[Illuminated Manuscript -- Horae] Book of Hours, Use of Rome

Book of Hours [Horae] Use of Rome --manuscript on vellum

      Northern Italy:, c1460-1480.. Modern vellum ,covers bowed, ownership inscription OHic Liber est Vincentii BoniiO on folio114v; a few leaves dampstained.. 8vo. 124 x 90mm. (written space 67 x 48mm). Written in brown ink in a rounded gothic liturgical hand, rubrics in red, initials in alternate red and blue, numerous 2-line verse initials with contrasting penwork and scrolling flourishes, several calligraphic letters adorned with faces, 8 4-line illuminated initial in blue, red and liquid gold on burnished gold (one very worn). Text: Calendar, f1-12; Hours of the Virgin, Use of Rome, f13-64; Compline, followed by the second nocturn for Tuesday and Friday for the canonical Hour of Matins, f65-73; Prayers for Advent and Christmas, f74-81; Office of the Dead, f82-114; Penitential Psalms, f115-125; Litany, and unidentifed prayers, f126-135.