Holding institution title: W.437, Aussem Hours, Latin (1500-1525 CE, Cologne, Germany)
Holding institution classification: Book of Hours
Holding institution location: Baltimore, MD
URL: https://thedigitalwalters.org/Data/WaltersManuscripts/html/W437/description.html
URL2: https://manuscripts.thewalters.org/viewer.php?id=W.437
Digitization status: Digitized
Date: 1475-1550
Language(s): Latin, German
Use:
Country of production: Germany
City or region of production: Cologne
Illumination contents: Annunciation, Visitation in initial D, Bathsheba observed by David with David sending Uriah into Battle, King David Penitent in initial D, Crucifixion, Christ before Pilate in initial P, Mass of St. Gregory, Mocking of Christ in initial O, Christ carrying the Cross, Entombment in initial E, Celebration of mass with Aussem family member receiving eucharist, Christ holding an orb, Coronation of the Virgin in initial D, Adoration of the Magi, Sts. Peter and Paul, St. Erasmus, Sts. Catherine and Barbara
Text contents: Calendar, Easter Table, Hours of the Virgin, Penitential Psalms, Litany, Petitions, Invocations, Collects, Hours of the Cross, Prayers of St. Gregory, Prayers on the Sufferings of Christ, Prayers on the Virgin Mary, Prayers on God the Father, Prayers on the Cross, Prayers of the Sacred Sacrament, Sunday Vespers and Compline, Prayer to the Three Magi, Prayer to St. Peter, Prayer to St. Paul, Prayer to St. Erasmus, Prayer to St. Catherine
Hours intercalated?:
Personalization:
Scribe: Unknown
Illuminator: Unknown
Patron: Aussem family in Cologne, Germany
Materials: Parchment
Binding original?: Yes
Binding description: Germany, sixteenth century; brown leather over wooden boards with stamped designs of fleurs-de-lis, rosettes, unicorns, Cologne heraldry, St. Paul under an arch; holes visible where clasps (now missing) were originally attached
Folio height (in centimeters): 16.5
Folio width (in centimeters): 12.1
