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- Title
- Burmese Prayer Book with Manuscript Pages (total of 20 pages)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown
- Physical Description
- This prayer book consists of 20 pages written on the front and back in the Myanmar language. It is decorated in golds and reds with black text.
- Accession Number
- 2012/1.280.1
- Medium and Support
- paper and paint on wood board
- relevance
- rank 20.29858
- Primary Keywords
- prayer books
- Title
- Leaf from a psalter or book of hours (Psalm 26)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, England or France
- Physical Description
- This manuscript leaf contains a single column of text in Latin surrounded by generous margins on three sides. Pen-flourished initials elaborated with delicate penwork, colored red and blue alternating with gold and purple, mark the beginning of each verse along the left edge of the text column. Five line-fillers, long linear elements colored blue and gold, complete the closing line of each verse and preserve the regular shape of the text block.
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1400-1450
- Accession Number
- 1965/2.81
- Medium and Support
- ink, tempera and gold on parchment
- relevance
- rank 19.63635
- Primary Keywords
- christianity
- illuminations
- manuscripts
- prayer books
- Title
- Leaf from a Book of Hours
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, France
- Physical Description
- This manuscript page contains a column of Latin text surrounded by generous margins. A pair of slender flowers with small green leaves run the length of the text along the left margin. Three decorated initials appear on the left edge of the text block. Each initial is painted gold on a pink and blue ground with white scrollwork and enclosed within a frame. Two rectangular line-fillers, colored pink and blue with white scrollwork, appear in the right half of the text column.
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1400-1425
- Accession Number
- 1993/2.9
- Medium and Support
- ink, tempera and gold on parchment
- relevance
- rank 17.49974
- Primary Keywords
- christianity
- floral patterns
- illuminated manuscripts
- illuminations
- manuscripts
- prayer books