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Leaf Ending Prime And Opening Terce, Hours Of The Virgin, Rheims, France, Verso, Unknown Dec 1449

Leaf Ending Prime And Opening Terce, Hours Of The Virgin, Rheims, France, Verso, Unknown

Sacred Leaves Manuscript Collection

The Hours of Prime and Terce coincided roughly with our hours of six and nine a.m. The acanthus vine border decoration with flowers and fruits encased inside medallions on colored grounds, is an innovation of late fifteenth century French illumination, and the style is also consistent with Rheims.


Meditations, With Prayers, On The Life And Loving Kindnesses Of Our Lord Jesus Christ, France, Thomas À. Kempis Dec 1449

Meditations, With Prayers, On The Life And Loving Kindnesses Of Our Lord Jesus Christ, France, Thomas À. Kempis

Sacred Leaves Manuscript Collection

The manuscript seen here is a copy of Thomas Kepis' Meditations, with Prayers, on the Life and Loving Kindness of Our Lord Jesus Christ.


Leaf From A Missal, Italy, Verso, Unknown Dec 1449

Leaf From A Missal, Italy, Verso, Unknown

Sacred Leaves Manuscript Collection

Continues with the service for the feast day of St. Lawrence on August 10th.


Leaf From A Breviary, Use Of Angers, France, Recto, Unknown Dec 1449

Leaf From A Breviary, Use Of Angers, France, Recto, Unknown

Sacred Leaves Manuscript Collection

This humble Breviary lacks any extensive decoration, indicating its probable use by a poor cleric. Some of the rubrics, rather than being written in red ink, are written in black ink and underlined in red.


Leaf From A Psalter, Germany, Verso, Unknown Dec 1449

Leaf From A Psalter, Germany, Verso, Unknown

Sacred Leaves Manuscript Collection

This octavo-sized portable Psalter features Psalm 68, referred to as the Salva me (Save me) poem, which addresses the sufferings of Jesus during His Life.


Bifolium From A Breviary, Use Of Rome, Italy, Verso A, Unknown Dec 1449

Bifolium From A Breviary, Use Of Rome, Italy, Verso A, Unknown

Sacred Leaves Manuscript Collection

This portable Breviary developed during the rise of mendicant monastic Orders in the thirteenth century. This bifolium is an example of the single-volume portable Breviary common during the late Middle Ages. In addition, the minimal decoration further suggests its use by a poor cleric.


Bifolium From A Breviary, Use Of Rome, Italy, Verso B, Unknown Dec 1449

Bifolium From A Breviary, Use Of Rome, Italy, Verso B, Unknown

Sacred Leaves Manuscript Collection

This portable Breviary developed during the rise of mendicant monastic Orders in the thirteenth century. This bifolium is an example of the single-volume portable Breviary common during the late Middle Ages. In addition, the minimal decoration further suggests its use by a poor cleric.


Leaf From Litany, Paris, France, Recto, Unknown Dec 1449

Leaf From Litany, Paris, France, Recto, Unknown

Sacred Leaves Manuscript Collection

This leaf lists male saints. St. Dionysius, St. Arnulf, and St. Louis are all listed, and their inclusion is congruent with Parisian use. The border has gold vines and leaves with blue and red flowers. The design was traced once on one side and mirrored on the other.


Meditations, With Prayers, On The Life And Loving Kindnesses Of Our Lord Jesus Christ, France, Cover, Thomas À. Kempis Dec 1449

Meditations, With Prayers, On The Life And Loving Kindnesses Of Our Lord Jesus Christ, France, Cover, Thomas À. Kempis

Sacred Leaves Manuscript Collection

The manuscript seen here is a copy of Thomas Kepis' Meditations, with Prayers, on the Life and Loving Kindness of Our Lord Jesus Christ. The front of the binding on this manuscript further call Christ into mind. Pressed into the leather are six images of animals, including a lion, peacock, pelican, and grifffin. The griffin and lion act as direct symbols of Christ as savior and the Resurrection. The peacock and pelican allude more indirectly to Christ through legend.


Leaf From A Breviary, Use Of Angers, France, Verso, Unknown Dec 1449

Leaf From A Breviary, Use Of Angers, France, Verso, Unknown

Sacred Leaves Manuscript Collection

This humble Breviary lacks any extensive decoration, indicating its probable use by a poor cleric. Some of the rubrics, rather than being written in red ink, are written in black ink and underlined in red.


Leaf With Ancillary Prayers, France, Recto, Unknown Dec 1449

Leaf With Ancillary Prayers, France, Recto, Unknown

Sacred Leaves Manuscript Collection

Beyond the standard content in a Book of Hours a patron would sometimes wish to include additional prayers of intercession. These ancillary prayers could include indulgences or additional prayers to the Virgin Mary or local patron saints. Ancillary prayers show how Books of Hours could be personalized to match individual requests. This leaf features two such prayers.


