Shelfmark
MS 384
Main entry--corporate name
Title
Fragments from a Book of Hours [manuscript].
Publication, distribution, etc.
north-western Europe, 1350-1500.
Physical description
[2] leaves : ill. ; 155 x 114 mm.
Language
Written in Latin.
Note
Material: membrane.
Note
Format: fragment (individual leaves torn from codex).
Note
Written space: 88 x 58 mm.
Note
Page preparation: ruled in ink, mostly faded. No prickings visible.
Note
Mise-en-page: single column (17 lines) written in a set script below the top line. Rubric. Line fillers.
Note
Decoration: burnished gold initials (1-2 lines), one on blue and mauve ground diapered in white. Minor blue initials. Gold and blue line fillers. This decoration was commonly used in late medieval manuscripts, hence the suggested dating leaning towards the 15th century.
Note
Handwriting: northern littera textualis formata. The aspect reminds of quadrata but the treatment of the feet of minims is not consistent enough for this script sub-classification.
Note
Correction: none present in these fragments.
Note
Marginalia, later additions: none present in these fragments.
Formatted contents note
Contents: Leaf 1 -- begins (recto): "i[n] Bethleem uide sic enim scriptu[m]", ends (verso): "eu[m] resurrexisse a mortuus non". These are Gospel readings from Matthew and Mark. Leaf 2 -- begins (recto): "me. Quia defecerunt sicut fu|mus", ends (verso): "Quia edifica|uit d[omi]n[u]s Syon et uidebitur in". This is from Psalm 101.
Cite as
Eton College Library, MS 384
Provenance
Origin: north-western Europe.
Provenance
Provenance: purchased from Sotheran's in 2009, which catalogued the fragments as French. There does not seem to be any suggestion in the leaves themselves to support this specific origin, as the style of writing and illumination was used in other part of north-western Europe too.
Subject
Subject
Manuscript fragments.
Added entry--name
Henry Sotheran Ltd. bookseller.
Language code
lat
Identifier
B52041