HORAE BMV Liturgical manuscript in Dutch Later 15th centur

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(HORAE B.M.V.) Liturgical manuscript in Dutch, written in Gothic script in brown ink with rubrics in red, 18 lines, recto and verso, on vellum. with five seven-line divisional initials in red and blue with penwork decoration in colors merging into full ornamental borders; 21 four- and 9 three-line initials alternately in red and blue with penwork decoration and marginal extensions; numerous one- and two-line initials in red and blue. Ruled in red throughout. 202 leaves. 127x86 mm, 18th-century calf gilt, surface heavily rubbed and crackled; some dampstaining in upper and lower margins, first page of calendar soiled, first page of the Office of the Dead ruled but otherwise left blank. 19th-century bookplate of W. H. H. Newman of Buffalo, N.Y. Northern Netherlands, later 15th century

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Use of Utrecht. Contains calendar (leaves 1r-12v); Hours of the Virgin (13r-52v); Psalms and Litany (53r-75r); Hours of the Holy Spirit (75v-105r); Hours of Eternal Wisdom (105v-131r); Hours of the Cross (131v-158r); Office of the Dead (158v-200r, but with 158v left blank); and 2 blank leaves at end.