Book of Hours, Use of Rome, manuscript in Latin, on
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Book of Hours, Use of Rome, manuscript in Latin, on vellum, 96 leaves only including 6 blank pages, 24 pages of Calendar at beginning (feast of Saint Leodegar indicated in margin), single column, 16 lines, ruled in light red ink, written in brown ink in a regular gothic bookhand, numerous one and two-line initials in gold, blue or red (some washed and blurred), line-fillers throughout, vellum slightly yellowed and with some soiling, some ff. slightly creased, 2ff. from a printed Book of Hours inserted, front endpapers torn and loose, 16th century calf, oval gilt stamps on covers, upper joint splitting at tail, chipped at head with small loss, rubbed and scuffed, preserved in a modern box, leaves 182 x 140mm., [?France], [c. 1450].
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