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De Villers Book of Hours illumination of St. Jerome

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Title

De Villers Book of Hours illumination of St. Jerome

Subject

De Villers family
Catholic Church -- Liturgy -- Texts
Illumination of books and manuscripts -- France -- 15th century
Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)
Books of hours -- France -- 15th century
Devotional calendars -- Catholic Church
France -- History

Description

Illumination of St. Jerome in the desert, "beating his chest before an altar on which stands a crucifix, with his lion looking on (first nocturn of the matins of the Office of the Dead, in which the first psalm, Ps. 5, 'Verba mea auribus percipe' which also opens the so-called 'Psalter of St. Jerome,' an abbreviated "psalter" built up of a string of verses selected out of the 150 psalms)".

Source

Utah State University, De Villers Book of Hours, VAULT BOOK 360, Page 132

Date

1480?-1490?

Contributor

De Villers family

Rights

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