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Marian Prayer from a Book of Hours for a woman. Gothic script from late 15th Century.
The prayer is uncommon and unable to be definitively identified.
The illustrations on the recto and verso are mirror images of each other, implying that the…

Book of Hours, Office of the Dead, Lauds. Recto includes part of the first antiphon and the second antiphon for Psalm 66, then the Song of Ezechias (Isaiah 38), which continues onto the verso. The second antiphon, on the second line, breaks up the…

Book of Hours The Litanies. Text begins with the lengthy invocation to Holy Mary ("virgo virginum") followed by those to Saint Michael, Saint Gabriel, Saint Raphael, all the Holy Angels and Archangels, John the Baptist, all the Holy Patriarchs and…

Book of Hours, Suffrages. Includes portion of Saint John the Baptist, Saint John the Evangelist, and portion of Saints Peter and Paul. 1 folio, 14 lines on both recto and verso. Recto and Verso show visible sewing holes, with the parchment attached…

This recto of this manuscript leaf contains the last section of Psalm 117:16 through Psalm 117:21. The verso has the last word of Psalm 117:21 and continues through to Psalm 117:26.

14 lines each on the recto and verso. Written in black/brown ink…

Office of the Dead, Matins. Conclusion of Psalm 94 with responses, followed by beginning of First Nocturn ("et dixit semper hii errant corde . . . / . . . verba mea auribus percipe domine"). Digitized image of manuscript on parchment. 1 folio, 14…

This leaf begins in the Office of the Dead, around the middle of Lauds with Isaiah 38. The first page begins with "Domine vim patior, responde pro me: quid dicam..." and ends with "Tu autem eruisti animam meam ut non peri-" which picks up at the…

Hours of the Virgin, Sext. Psalms 122 - 123
The recto has the second half of Psalm 122 and the first lines of Psalm 123. The text is decorated with a botanical border with flowers and ecampus leaves. The verso is a continuation of Psalm 123 and…

Hours of the Virgin, Matins. Response ("[Felix namque es vir]go Maria...", line 1 recto) and versicle ("Ora pro populo...", line 3 recto) following third lesson. Hymn of Saints Ambrose and Augustine (beginning "Te deum laudamus...", line 13…

Text is from the Office of the Dead. Vespers .Psalms 119-120.

It is utilizing Greek numbering for psalms. In Hebrew numbering the psalms are 120 and 121.

Recto has illustrated letters in boxes. The boxes are red, and blue with the letters in…