Book of hours : use of Paris, [between 1475 and 1499].

Catholic Church

1475

1 v. (108 leaves) : parchment, ill.

Princeton Digital PUL

A closed book with a red leather cover and ornate gold tooling along the edges. The book is shown from a frontal perspective against a dark background. A closed book with a red leather cover and ornate gold tooling along the edges. The book is shown from a frontal perspective against a dark background. Decoration: Thirteen arched miniatures of three-quarter page for canonical hours of the Virgin (ff. 21r, 29r, 37v, 42r, 45r, 47v, 50v, 53v), Matins of the Cross and of the Holy Spirit (ff. 57r, 60r), Psalm 6 of Penitential Psalms (f. 63r), and the Vespers Psalm of the Office of the Dead (f. 77r), and Vie de S. Barbe (f. 89r), all surrounded by borders of foliate and floral ornament. Twelve 3-line blue initials, with foliate infillings, on gold grounds, for canonical hours of the Virg