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Unrecorded C14th German Book of Hours with C13th Ovid pastedowns
The liturgical Use of both the Hours of the Virgin and of Office of the Dead appear to be entirely unrecorded, which suggests that they may represent the hitherto unknown Use of Nuremberg (the Use of Nuremberg is absent from Erik Drigsdahl’s tables for the Hours of the Virgin and from Knud Ottosen’s tables for the Office of the Dead). The text is thus potentially a unique witness to the daily liturgical practice of the citizens of one of the major cities of Germany.
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C14th -C16th manuscripts
Unrecorded C14th German Book of Hours with C13th Ovid pastedowns
C14th -C16th manuscripts
A fine leaf from the Llangattock Breviary, Italy c.1450 with delicate illumination on vellum
C12th - C13th manuscripts
One of the earliest Latin manuscripts of Hippocrates c.1175, France – the Prognostics 2 leaves.
C12th - C13th manuscripts
Pseudo-Jerome (perhaps Augustine) Commentary on Psalm 59, Italy pre-1180
C14th -C16th manuscripts
Sumptuous Renaissance manuscript in Spanish with fine portrait of King Philip II of Spain [1562]
C14th -C16th manuscripts
Unknown codex by humanist Bernardius Florentius, 1476, Florence, Italy
C14th -C16th manuscripts
Historiated initial OT prophet, Italy c.1320 (Emilia-Romagna)
C14th -C16th manuscripts
Two illuminated historiated initials on a C15th leaf – Prologue to Job [Bible]