Vellum leaf from a medieval manuscript connected to Otto Ege

Authors

Catholic Church, Catholic Church

Files

Date

1470

Description

Manuscript leaf on vellum: 175 mm x 132 mm (112 mm x 69 mm)

18 lines of black gothic script with red and blue initials, rivers-style pen flourishing in red.

Leaf from a devotional manuscript containing a psalter, broken up and sold by Otto Ege and his wife Louise, with his label identifying it as number 43 from his collection. Ege sold other leaves from this manuscript as leaf 43 in his Fifty Original Leaves from Medieval Manuscripts portfolios. This leaf contains Psalms 9:37 through 11:5 (Septuagint numbering).

Identified by Ege’s label as a from a book of hours, although most of the 30+ known leaves from this manuscript contain psalms with Dutch rubrics for recitation according to Bridgettine use, with leaves at University of Vermont and Boston University containing text from the Bridgettine liturgy.

Language(s)

Latin and Dutch

Country

Netherlands

Region

Europe

Century

15th century

Repository

Marian Library

Keywords

Illuminated manuscripts, Psalms

Permission Statement

This item is in the public domain.

Recommended Citation

Catholic Church, "Vellum leaf from a medieval manuscript connected to Otto Ege" (1470). Rare Books. 25.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/ul_rare_books/25