Book of hours : use of Geert Grote, [ca. 1500].

Catholic Church

1500

1 v. (192 leaves) : parchment, ill.

Princeton Digital PUL

A closed book with a dark red leather cover and gold decorative border. The cover shows some wear and minor scratches. A closed book with a dark red leather cover and gold decorative border. The cover shows some wear and minor scratches. Decoration: Line-endings of rectangles of red grounds with gold filigree in Litany. 1-line initials with filigree in gold on red grounds for versals. 2-line initials with filigree in gold on red grounds for psalms, hymns, lessons, chapters, canticles, collects in Hours and Office of the Dead, and Prayers. 3-line initials with filigree in gold on red grounds for KLs of Calendar, and Prayers (rarely 4-line). 8-line leafy initials, either in gray-to-white or in gold, on blue or rose-pink or yellow grounds, surrounded b