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Psalter-Hours

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Item No: mcaw092212
Additional Title: Psalter-Hours
Script: Gothic bookhand
Language: Latin
Folio Number: f. 221v
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes: Initial D, beginning Terce of the Hours of the Virgin
Notes: This initial D, illustrated with the Annunciation of Christ's birth to the shepherds, begins Terce of the Hours of the Virgin, which in this manuscript follows the psalter. In the fourteenth century, the Hours of the Virgin replaced the psalter as the primary devotional text for the laity.
Sirsi Catalog Key: 1466041
Country: Country:France
City/Town/Township:Amiens ?
Cardinal Point:northeastern

Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): 1275
Image Dimensions Width: 185 mm
ShelfMark: Widener 9

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