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Filename:
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cc20190605_24
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Identifier:
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cc20190605_24
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Title:
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Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis: fragment
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Creator:
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Catholic Church
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Subject:
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Books of hours - Illustrations
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Subject:
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Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
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Subject:
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Manuscripts, Medieval
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Summary:
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Ms. This manuscript leaf is part of a collection of medieval manuscript leaves selected to illustrate the art of the manuscript during the period of its greatest development and influence. They have been taken from books written in various European scriptoria by Benedictine, Franciscan, Carthusian, Dominican, and other orders of monks. Many are enriched with handsome borders, initial letters, and line-endings rendered in color. Twenty-five are illuminated with burnished gold or silver. The texts include the Bible, various church service books, the writings of the Church fathers, and some of the Classics.
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Summary:
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In angular gothic script
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Summary:
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This particular Book of Hours, a devotional prayer book for the layman, was made for the use of Sarum, the early name for Salisbury, England. This text was accepted throughout the province of Canterbury. The manuscript was written about the time Chaucer completed his Canterbury Tales, but evidently by a French monk, who might have been attached, as was often the case, to an English monastery. Again, the book could have been specially ordered and imported from abroad. The initial letter and the coloring and the treatment of the ivy are unmistakably French. The lettering is an excellent example of the then current book hand. There are seven lines of writing to an inch. The words written in red, a heavy color made from mercury and sulphur, show almost the same degree of delicacy as those written with the more fluid ink.
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Digital Publisher:
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Rochester Institute of Technology - RIT Libraries - Cary Graphic Arts Collection
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Contributor:
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Ege, Otto F.
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Date of Original:
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1350 approximate
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Date of Digitization:
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2019
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Broad Type:
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still image
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Specific Type:
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manuscript (documents)
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Digital File Format:
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jpeg
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Physical Format:
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books
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Dimensions of Original:
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18 x 13 cm
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Language:
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Latin
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Original Item Location:
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PORTFOLIO BOX 1-24
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Digital Project:
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2019_027_manuscripts
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Catalog Record:
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https://albert.rit.edu/record=b1426760
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Place:
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England
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Rights:
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RIT Libraries makes materials from its collections available for educational and research purposes pursuant to U.S. Copyright Law. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. It is your responsibility to obtain permission from the copyright holder to publish or reproduce images in print or electronic form.
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Notes:
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The manuscript leaves of this collection were accumulated and selected and most of the accompanying information was prepared over a period of forty years by the late Otto F. Ege, Dean of the Cleveland Institute of Art and Lecturer on the History of the Book at the School of Library Science, Western Reserve University. Each leaf is matted and accompanied by a descriptive letterpress label.
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Other Title:
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Book of hours. Fragments. Middle 14th century
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