Leaf from a Book of Hours showing nativity scene.

Title: Leaf from a Book of Hours showing nativity scene.
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: Recto: miniature of the Nativity in the stable: Mary in blue robe and cloak, reaching down to infant Jesus. Joseph sits in green tunic, pink cloak, and blue hood, with an ox and an ass. Behind a wattle fence stands a shepherd in red tunic, light yellow cowl, and black hat. Minimal landscape of grass and five trees in background. Text begins with a large illuminated 'D' with a vine motif in blue and red with whitework, on a background of raised gold. Four short lines of text follow, the third with a decorative bar at end, the fourth with a smaller illuminated 'D' in the same colors. Miniature is framed by a bar border in the same colors along left, right, and foot edges. The whole is surrounded by sprays of stylized acanthus in blue and yellow-brown, stems of small blue flowers with leaves in green or raised gold, and fruits in red or pink. 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); verso: two red words and one red character. Content note: Recto: First verse of the 69th Psalm: Deus in prime aduitoriu[m] meu[m] intende. Domine ad -- Verso: juvandum me festina. Gloria Patri. Sicut erat. Truncated, resumes with hymn: Ueni cr[e]ator spiritus. Mentes tuouru[m] visita, imple superna gratia que tu cr[e]asti pectora. Memento salutis auctor cp[=quod] nostri c[u]ondam corporis ex illibata virgine nascendo forma[m] sumpseris. Maria mater grati[a]e. Gloria tibi domine. Autha. Beginning of Psalm 1: Maria uirgo psalmus. Beatus uir qui non abiit in consilio impiorum: et in uia peccatorum non stetit.
Provenance: Donation/Purchase ; Julia Burgess, 1935-1942.
Location: Italy
Date: 1375/1400
Identifier: MS_054
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: Text
Format: application/pdf
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.