Rare Books and Manuscripts Library

Book of Hours

Public Deposited

Credit Line

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

Details

Title
  • Book of Hours
Alternative Title
  • Incipit: In sanctitate et iusticia coram ipso omnibus diebus nostris
  • Explicit: Quia apud te propiciacio est
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Date Created
  • circa 1425 to circa 1450
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Description

Summary
  • Canticle of Zachary in the Office of the Dead.
Description
  • Decoration: One 2-line and nine 1-line initials in burnished gold on red and blue grounds highlighted in white penwork. Blue and red bars with highlights in white penwork and burnished gold accents used as occasional line fillers. Exterior margins of recto and verso filled with a profusion of black penwork vines terminating in ivy leaves and other foliation in burnished gold, green leaves, and green and red flowers.
  • 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.
  • Codicological notes: Large section of scar tissue in the lower margin.
  • Place of origin: France
Provenance
  • Formerly the property of Otto Ege, Cleveland, OH. Ege broke this manuscript and distributed 40 of its folios as part of his portfolio set, "Fifty Original Leaves". See Scott Gwara, "Otto Ege’s Manuscripts", HL31.

Find This Item

Item Identifier
  • SPEC.RARE.MS.MR.FRAG.31
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Source
  • Columbus, Ohio, The Ohio State University Rare Books and Manuscripts Library, SPEC.RARE.MS.MR.FRAG.31

Additional Details

Extent
  • 1 leaf : parchment ; 185 x 127 (112 x 64) mm.
  • Layout: Written in 1 column of 15 lines; ruled in light red ink.
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Rights Statement
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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recto 2022-05-23 Public
verso 2022-05-23 Public