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Office of the Dead, Miniature and Vespers

Book of Hours, Hours of the Virgin at Matins (Officium Beatae Mariae, ad Matutinum). Northern France or the Netherlands, late 15th Century. Liturgical Use of of Châlons-sur-Marne. Medieval manuscript leaf, parchment, containing text and decoration,…

End of Psalm 23/24 (Matins, Hours of the Virgin)

The section is in the Office of the Dead (Matins, Second Nocturne). Here is the transcription (Recto): "vit[a]e me[a]e et ut inhabitem in do-
mo donum in longitudinem
dierum Requiem [rubrication] In loco
pascuae ibi me collacavit [rubrication]…

Leaf is from a late fifteenth century French or Flemish Book of Hours. Red ruling. Twenty lines on both recto and verso; text begins below upper line. Large, rectangular border along unbound side of text, one on either side of leaf. Borders decorated…

Book of Hours, Office for the Dead, at Lauds (Officium pro Defunctis, ad Laudes). Northern France or the Netherlands, late 15th Century. Medieval manuscript leaf, parchment, containing text and decoration, including illuminated, foliated panels and…