Leaf from Matins, Hours of the Virgin, Rouen, France, Verso

Alternative Title

Catalogue 6

Creator

Unknown

Files

Publication Date

1480

Time Period

circa 1480

Abstract

More than any other office of the Virgin, Matins offers the most varied collection of additional prayers, hymns, and psalms. Any number of these accessory texts could be recited along with the standard Hour at daybreak, serving to reinforce both the natural experience of a new day, and the metaphysical theme of the Incarnation as embodied by the text's traditional illumination, the Annunciation. The concluding hymn Te Deum laudamus, is a hymn of thanksgiving also reserved for the most exultant occasions of church and state, such as the coronation of a king, or the canonization of a saint.

Decoration

Foliate vertical border and decorated initials and line fillers.

Text Identification

Hours of the Virgin, Matins with the hymn Te Deum laudamus.

Keywords

Manuscripts, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Books of Hours, Prayers

Notes

Items in this collection are only available online; we do not have physical copies of these items in the USF Library's Special Collections. The original items were returned to the donor.

Extent

1 page

Geographic Location

Rouen (France)

Language

Latin

Media Type

Illuminated manuscripts

Format

Digital Only

Identifier

S04-00085-20770-V

Recommended Citation

Unknown, "Leaf from Matins, Hours of the Virgin, Rouen, France, Verso" (1480). Sacred Leaves Manuscript Collection. 80.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/sacred_leaves/80