Title

Horae B.V. Mariae Secundum Usum Ecclesiae Romanae

Date

1480 - 1490 (Production)

Geographical reference

Probable origin: Flanders

Material / Technique

Manuscript on parchment, 230 fols. 98 x 69 mm, written area 53 x 35 mm, single-columned with sixteen lines, Latin text in Textura in brown and red (headings) ink, fleuronnée initials in red, blue, and gold. Sixteen double pages, framed with borders, featuring miniatures on the left and the start of the text with decorated initials on the right; brown calfskin cover, seventeenth century, with gold embossing, book corners, stars in the form of a head as central buckle and clasp in silver, patterned gilt edging

Dimensions

Overall: 10,7 x 7,5 x 4 cm
Sheet dimensions: 98 x 69 mm

Object type

Books of hours
Illuminated manuscripts

Collection

Book art and graphic design

Inventory number

L.M.35

Creditline

Museum Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt am Main

Accession

Bequest; 06.04.1916; Albert Linel, Frankfurt am Main