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Found within the Hours of Virgin at Matins

This is a section of the Te Deum Hymn of Saint Ambrose and Augustine:
The first line of the recto begins in the middle of the 9th line of Hymn: "Te Martyrum candidatus laudat exercitus." The first line…

This leaf comes from a section of the Litany of the Saints.
It is illuminated with gold foil in the margins as well as within the text highlighting the first letter of each line. The golden letters are also decorated with alternating blue and red…

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…

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…

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…

Office of the Dead, Matins, end of first nocturne and beginning of second.

Recto: Job 10:16-20, followed by Responsory and Verse

Verso: Psalm of David/ (22 or23) : The Lord is my shepherd, I shall want for nothing

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 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…

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 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…