Denison University Leaf 43
Otto Ege provided the following description for leaves from this manuscript:
Book of Hours (Horæ Beatæ Mariæ Virginis). The Netherlands; Late 15th Century. Latin Text; Bold Angular Gothic Script.
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 vertical strokes, with very short ascenders and descenders, give a much darker tone to the page than to similar scripts in such northern countries as Germany and England. This book hand resembles very closely the types known as lettre de forme which were used by certain anonymous contemporary printers in the Netherlands between 1470 and 1500 A.D.
Size: 17.5 x 13 cm
Observations: Compared to those of other contemporary Books of Hours, these leaves are somewhat plain. The text is dark black, contrasting nicely with the alternating red and blue initialing and feathery tracery, some of which is in violet. The vellum of several leaves is puckered outside the text block.
Text: This leaf contains text from Psalms 137 and 138. Note the rubrication in Middle Dutch on the recto.