COLLECTION NAME:
RIT CARY GRAPHIC ARTS COLLECTION
Record
Filename:
cc20190605_47
Identifier:
cc20190605_47
Title:
Book of Hours
Subject:
Books of hours - Illustrations
Subject:
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Subject:
Manuscripts, Medieval
Subject:
Prayers and devotion
Summary:
Text from the Hours of the Virgin at Terce.
Summary:
1 column, 14 lines; Written in an angular Gothic script in brown ink; Enlarged initials and line fillers in gold on blue and pink grounds with white penwork. Recto inner margin filled with panel diagonally striped in red and blue with penwork, with alternating stripes infilled with flowers on brown ground. Verso inner margin filled with panel of foliage and flowers in pink, blue, green, and brown ink.
Summary:
Verso bottom right corner contains "47" in a modern hand in pencil
Summary:
fol. 1
Summary:
Former owner names: Otto F. Ege
Summary:
Previous manuscript description provided by Otto F. Ege (included below) has been superseded by description by Scott Gwara (2013). The Ege description is retained here for reference: "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."
Summary:
Previous manuscript description provided by Otto F. Ege (included below) has been superseded by description by Scott Gwara (2013). The Ege description is retained here for reference: "In assigning this leaf from a Book of Hours to the Netherlands it must be remembered that some sections of that country were once part of France, while others belonged to what is now Germany. In this leaf French characteristics predominate, but in no other country did the study of nature have a more direct influence on miniatures and ornamentations that in the Netherlands. Carnations, pansies, columbines, and many other flowers were faultlessly and realistically drawn. A few decades later, at the turn of the century, cast shadows as well as snails, butterflies, and birds were added, with the result that the borders became a distraction to the reader. This vellum leaf was created in the Netherlands."
Digital Publisher:
Rochester Institute of Technology - RIT Libraries - Cary Graphic Arts Collection
Contributor:
Ege, Otto F.
Date of Original:
1475 approximate
Date of Digitization:
2019
Broad Type:
still image
Specific Type:
fragments (object portions)
Digital File Format:
jpeg
Physical Format:
parchment (animal material)
Dimensions of Original:
180 x 140 mm
Language:
Latin
Original Item Location:
PORTFOLIO BOX 2-47
Digital Project:
2019_027_manuscripts
Place:
Flanders
Rights:
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.
Notes:
Folio from a manuscript broken by Otto F. Ege.
Notes:
Leaf from Otto Ege HL 47.
Notes:
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.
Notes:
Parent manuscript described in Scott Gwara, Otto Ege's Manuscripts (De Brailes, 2013).
Other Title:
Book of hours. Fragments. Late 15th century
Other Title:
Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis: fragment