle of the Te Deum; commemoration of St. Anne (f. 2r); commemoration of St. Catherine.

Language:

Latin

Provenance:

Formerly owned by E. B. Krumbhaar (bookplate, inside upper cover; stamp with winged crown, first two endleaves).; Krumbhaar, E. B. 1882-1966, former owner.

Relation:

Video orientation: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/1502730

Subject:

Catherine, of Alexandria, Saint Prayers and devotions; Catherine, of Alexandria, Saint; Catholic Church -- Prayers and devotions -- Early works to 1800; Catholic Church; Illumination of books and manuscripts, French -- Specimens; Illumination of books and manuscripts, French

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

books of hours; codices (bound manuscripts); illuminations (paintings); Manuscripts, Latin; Manuscripts, Medieval; Manuscripts, Renaissance; prayers (compositions); devotional literature; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

10 leaves : parchment, color illustrations; 203 x 137 (115 x 70) mm bound to 211 x 150 mm

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title supplied by cataloger; title in Zacour-Hirsch, Horae.; Foliation: Parchment, iii (modern paper) + 10 + iii (modern paper); [1-10]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.; Layout: Written in 21 long lines; frame-ruled in ink.; Script: Written in a Gothic script by a single hand.; Decoration: Wide illuminated border and illuminated 6-line initial (f. 1r); wide decorative border and fully colored 6-line miniature of St. Catherine (f. 2v); initials decorated in gold, red, and blue throughout.; Binding: Modern red morocco, upper cover detached.; Origin: Written in France in the second half of the 15th century.; Latin.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 681