Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- Included are the following parts: Calendar, Officium Sanctae Crucis, Horae de Sancto Spirito, Missa Beatae Mariae Virginis, Horae ... secundum Romanae Ecclesiae, Psalmi Poenitentiari, Vigilie mortuorum, Oratio, and, by a different hand, prayers of Saint Colette. The initials are particularly well executed, as are the borders.
Description
| Alternative title | Book of Hours |
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| Type of resource | mixed material |
| Extent | 1 v. (109 leaves): vellum; 18 cm. |
| Place | [Ghent |
| Date created | latter half of 15th cent.] |
| Publication date | [1450 - 1499?] |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | Latin |
Creators/Contributors
| Associated with | Catholic Church |
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Subjects
| Subject | Colette, Saint, 1381-1447 |
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| Subject | Catholic Church > Liturgy |
| Subject | Catholic Church. > Book of hours |
| Subject | Illumination of books and manuscripts, Renaissance > Belgium |
| Subject | Initials > History |
| Subject | Belgium > History > To 1555 |
| Subject | Painters |
| Genre | Miniatures. |
Bibliographic information
| Acquisition | Purchased, 1939. |
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| Biographical/Historical | Books of Hours, derived from the Church's liturgy, were used by lay persons as personal prayer books to follow, in their own manner, the Church's program of daily devotion. |
| Language | In Latin, with annotations in Flemish. Gothic minuscule script in three hands. |
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| Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/gp178js1323 |
| Location | Department of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, CA 94305 |
Access conditions
- Use and reproduction
- This material is in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use of public domain materials.
- Copyright
- Public Domain.
- License
- This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights (Public Domain Mark 1.0).
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