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 1450
The following eight leaves are from an illuminated
manuscript Book of Hours, use of Utrecht,
in Latin and Dutch, the style of decorations and litanies point to eastern
Netherlands,
probably Leige, mid fifteenth century. The manuscript belonged to a
Convent of Augustinian Nuns. St. Augustine leads the confessors in two
litanies and the
prayers for the dying are only used for nuns. Each leaf contains 16 lines
of
Gothic script in brown ink and versal initials alternating in red and blue ink.
118 x 82 mm
 | The Verso contains sixteen lines of Gothic script in brown ink and versal initials alternating in red and blue inks.* |
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The Verso contains sixteen lines of Gothic script in brown ink and versal initials alternating in red and blue inks.* |
 | The Verso contains sixteen lines of Gothic script in brown ink and versal initials alternating in red and blue inks.* |
 |
The Verso contains sixteen lines of Gothic script in brown ink and versal initials alternating in red and blue inks.* |
 | The Verso contains sixteen lines of Gothic script in brown ink and versal initials alternating in red and blue inks.* |
 | The Verso contains sixteen lines of Gothic script in brown ink and versal initials alternating in red and blue inks.* |
 |
The Verso contains sixteen lines of Gothic script in brown ink and versal initials alternating in red and blue inks.* |
 | The Verso contains sixteen lines of Gothic script in brown ink and versal initials alternating in red and blue inks.* |
* Provenance: Anthony L. Griffon Ph.D. Collection, Griffon's Medieval Manuscripts.
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