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Miniature: Vigil of the Office of the Dead.

Illuminated miniature of Pentecost. Annotation: 1490 AD, Flanders, Book of Hours, Pentecost or descent of the Holy Spirit.

This miniature may have originally been part of Ege FOL 47.

Text in center of miniature is from the Office of the…

Hours of the Virgin, Matins, conclusion of the Te Deum.  Consecutive with leaf held by Smith College.  Gothic script, 14 lines, below top margin;  Rubricated letters "An" on verso, line 14; decorated initials and line fillers in gold, red, and blue.…

Detail of capital T initial from the verso of the folio at Lima Public Library.

Detail of capital S initials stacked together from the verso of the folio at Case Western Reserve University.

Detail of capital S initial from the recto of the folio at University of Toronto, Massey College.

O intemerata (prayer to the Virgin and St. John), second half to near the end. Incipit: ego miserrima peccatrix. Explicit: Et post vite huius Gothic script, 14 lines, below top margin. Marginal decorations with red, and blue shapes, white and gold…

Litany of the Saints, male martyrs followed by bishops and confessors, St. Stephen through St. Martin. The list of martyrs is notable for the inclusion of saints principally venerated in Troyes: St. Patroclus and St. Savinian. Other saints of…

This entry provides a complete description of a late 15th century French Book of Hours to be offered for sale. Research conducted through the Schoenberg Manuscript Database and Seymour DeRicci's Census of Medieval Manuscripts in the United States and…