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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.…

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…

This leaf is a Gothic Script. It contains the conclusion of a prayer to Mary and the beginning of another. This leaf is most likely from the introductory prayers to the hours of the Virgin. There are 13 lines of text on the recto and 14 lines of…

Suffrage of the saints from a book of hours starting in the recto begins in the middle of the text for Saint Catherine, and on the verso are prayers to the good angel "du bon ange" and the cross. Gothic font.
The borders on these leaves come in two…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Miniature: Vigil of the Office of the Dead.