Book of Hours, Office for the Dead, at Matins, first nocturne (Officium Pro Defunctis ad Matutinum). Northern France or the Netherlands, late 15th Century. Medieval manuscript leaf, parchment, containing text and decoration, including illuminated,…
This is a page from a French or Dutch 15th century illuminated manuscript. The illustrations on the margins of this page include berries and flowers as well as extensive gold leaf work. There is also tape on the edge of the top and the bottom of the…
Book of Hours, Office for the Dead, at Matins: Second Nocturne, on Tuesdays and Fridays (Officium pro Defunctis, ad Matutinum: In Secundo Nocturno, pro feria tertia, et sexta). Northern France or the Netherlands, late 15th Century. Medieval…
This leaf includes text from the Office of the Dead at Matins, 1st Nocturne. The presence of verses from Job indicate that the leaf falls during the Office of the Dead at Matins, and the fact that the 2nd and 3rd lessons are clearly indicated (with…
Several stanzas from the poem, "La Vie de Sainte Marguerite." There is also an illuminated margin on the page. Each line is broken with an illustration, sometimes a branch or a solid blue line with gold accents.
This leaf contains the fifth, sixth, and seventh psalms of the Seven Penitential Psalms. The text on the recto begins with the last few lines of Psalm 102 (the fifth Penitential Psalm), followed by the beginning of Psalm 130 (the sixth Penitential…
Book of Hours, Office (Hours) of the Holy Spirit, at None, Vespers, Compline (Officium Sancti Spiritus). Northern France or the Netherlands, late 15th Century. Medieval manuscript leaf (recto), parchment, containing text and decoration, including…
Leaf is from a French or Dutch Book of Hours from the late fifteenth century. Twenty long lines with illuminated floral boarder; ruling in red ink. Script Gothic Textualis, as indicated by diamond-shaped serifs at the feet of letters, representing a…