Cleveland Public Library Leaf 47
This leaf is from a Book of Hours made in the area of the Netherlands in the late fifteenth century. It measures 18 x 13 cm. The borders on these leaves come in two forms. Some are composed of a firmly-defined rectangle filled to its edge with solid color (dominated by cinnamon, deep sky blue, and gold) rendered in a decorative conceit (triangles, waves, bars) and framing simple flower sprigs. Other borders are less boldly outlined and are not filled with solid colors; instead, a speckled background hosts a strong acanthus vine and a wildflower spray in which a live creature (a bird, a human, a zoomorph) may lurk. While this leaf may have been created in the Netherlands, its rubricated headings are in French. See Denison University Leaf 47 for more information about this manuscript.
Text: This leaf contains text from the Hours of the Virgin at Matins; specifically, from Psalms 94.
Cleveland Leaf 47 Recto
Cleveland Public Library Leaf 47 Recto
Cleveland Leaf 47 Recto Transcription
Deo salutari nostro: praeoccupemus faciem eius in confessione: et in psalmis iubilemus ei. Ave Maria, gratia plena: Dominus tecum.
Quoniam Deus magnus Dominus, et Rex magnus super omnes deos: quoniam non repellet Dominus plebem suam: quia in manu eius sunt omnes fines terrae, et altitudines montium ipse conspicit. Venite adoremus.
Cleveland Leaf 47 Recto Translation
[from Psalms 94] ...let us make joy to God our saviour: let us approach to his presence in confession, and in Psalms let us make joy unto him. Hail Mary, full of grace: our Lord is with thee.
For God is a great Lord, and a great King above all Gods: because our Lord repelleth not his people: for that in his hand are all the bounds of the earth, and he beholdeth the heights of the mountains. Come let us adore.
Cleveland Leaf 47 Verso
Cleveland Public Library Leaf 47 Verso
Cleveland Leaf 47 Verso Transcription
Quoniam ipsius est mare, et ipse fecit illud: et aridam fundaverunt manus eius: venite adoremus, et procidamus ante Deum: ploremus coram Domino, qui fecit nos: quia ipse est Dominus Deus noster:nos autem populus eius, et oves pascuae eius. Ave Maria, gratia plena: Dominus tecum.
Hodie si vocem eius audieritis, nolite obdurare corda vestra, sicut in exacerbatione secundum diem teni-
Cleveland Leaf 47 Verso Translation
[from Psalms 94] For the sea is his, and he made it: and his hands founded the dry land: come let us adore, and fall down before God: let us weep before our Lord, that made us: because he is the Lord our God: we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. Hail Mary, full of grace: our Lord is with thee.
Today if ye shall hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation according to the day of temptation...