Browsing Medieval Manuscripts by Subject "Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--New York (State)--Rochester"

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    • Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis 

      Ege, Otto F. (15th centu)
      In general, the Books of Hours produced for the devout layman in the Netherlands at the end of the 15th century were written in Dutch. This particular example, however, is in Latin. The heavy, angular, and closely spaced ...

    • Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis 

      Ege, Otto F. (15th centu)
      The Book of Hours, the prayer book of laity, usually contains 16 sections. The section on prayers to the Virgin is the most important and most used, and its manuscripts exceed in number all other 15th century religious ...

    • Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis 

      Ege, Otto F. (15th centu)
      It is generally no great task to assign these illuminated Books of Hours to a particular country or period. The treatment of the ivy spray with the single line stem and rather sparse foliage is characteristic of the work ...