Holding institution title: Book of Hours
Holding institution classification: Book of Hours
Holding institution location: New York, NY
URL: https://www.themorgan.org/manuscript/161004
URL2: N/A
Digitization status: Partially digitized
Date: 1460 – 1520
Language(s): Dutch, Latin
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Country of production: Netherlands
City or region of production: Unknown
Illumination contents: Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane, Christ among the Doctors, Nativity, Last Judgment, Trinity enthroned, Archangel Michael, Portraits of a Nun and monk kneeling in prayer
Text contents: Calendar, Hours of the Cross, Hours of the Virgin, Penitential Psalms, Office of the Dead
Hours intercalated?:
Personalization: A nun wearing a habit kneels in prayer before a floreate illuminated initial M on f. 173r. A banderole encircling her reads “S[an]c[t]e Michael Ora Pro ME.” In the lower margin of f. 173r a tonsured monk wearing a habit is also encircled by a scroll inscribed “Miser[er]e Mei Deus.”
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Binding original?: No
Binding description: 18th- or 19th-century red morocco, gilt tooled with flower motifs at upper and lower corners, acorn motifs on spine, inscribed on black label: Geschreeven getyde boek
Folio height (in centimeters): 15.5
Folio width (in centimeters): 11
