Northern France, mid-fifteenth century
In addition to the standard elements, this illuminated Book of Hours includes two French texts devoted to the Virgin Mary--the Fifteen Joys of the Virgin and the Five Joys. Each main section of the manuscript begins with a full-page illuminated miniature, ten in all, with wide borders filled with foliage and flowers. The binding is by Doll, a French binder of the early nineteenth century who also bound a traveling book collection for Napoleon.
Fig. 1: Parchment, 156 folios, 155 x 117 (152 x 94) mm, 1 column, 15 lines, in Latin and French, written in Gothic script.
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Book of Hours (use of Paris)
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Northern France, mid-fifteenth century
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Parchment, 156 folios, 155 x 117 (152 x 94) mm, 1 column, 15 lines, in Latin and French, written in Gothic script
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Collection of Lawrence J. Schoenberg
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