(BREVIARY.) [Diurnal.] Carthusian use. illuminated liturgical manuscript in latin, > in gothic hand in black and red, 17 lines, recto and verso, on

(BREVIARY.) [Diurnal.] Carthusian use. illuminated liturgical manuscript in latin, in gothic hand in black and red, 17 lines, recto and verso, on vellum. with simple penwork floral decoration in colors in outer margin on most pages, occasionally with vertical gold and blue bar with extensions into upper and lower margins, six divisional floral borders with space left blank for miniatures, and hundreds of small decorated initials alternately in pink and blue on gold ground. 523 (of 524) leaves; lacks leaf 383. 98x68 mm, 16th-century calf, covers panelled in blind with gilt fleuron in center and corners and brass catches and clasps, rebacked retaining original backstrip; text on some pages of calendar and some marginal decoration slightly cropped. northern France, circa 1400