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Book of hours : Horae B.V.M. ad usum Parisiensem.

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Alternative title Book of hours (Manuscript. Anne la Routye) Horae B.V.M. ad usum Parisiensem, cum calendario Hours of the Blessed Virgin Mary, use of Paris, with calendar Horae B.V.M. cum calendarioFisher HoursCreator Catholic ChurchAnne, la Routye, approximately 1490- former ownerDatebetween 1460 and 1465?Description

In Latin with full calendar; some prayers in Middle French (folios 1-12).

Manuscript book of hours on vellum, with seventeen large painted miniatures and one historiated initial. Decorated initials and borders throughout; line fillers in red, blue and gold. Written and illuminated in Paris, approximately between 1460 and 1465.

The manuscript, also known as the "Fisher Hours", was in the possession of Sister Anne la Routye, a nun of the Hostel of God in the early sixteenth century in Paris.

255 folios : colour illustrations ; 17 x 11.9 cm

vellum.

Gift ; Friends of the Library (in part) purchase from Quaritch, 1972.

Former owners: Anne La Routye, 1505; W. Stuart, 1842; Mrs. M.H.O. Stuart; Tempsford Hall Library.

LanguagelatfreSubjectCatholic Church -- Prayers and devotions -- LatinBooks of hours -- France -- ParisIllumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval -- France -- ParisManuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern) -- New South Wales -- SydneyRelated time period15th centuryGeographic coverageParis, FranceTypeManuscriptIdentifierOCLC : (OCoLC)728555619File formatapplication/pdfRelated item/sBoness, Neil. Prayers for an acolyte : the Hours of Anne de La Routye. Sydney : Piscator Press, 1994.Monks, Peter Rolfe, 1941. Patrons and devotion : the University of Sydney's Hours of Anne la Routye. Sydney : University of Sydney Library in association with the Friends of the Library, 1995.Call numberAdd.Ms. 58Contact us

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