Rare Books and Manuscripts Library

Book of Hours - folio 5

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  • Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments, Rare Books and Manuscripts Library, The Ohio State University

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Title
  • Book of Hours - folio 5
Alternative Title
  • Incipit: Initium sancti evangelii secundum / Iohannem
  • Explicit: unigeniti a patre plenum gratie et veritatis Deo gratias
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Date Created
  • circa 1500
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Description

Summary
  • Gospel reading, John 1:1-14.
Description
  • Historical notes: The coat of arms at the foot of the recto is the Arms of France Moderne, used between 1376-1469. This manuscript likely was made after this date, however, closer to the beginning of the sixteenth century.
  • The descriptions and numbering of individual folios may be updated and/or changed in response to further research that may be undertaken on the manuscripts and as additional folios are added to the collection.
  • See Related URL for overall fragment information.
  • Illumination notes: Half-page framed illumination of John the Evangelist writing on Patmos, with full floriated borders, and a pair of satyrs bearing a blue shield emblazoned with three fleurs-de-lis, the shield surmounted by a gold crown.
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Item Identifier
  • SPEC.RARE.MS.MR.FRAG.160.5
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Source
  • Columbus, Ohio, The Ohio State University Rare Books and Manuscripts Library, SPEC.RARE.MS.MR.FRAG.160.5

Additional Details

Extent
  • Layout: Written in 1 column of 25 lines
  • leaves 5r-5v : parchment ; 204 x 136 (131 x 79) mm.
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Rights Note
  • The Ohio State University Libraries believes this object is in the Public Domain in the United States; users are responsible for making a final determination of copyright status.

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Thumbnail Title Date Uploaded Visibility Actions
recto 2022-06-01 Public
verso 2022-06-01 Public