Illuminated manuscript leaf on vellum from a Book of Hours

Categories

Special Collections > McConnell Library Manuscript Collection

Subject

Book of Hours

Medieval manuscripts

Type

vellum

Coverage - Temporal

ca. 1500

Identifier

CBC_4_001_reduced.tif

Language

Latin

Publisher

Radford University. McConnell Library. Archives & Special Collections.

Description

Latin text written in Lettre batarde script in black ink with ruling in red. Versal initials in brushed gold and brown and on grounds of blue, green, and orange. Rubrics in blue. Large initial "E" in gold leaf on a ground or orange opens the text from Ecclesiasticus 24:15. Digitized on loan from the personal collection of a Radford University Professor of Art History, Dr. Bradbury.

Rights

In the public domain. No copyright permissions are needed. Acknowledgement of Dr. Bradbury Manuscript Collection, Archives & Special Collections, McConnell Library, Radford University as a source for borrowed images is requested.