[Book of hours]

Catholic Church · 1400 · [14--] · 156 pictures

A Latin book of hours made for Catholic lay devotion, dated around 1400 and likely produced in France or the Low Countries, though the record gives no maker. Its pages show hand-lettered text in red and blue initials, with decorative borders of dense gold-dotted vine scrolls, leaves, and berries, which a designer could adapt for ornamental pattern and historical framing.

Books of hours · Catholic Church · Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern) · Prayers and devotions · Washington (D.C.)

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