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Location
Bologna, Italy
Creation Date
1510
Description
Verso of a leaf from a Book of Hours in Latin, circa 1500-1510.
Written in single columns of 17 lines; ruled in sepia. Italianate gothic book hand.
One primary initial (6-line) letter "o" in various colors enclosing a cross, empty except for the crown of thorns and two nails, on a gold ground and sprouting elaborate foliage in various colors with a grey peacock perched on top; three secondary initials (two 4-line and one 3-line) in bright colors on a gold ground with foliate borders extending from them; line fillers in red and blue with gold decoration; outer margins blank with slight offsetting from a facing page. Rubrics in red.
Text begins on recto with: "Omnipote[n]s Oremus. Semptiterne deus qui nos omnium sanctorum tuorum merita ... "; text ends on recto with: "Per omnia secula seculorum. Amen."; text continues on verso with: "O crux ave spes unica."; text ends on verso with: "Salva nos Antiphona: domine vigilantes custodi nos dormientes: ut vigilem[us] cum christo et requieseamus in pace."
Original Format
1 leaf; manuscript on parchment
Original Size
18 x 13 cm
Link to Primo Catalog Entry
https://search.library.pdx.edu/permalink/f/1gfb8a9/CP71124337460001451
Link to Medieval Portland Entry
https://medievalportland.org/digital-heritage/book-hours-leaf-1
Persistent Identifier
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/34728
Recommended Citation
Catholic Church, "32, Leaf from a Book of Hours" (1510). Manuscripts and Incunabula in PSU Special Collections. 24.
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/34728