Detail View: RIT CARY GRAPHIC ARTS COLLECTION: Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis: fragment

Filename: 
cc20190605_50
Identifier: 
cc20190605_50
Title: 
Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis: fragment
Creator: 
Catholic Church
Subject: 
Books of hours - Illustrations
Subject: 
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Subject: 
Manuscripts, Medieval
Summary: 
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: 
In cursive gothic script
Summary: 
This beautiful manuscript leaf was written and illuminated about the year 1535 A.D. At this late date Books of Hours were also being printed in great numbers by such famous French printers as Vostre, de Colines, and Tory. These were elaborately illustrated and frequenly hand-colored. The cursive gothic script used in this leaf, with its boldly accented letters and flourished initials, borrowed heavily from the decorative chancery or legal hands of the 13th and 14th centuries. It influenced the type face known as civilité, designed by Granjon, and first used in 1559 A.D. This vellum leaf was created in France.
Digital Publisher: 
Rochester Institute of Technology - RIT Libraries - Cary Graphic Arts Collection
Contributor: 
Ege, Otto F.
Date of Original: 
1530 approximate
Date of Digitization: 
2019
Broad Type: 
still image
Specific Type: 
manuscript (documents)
Digital File Format: 
jpeg
Physical Format: 
books
Dimensions of Original: 
17 x 12 cm
Language: 
Latin
Original Item Location: 
PORTFOLIO BOX 2-50
Digital Project: 
2019_027_manuscripts
Catalog Record: 
https://albert.rit.edu/record=b1426759
Place: 
France
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: 
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.
Other Title: 
Book of hours. Fragments. Early 16th century