Book of Hours, use of Rome
Medieval Manuscripts
Item Info
Item No: mca1101031
Additional Title: Book of Hours, use of Rome
Script:
Gothic bookhand
Language: Latin
Folio Number: f. 103r
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes: Christ enthroned
Notes: This miniature begins the Penitential Psalms. Here Christ appears enthroned between the Eucharist, which he turns toward and blesses, and the Tablets of the Law, which represent the Old Testament. The arrangement of the image represents how the new law comes from and supersedes the old. In Christ left hand he holds the orb of the world.
Sirsi Catalog Key: 1597387
Country: Country:France
Cardinal Point:northern
Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): 1415
Image Dimensions Width: 130 mm
ShelfMark: Lewis E 110
f. 21r 
ff. 51v-52r 
f. 78r 
f. 103r
f. 126v 
front cover 
back cover