Leaf With Ancillary Prayers, France, Verso, Unknown Dec 1449

Leaf With Ancillary Prayers, France, Verso, Unknown

Sacred Leaves Manuscript Collection

Beyond the standard content in a Book of Hours a patron would sometimes wish to include additional prayers of intercession. These ancillary prayers could include indulgences or additional prayers co the Virgin Mary or local patron saints. Ancillary prayers show how Books of Hours could be personalized to match individual requests. This leaf features two such prayers.


Leaf From Litany, Paris, France, Verso, Unknown Dec 1449

Leaf From Litany, Paris, France, Verso, Unknown

Sacred Leaves Manuscript Collection

This leaf lists female saints. The border has gold vines and leaves with blue and red flowers. The design was traced once on one side and mirrored on the other.


Meditations, With Prayers, On The Life And Loving Kindnesses Of Our Lord Jesus Christ, France, Folio 2, Recto, Thomas À. Kempis Dec 1449

Meditations, With Prayers, On The Life And Loving Kindnesses Of Our Lord Jesus Christ, France, Folio 2, Recto, Thomas À. Kempis

Sacred Leaves Manuscript Collection

The manuscript seen here is a copy of Thomas Kepis' Meditations, with Prayers, on the Life and Loving Kindness of Our Lord Jesus Christ.


Leaf Opening Terce, Hours Of The Virgin, France, Verso, Unknown Dec 1449

Leaf Opening Terce, Hours Of The Virgin, France, Verso, Unknown

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Sixteen pages with single columns of black text each with two sizes of typeface, capital letters and decoration in red throughout. Woodblock (9 x 7) on first page depicting the crucifixion with the inscription "vere filius erat iste" (truly this was the s


Leaf From A Psalter, Germany, Recto, Unknown Dec 1449

Leaf From A Psalter, Germany, Recto, Unknown

Sacred Leaves Manuscript Collection

This octavo-sized portable Psalter features Psalm 68, referred to as the Salva me (Save me) poem, which addresses the sufferings of Jesus during His Life. In addition to the rubric at the beginning of the Psalm, the large and heavily decorated initial S further serves as an organization tool by acting as a chapter heading.


Leaf Opening Terce, Hours Of The Virgin, France, Recto, Unknown Dec 1449

Leaf Opening Terce, Hours Of The Virgin, France, Recto, Unknown

Sacred Leaves Manuscript Collection

The top of the text has a red rubric, Ad Tertiam, which identifies the text as Terce. The Hour of Terce follows the Hour of Prime. Terce was typically recited in the morning and illustrated with the Annunciation to the Shepherds. The opening versicle and response of Terce are the same as that of Lauds, Prime, Sext and Vespers, and they read, in translation: "Incline unto my aid, O God. Lord make haste to help me."


Leaf From The Hours Of Catherine, France, Recto, Unknown Dec 1449

Leaf From The Hours Of Catherine, France, Recto, Unknown

Sacred Leaves Manuscript Collection

This leaf is from an entire sequence of Hours dedicated to Saint Catherine, the patron saint of nurses, maidens, millers, students, wheelwrights and philosophers.


Leaf From A Missal, Italy, Recto, Unknown Dec 1449

Leaf From A Missal, Italy, Recto, Unknown

Sacred Leaves Manuscript Collection

The recto of the leaf seen here begins the feast day of St. Lawrence on August 10, indicating it came from the Sanctoral section of a Missal. This leaf depicts St. Lawrence in the historiated initial C. His attributes include a gridiron, representing his grisly martyrdom, and a quill, symbolizing the role he played in the preservation of the Early Church's documents.


Leaf, January Calendar, Bruges, Southern Netherlands, Unknown Dec 1439

Leaf, January Calendar, Bruges, Southern Netherlands, Unknown

Sacred Leaves Manuscript Collection

The Calendar is usually the first section of a Book of Hours. Like modern calendars, it contains 365 days of the year divided into twelve months, but it ephasizes feast days. The days in red, known as Red Letter Days, denote major feast days such as Epiphany in January. Lesser feast days such as that of Pope Gregory in March are written in brown ink. To the left of the fest days appear two vertical columns of numbers and letters. The numbers, known as the Golden Numbers, assist one in locating Sundays.


Leaf With Ending Of Prime, All Of Terce, And Opening To Sext, Hours Of The Holy Spirit, Bruges, Belgium, Recto, Unknown Dec 1439

Leaf With Ending Of Prime, All Of Terce, And Opening To Sext, Hours Of The Holy Spirit, Bruges, Belgium, Recto, Unknown

Sacred Leaves Manuscript Collection

This particular leaf begins mid-Prime, opens Terce on the recto and opens Sext on the verso. The leaf differs from the usual text in that all of the Hours skip the first versicles and responses to begin with the hymn. Each Hour has an individual hymn, but shares the final versicle, response, and oratio.


