Cleveland Public Library

Dublin Core

Title

Cleveland Public Library

Subject

Book of Hours, FOL 47

Description

Page of the Hours of Virgin, Matins, Psalm 94. Occurs before the three nocturnes and begins on the fifth word of the psalm. Written in Gothic script and rubricated with initials in gold, red, blue and white. Same colors used in the line fillings, which are floral in nature.

S’s only in the modern style at the end of words. Ampersands written as et, not as & or the Tironian version. Recto and verso have 14 lines of text. Prayers to the Virgin Mary written in a smaller script and separated from the rest of the text. Between verses 4 and 5 at the bottom of the recto, short phrase added, possibly "Venite adoremus".

Border on the outer edge and made of gold bars adorned with flowers and remnants of rinceaux interleaved with red and blue diamonds. Red diamonds have gold styling while the blue diamonds have white styling. Border mirrored on the verso with the red and blue paneling reversed. White and gold decorations unique to each side. Some of the blue pigment on the verso has been smeared.

Creator

[no text]

Source

In Otto Ege portfolio

Publisher

Cleveland Public Library

Date

Late 15th century

Contributor

Maxine Brown

Rights

[no text]

Relation

[no text]

Format

[no text]

Language

Latin

Type

[no text]

Identifier

call number: F 094.1 B471O

Coverage

France, northern

Text Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Manuscript

Text

Implicit...Deo salutari nostro: praeoccupemus faciem eius .../Explicit...sicut in exacerbatione secundum diem ten(tationis)

[ ] refers to abbreviated letters
{ } refers non-standard text
( ) refers to text continuing on the next page

Transcription Recto:

Deo salutari nostro pr[a]eoc[c]u-
pemus faciem eius in con-
fessione et in psalmis iu-
bilemus ei. Ave Maria,
gratia plena: D[omi]n[u]s tecum.
Quoniam Deus mag-
nus Dominus et rex mag-
nus super omnes deos
q[uonia]m non repellet Domin[u]s
plebem suam quia in ma-
nu eius sunt omnes fines
terr[a]e et altitudines mon-
tium ipse conspicit.
{Venite Adoremus}

Transcription Verso:

Quoniam ip[s]ius est mare
et ip[s]e fecit illud et aridam fu[n]-
daverunt manus eius veni-
te adoremus et procidamus
ante Deum ploremus coram
Domino qui fecit nos quia
ip[s]e est D[omi]n[u]s Deus n[oste]r: nos au[tem]
populus eius et oves pascu[a]e
eius. Ave maria gratia
plena Dominus tecum
Hodie si vocem eius au-
dieritis, nolite obdurare cor-
da vestra sicut in exacerba-
tione secundum diem ten(tationis)

Files

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Citation

“Cleveland Public Library,” Reconstructing Ege FOL 47, accessed March 28, 2024, https://lis464.omeka.net/items/show/4.