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Book of Hours

 Single Item
Dep. d. 214
Held at the Weston Library

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A book of hours. A single leaf cut down for framing. The text, which is the beginning of the Hours of the Holy Spirit, has been erased. There is a miniature of Pentecost of fine quality in a tricolour quatrefoil frame by a Parisian artist of c.1400, several initials, and a border with ivy leaf sprays in gold and colours and with two grotesques.

Dates

  • Creation: c. 1400

Extent

1 box

Language of Materials

  • Undetermined

Preferred Citation

Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. Dep. d. 214, fols. 1-2]

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Shelfmark:

Dep. d. 214

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 21228

Abstract

A single leaf from a book of hours

Biographical / Historical

Biographical details unknown.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Deposited by the Librarian of St. Antony's College, Oxford, 1966.

Physical Facet

Tricolour quatrefoil frame

Dimensions

159 x 139 mm

Subject

Title
Book of Hours
Status
Published
Date
EAD version 2021
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

Contact:
Weston Library
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Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom