Cambridge. Harvard University Library, MS Richardson 9

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Harvard University Library
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Houghton Library, Harvard University
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  • MS Richardson 9
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Date
  • 1505
Language
  • Latin
Title
  • Book of hours
  • Horae beatae Mariae virginis (use of Rome) : manuscript, [ca. 1505]
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  • Physical Description:
    187 leaves, bound : vellum, ill. ; 18 cm.

    Summary:
    Contains a liturgical calendar, gospel lessons, hours of the Virgin, Psalms, Office of the Dead, suffrages and various prayers.

    Notes:
    Written in a bâtarde script in 1 column of 21 lines; 17 large and 50 smaller miniatures, occupations of the months and zodiacal illustrations in the liturgical calendar, numerous illusionistic borders and decorated initials.
    Attributed to the Ghent-Bruges school of illumination, and related to the Master of the Older Prayerbook of Maximilian I and the Master of the Prayerbook of 1500; calendar illustrations are attributed to the Master of the Dresden Hours.
    Title supplied by cataloger.
    Bound in red velvet.
    In a tray case, 21 cm.
    MS Richardson 9. Houghton Library, Harvard University.

    Form / Genre:
    Manuscripts, Renaissance-Belgium-1500-1550.
    Illuminations.

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