Leaf With Ending Of Prime, All Of Terce, And Opening To Sext, Hours Of The Holy Spirit, Bruges, Belgium, Verso, Unknown Dec 1439

Leaf With Ending Of Prime, All Of Terce, And Opening To Sext, Hours Of The Holy Spirit, Bruges, Belgium, Verso, Unknown

Sacred Leaves Manuscript Collection

This particular leaf begins mid-Prime, opens Terce on the recto and opens Sext on the verso. The leaf differs from the usual text in that all of the Hours skip the first versicles and responses to begin with the hymn. Each Hour has an individual hymn, but shares the final versicle, response, and oratio.


Leaf, February Calendar, Bruges, Southern Netherlands, Unknown Dec 1439

Leaf, February Calendar, Bruges, Southern Netherlands, Unknown

Sacred Leaves Manuscript Collection

The Calendar is usually the first section of a Book of Hours. Like modern calendars, it contains 365 days of the year divided into twelve months, but it ephasizes feast days. The days in red, known as Red Letter Days, denote major feast days such as Epiphany in January. Lesser feast days such as that of Pope Gregory in March are written in brown ink. To the left of the fest days appear two vertical columns of numbers and letters. The numbers, known as the Golden Numbers, assist one in locating Sundays.


Pages From The Past. History Of The Written Word. Various Leaves - No. 9 "Sermones" Of Simon De Cremona, Simon De Cremona Dec 1433

Pages From The Past. History Of The Written Word. Various Leaves - No. 9 "Sermones" Of Simon De Cremona, Simon De Cremona

Sacred Leaves Manuscript Collection

No abstract provided.


Leaf From Lauds, Hours Of The Virgin, Southern Netherlands, Recto, Unknown Dec 1424

Leaf From Lauds, Hours Of The Virgin, Southern Netherlands, Recto, Unknown

Sacred Leaves Manuscript Collection

Lauds is associated with the Visitation, an event in the life of the Virgin when she journeyed to the house of her cousin, Elizabeth, and learned that Elizabeth could give birth to John the Baptist. The leaf contains the end of Psalm 62, and a foliate initial "D" opens Psalm 66. Psalm 66 was prayed to ensure the longevity of the church. There is no rubric calling for a division between the two Psalms; the scribe has merged Psalm 62 and 66 in order to treat them as one Psalm.


Leaves From Lauds, Hours Of The Virgin, Southern Netherlands, Verso, Unknown Dec 1424

Leaves From Lauds, Hours Of The Virgin, Southern Netherlands, Verso, Unknown

Sacred Leaves Manuscript Collection

Lauds is associated with the Visitation, an event in the life of the Virgin when she journeyed to the house of her cousin, Elizabeth, and learned that Elizabeth could give birth to John the Baptist. The leaf contains the end of Psalm 62, and a foliate initial "D" opens Psalm 66.


Speculum Historiale, Vincent Of Beauvais Dec 1419

Speculum Historiale, Vincent Of Beauvais

Sacred Leaves Manuscript Collection

One signature of eight leaves, comprising Lib. 30 (c.8 to c.26) of the Speculum historiale, the most widely disseminated part of the author's Speculum Maius.


Leaf From Matins, Office Of The Dead, Southern Netherlands, Recto, Unknown Dec 1414

Leaf From Matins, Office Of The Dead, Southern Netherlands, Recto, Unknown

Sacred Leaves Manuscript Collection

The Office of the Dead in Books of Hours is textually identical to that in the breviary. This allowed the layman to recite the same prayers as the clergy during the funeral service of a loved one.


Leaf From Matins, Office Of The Dead, Southern Netherlands, Verso, Unknown Dec 1414

Leaf From Matins, Office Of The Dead, Southern Netherlands, Verso, Unknown

Sacred Leaves Manuscript Collection

The Office of the Dead in Books of Hours is textually identical to that in the breviary. This allowed the layman to recite the same prayers as the clergy during the funeral service of a loved one.


Leaf From Matins, Office Of The Dead, Paris, France, Verso, Unknown Dec 1399

Leaf From Matins, Office Of The Dead, Paris, France, Verso, Unknown

Sacred Leaves Manuscript Collection

The Office of the Dead is usually the last section in a Book of Hours. Due to its specialized function in funerary services, this section was not read daily. The text of this leaf is written in black ink, with red rubrics which indicate that the recto begins with the response and versicle from lesson four, followed by lesson five.