Sacred Leaves Manuscript Collection

Alternative Title

Catalogue 26

Creator

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Publication Date

1415

Time Period

circa 1415

Abstract

The Office of the Dead in Books of Hours is textually identical to that in the breviary. This allowed the layman to recite the same prayers as the clergy during the funeral service of a loved one.

Decoration

Full foliate border, 3-line initial.

Text Identification

Office of the Dead, Matin: with the ending of Matins' introduction, an antiphon also found in the psalter of St. Jerome, and the beginning of lesson 1 taken from Job 7:16-23.

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

Netherlands

Language

Latin

Media Type

Illuminated manuscripts

Format

Digital Only

Identifier

S04-00112-alg5-R

Leaf from Matins, Office of the Dead, Southern Netherlands, Verso

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