The above image is a page from six conjugate folios on which are written lessons from the Gospels of
The above image is a page from six conjugate folios on which are written lessons from the Gospels of Luke (the Annunciation) and Mark (the Resurrection) and an abbreviated version of the Passion from the Gospel of John. Originally, these pages followed the Office of the Dead (Officium pro defunctis) in a book of hours from ca. 1390, use of Chartres, now dispersed. Ms. Codex 1625, fol. 2r.See manuscript description and digital image on Penn in Hand: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5809959What is especially interesting is that these texts rarely appear in books of hours. To get a feel for how they may have originally looked, we have included a half-page miniature depicting a funeral service. This image from W. 99, fol. 101r from the Walters Art Museum is part of a Book of Hours from a similar period and region. Check it out at The Digital Walters; http://www.thedigitalwalters.org/Data/WaltersManuscripts/html/W99/ -- source link
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