Leaf from Vespers and Compline, Hours of the Holy Spirit, France, Recto

Alternative Title

Catalogue 17

Creator

Unknown

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Publication Date

1500

Time Period

circa 1500-1510

Abstract

This leaf is rubricated in blue ink rather than in the standard red. The blue ink was derived from lapis lazuli, an expensive mineral that adds a luxurious appearance. Short exclamations such as antiphones, responses and versicles are written smaller to distinguish them from the other parts of the text.

Decoration

Full borders decorated with various flowers and plants. Several illuminated letters, line fillers and rubrics. Bas-de-page illuminations depicting comic scenes of an ape with a bird.

Text Identification

Hours of the Holy Spirit, Vespers and Compline

Provenance

Sotheby's, Western Manuscripts and Miniatures, London, July 3rd 1984, Lot 84, 128-132.

Keywords

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

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

France

Language

Latin

Media Type

Illuminated manuscripts

Format

Digital Only

Identifier

S04-00118-alg8-01-R

Recommended Citation

Unknown, "Leaf from Vespers and Compline, Hours of the Holy Spirit, France, Recto" (1500). Sacred Leaves Manuscript Collection. 99.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/sacred_leaves/99