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(HORAE B.M.V.) [Use of Utrecht.] Liturgical Manuscript in Latin, written in Gothic book hand in black ink with rubrics in red, 17 lines, recto and verso, ON VELLUM. FULL-PAGE HOLY MONOGRAMS WITHIN DECORATIVE BORDER on leaf 3v; LARGE DIVISIONAL

(HORAE B.M.V.) [Use of Utrecht.] Liturgical Manuscript in Latin, written in Gothic book hand in black ink with rubrics in red, 17 lines, recto and verso, ON VELLUM. FULL-PAGE HOLY MONOGRAMS WITHIN DECORATIVE BORDER on leaf 3v; LARGE DIVISIONAL INITIAL IN RED AND BLUE with penwork decoration in green and red extending into full- page border on leaf 9v; SIXTEEN SMALLER DECORATED INITIALS with marginal extensions, incorporating a few zoomorphic flourishes; one- line initials alternately in red and blue throughout; music for response from Office of the Dead on leaves 228v-229v. 237 leaves. 132x100 mm, modern brown morocco with metal catches and thong clasps;scattered natural flaws in vellum either in blank margins or avoided by scribe. 17th-century monastic ownership inscriptions on verso of last leaf. northern Netherlands, later 15th century

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