Photographs and descriptions of literary leaves
from the Lorraine Lemire Medieval Manuscript Collection now on permanent display in
the Alison
Eliason Library.
You may view these items by appointment at the Library.
These leaves are not
for sale.
Contact: Marc Belair, 360-738-4919
marcjamesllc@comcast.net
Book of Hours, Circa 1460
This set of leaves are from a Book of Hours, Use of Rome,
in Latin, on Vellum, Tuscany, Circa 1460. There are twelve lines,
written in dark brown ink, in a rounded Gothic liturgical hand with initials
in embossed gold and others in blue ink on red tendril ground on
each page. There are a total of eight leaves, four have the Verso shown.
This was an elegant Italian Book of Hours
connected to the
Florentine family of Pazzi. Some of the leaves from this Book of Hours,
especially those with initials, are closely related to those of a
manuscript of Eusebius written by Quirico da Prato in 1462.
102 x 144 mm
Pazzi Chapel, Santa Croce, Florence
 | Recto with two gold, two blue and one red initials and purple dragon* |
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Verso of above leaf with one gold and two blue initials and a purple and a red dragon.* |
 | Recto with one gold and two blue initials.* |
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Recto with three gold and three blue initials and a purple dragon.* |
 | Recto with one blue and two gold initials and two purple dragons. * |
 | Recto with one blue initial.* |
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Recto with one gold and two blue initials with a purple and a red dragon. * |
 | Verso of above leaf with one gold an two blue initials with a purple and a red dragon.* |
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Recto with one gold and one blue initial with a purple and a red dragon. * |
 | Verso of above leaf with one gold and two blue initials* |
 | Recto with one gold and two blue initials.* |
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Verso of the above leaf with one gold and two blue initials.* |
 | Recto with two gold and two blue initials.* |
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Verso of the above leaf with one gold and two blue initials.* |
 | Recto with one gold initial.* |
 | Verso of the above leaf.* |
* Provenance: Anthony L. Griffon Ph.D. Collection,
Griffon's Medieval Manuscripts.
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