MS 3 French Book of Hours Leaf containing psalms 23 and 24
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Title
MS 3 French Book of Hours Leaf containing psalms 23 and 24
Subject
Books of hours.
Illumination of books and manuscripts --Specimens.
Illumination of books and manuscripts --15th century
Description
Books of Hours, or Horæ in Latin were often lavishly decorated books of prayers, rites for canonical hours of the day, and readings from the Bible developed during the 1300s and based on longer ecclesiastical texts of devotions performed during the eight canonical hours. They are usually small as to be portable, and mostly in Latin. They were produced in many diocese, often with the characteristics of that diocese’ liturgical style.
Marymount University's Gomatos Collection contains a single leaf of vellum from France, produced around 1460. The double-sided leaf is brightly colored in blues, greens, yellow, and red with gold illuminated lettering. The body of the text is ink brown ink and written in lettre batarde script. Lettre batarde was a common French script of the period, which is a combination of formal “black letter” and less formal cursive script. Decorations include a notable winged insect, perhaps a dragonfly, on the borders of each page as well as various plants and flowers. The text is from Psalms 23 and 24.
First line, side 1: Dominus regit me et ni\hil mihi deerit in loco\pakue ibi me collacavit
“The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not be in want.
Last line, side 2: Reminiscere miserationus\tuarum Domine et miseriuavm\tuarum quae a saeculo sunt.
“O Lord, remember your compassion and your mercies, which are from ages past”
Beal, Peter. "book of hours." A Dictionary of English Manuscript Terminology 1450–2000. : Oxford University Press, 2008. Oxford Reference. 2011. <http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199576128.001.0001/acref-9780199576128-e-0106>.
Barbour, Ruth, and others. “Calligraphy.” Encyclopedia Britannica. 10 Nov. 2017,
https://www.britannica.com/art/calligraphy/Latin-alphabet-handwriting#ref512983
Marymount University's Gomatos Collection contains a single leaf of vellum from France, produced around 1460. The double-sided leaf is brightly colored in blues, greens, yellow, and red with gold illuminated lettering. The body of the text is ink brown ink and written in lettre batarde script. Lettre batarde was a common French script of the period, which is a combination of formal “black letter” and less formal cursive script. Decorations include a notable winged insect, perhaps a dragonfly, on the borders of each page as well as various plants and flowers. The text is from Psalms 23 and 24.
First line, side 1: Dominus regit me et ni\hil mihi deerit in loco\pakue ibi me collacavit
“The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not be in want.
Last line, side 2: Reminiscere miserationus\tuarum Domine et miseriuavm\tuarum quae a saeculo sunt.
“O Lord, remember your compassion and your mercies, which are from ages past”
Beal, Peter. "book of hours." A Dictionary of English Manuscript Terminology 1450–2000. : Oxford University Press, 2008. Oxford Reference. 2011. <http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199576128.001.0001/acref-9780199576128-e-0106>.
Barbour, Ruth, and others. “Calligraphy.” Encyclopedia Britannica. 10 Nov. 2017,
https://www.britannica.com/art/calligraphy/Latin-alphabet-handwriting#ref512983
Source
Psalms 23 and 24
Publisher
France
Date
1460
Contributor
Anaba, Phinehas
Burke, Meghan
Rights
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 Unsorted License.
Format
1 leaf : vellum
Colored illustrations
17 x 12 cm
Language
Latin
Type
Text
Image
Identifier
https://catalog.wrlc.org/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=17692037
Files
Collection
Citation
“MS 3 French Book of Hours Leaf containing psalms 23 and 24,” John T. and Agnes J. Gomatos Special Collections Room, accessed April 24, 2024, https://gomatos.wrlc.org/items/show/40.