Hours of St. Catherine, incomplete at the end, where prayers to St. Barbara, an Office of St. Barbara, and the Passion account from the Gospel of Matthew (partial) are added in a second hand.
E. B. Krumbhaar, 1910 (autograph, front endleaf; stamp with winged crown, f. 1r).; Formerly owned by Ernest F. Salmon, 1892 (autograph, front endleaf).
28 leaves : parchment, illustrations; 122 x 90 (70 x 54) mm bound to 132 x 101 mm
Personal Name:
Jesus Christ.; Jesus Christ; Catherine,; Barbara,; Krumbhaar, E. B. (Edward Bell), 1882-1966, former owner.
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Notes:
Foliation: Parchment, iii (modern paper) + 28 + ii (modern paper); [1-28]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.; Probably hours of St. Katherine of Alexandria (f. 13v): "O beata Katherina babylonis."; Title from Zacour-Hirsch Catalogue.; Incipit: Incipiunt hore de lauda Katherina edite...Text: Deprecare regem celi...; Layout: Written in 19 long lines; ruled in ink, prickings visible.; Script: Written in a single Gothic book hand with added texts (f. 24v-25r, 27r-28v) and some corrections in a hybrid script written by a second hand.; Decoration: 2-line and 3-line Illuminated initials in gold (worn off in places), red, green, blue, and pink; rubrics in red.; Binding: 18th- or 19th-century morocco, front endleaves loose.; Origin: Written in Germany in the early 15th century (Zacour-Hirsch). 19th-century description tipped onto front endleaf has date ca. 1390.; Ms. codex.; Latin.
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