Collection of illuminated manuscript leaves, 11??-1599.
RECORD GROUP NUMBER 020-2
EXTENT: .6 cubic ft. (1 half-size letter
archives box and 1 oversize archives box)
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CITATION: Collection of illuminated manuscript leaves, RG 020-2, Archives and Manuscripts Dept., Pitts Theology Library, Emory University.
This collection of individual leaves taken from illuminated
manuscripts represents works created from the 12th through 15th
centuries. The bulk
of the collection consists of leaves from various Books of Hours (books
with
prayers for private devotions) written in Latin or Dutch. Also
included
are single leaves from Bibles, a Dutch religious calendar, a French
epistolary,
and a book of homilies by St. Augustine.
CONTAINER LISTING
Box Folder Description Date
2 1 St. Augustine, In Evangelium Iohannis tractatus,
homilies XXV-XXVI [11–]
1 8 Matthew 2 and Luke 1 [12–]
1 1 I Kings [ca.1220]
1 9 Matthew 5-7 [ca.1240]
2 2 Dutch Book of Hours [ca.1475]
1 2 Dutch Book of Hours, "Agnus Dei" [ca.1475]
1 3 Dutch Book of Hours, prayer on the Wounds of
Christ [ca.1475]
1 4 Latin Book of Hours, Litany of Saints [ca.1499]
1 5 Dutch calendar [ca.1500]
1 6 Latin Book of Hours [ca.1510]
1 7 French epistolary [ca.1550]
2 3 Illuminated leaf n.d.