[Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]
Description
Decoration: 3 (5-line) initials in blue and pink patterned in white on burnished gold grounds with flower infills, extended as a bar at sides and foot, with full borders with corner sprays of acanthus, flowers and berries, accompanied with hairline tendrils supporting ivyleaves and small flowers. 7 (3 to 5-line) initials for each office of the Virgin in gold on halved backgrounds in pink and blue patterned in white, extended as a bar on left, head and foot, with corner sprays with ivyleaves and small flowers. 2-line initials in gold on halved pink/blue grounds and alternating 1-line initials in gold and blue with black and red penwork, throughout. Written in textualis semi-quadrata. In two different hands and with two types of initial decoration. On long-term deposit from Ripon Cathedral. Principal contents: ff. 1r-6v Calendar (apparently supplemented for use in a Franciscan context in Italy); ff. 7r-28v Hours of the Virgin; ff. 29r-37v Penitential psalms and Litany; ff. 38r-56v Office of the dead; ff. 57r-64r (first leaf missing) Psalter of St Jerome. See for a fuller description: N. R. Ker, Medieval Manuscripts in British Libraries, vol. 4 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1983) pp. 213-214.
Metadata
| Identifier | sxqb7r4t |
| IRN | 372723 |
| Class Mark | Ripon Cathedral MS 9 |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/sxqb7r4t |
| Collection(s) | Ripon Cathedral, Medieval Manuscripts |
| Category | Archive Print |
| Parent Record | Ripon Cathedral Medieval Manuscripts |
| Date | [ca. 1350-1400] |
| Size and Medium | 1 v. (ii, 64, ii leaves) (1 column, 21 lines; ruled in red ink) |