Collection:
Medieval Manuscripts
Item No:
mca0860340
Generic Title:
Book of Hours, use of Bourges
ShelfMark:
Lewis E 86
Folio Number:
ff. 34v-35r
Creation Year:
1490 - 1510
Creation Place:
Country: France
City/Town/Township: Bourges ?
Script:
Decorative
Language:
Latin
Image Dimensions:
220 mm x 168 mm
Notes:
Double-page miniatures such as this one are unusual in manuscript illumination. The inscription below the Virgin Mary, "Domine labia mea aperies..." (Lord, open my lips), begins Matins of the Hours of the Virgin.
Opening with the Annunciation
The manuscript has been dated to ca. 1500.
Source:
Rare Book Department
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