The University of Dayton Libraries are gradually digitizing selected rare works — some of which are the only extant copy — to make them available to readers and researchers worldwide.
The rare materials, contained in three repositories — University Archives and Special Collections; the U.S. Catholic Special Collection, and the Marian Library — number in the tens of thousands; as such, the digitization process will be gradual and selective, using criteria including visual interest; unique characteristic such as annotations; fragility; current curricular connections; and scholarly appeal.
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Illuminated manuscript
32 pages; 13 x19 cm
Final pages of a Book of Hours.
Calligraphed in gothic on thin vellum and bound in vellum. Contains 13 communion prayers: 12 in French, 1 in Latin. The first French prayer is the prayer of St. Ambrose and the prayer in Latin is St. Anselm's "O bone Jesu ..."
The first page is illuminated with a miniature (35 x 37 mm.) representing St. Ambrose in his episcopal robes, in color and in gold against a background of celestial blue with gold stars. The page is completely framed in a border of scrolled green, blue and red florets, highlighted on a background of gold, in a large border of filiform arabesques with gilt florets. Eleven other pages are framed by illuminated motifs on the lateral margins; the motifs encircle parts of the upper and lower margins and highlight 37 illuminated initials.
Title supplied by cataloger.
