Leaf from a Book of Hours showing nativity scene. [001]

Title: Leaf from a Book of Hours showing nativity scene. [001]
LC Subject: Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern) Jesus Christ--Nativity--Art Books of hours
Item Locator: Eugene, OR, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon, MS 054.
Repository: University of Oregon. Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
Author: Catholic Church
Description: Manuscript document. Nativity scene at the start of Prime. Collation: 1 disbound leaf. Decoration: Verso: Text page; 6 lines have decorative bars at ends, in blue and red with whitework and raised gold; 5 small and 2 medium initials in same colors; and two sprays of leaves in raised gold in left margin. Binding: Framed in dark purple velvet on recto, purplish-brown leather on verso. Pasted note on frame verso: 134. The Nativity. A leaf from a French Horae at the beginning of Prime. The miniature measures 3 1/2 x 2/58 inches, and depicts the Nativity, with the Virgin, Joseph, a shepherd and an ox and an ass adoring the Child; beneath is an illuminated initial D, the whole being surrounded by a border of the line and leaf type; mounted in a frame of dark red velvet. £12-12-0. 15TH cent. Script: Compact Gothic minuscule in brown ink with some ligatures, abbreviations, and rubrication. Recto: one red word (prime). Content note: Recto: First verse of the 69th Psalm: Deus in prime aduitoriu[m] meu[m] intende. Domine ad --
Provenance: Donation/Purchase ; Julia Burgess, 1935-1942.
Work Type: codices
Location: Italy
Date: 1375/1400
Identifier: MS_054_001
Item Locator: MS 054
Rights: No Copyright - United States
Dc Rights Holder: University of Oregon. Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
Use Restrictions: Property rights reside with Special Collections & University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries. All requests for permission to publish collection materials must be submitted to Special Collections & University Archives.
Language: Latin
Type: Image
Format: image/tiff
Material: Parchment
Set: University of Oregon Special Collections Manuscripts and Rare Books
Institution: University of Oregon
Layout: 1 leaf ; 95 x 160 mm (visible) in frame 165 x 240 mm Single column, 4 lines on recto, 17 lines on verso.