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Cambridge, MA, US, Houghton Library, MS Richardson 5

Medieval Scrolls Digital Archive A Comprehensive Resource for Scrolls in the Middle Ages

Contains a liturgical calendar for Troyes (in French), Gospel Sequences, hours of the cross, Holy Spirit, and Virgin (use of Sens), Psalms, Office of the Dead (use of Troyes), suffrages and various prayers in Latin and French. Update.

http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL.Hough:1136721
Catholic Church, creator Habert du Berry d'Artois family, former owner. Bragge, William, 1823-1884, former owner. Crawford, William Horatio, 1815?-1888, former owner. Hoe, Robert, 1839-1909, former owner. Techener, J. (Jacques), 1802-1870, former owner. Utterson, Edward Vernon, 1775 or 1776-1856, former owner.
237 leaves, bound : vellum, ill. ; 28 cm.
Manuscripts, Medieval-France-1450-1500. Illuminations.
Latin
Written in textualis semi-quadrata script in 1 column of 16 lines; 29 miniatures, 10 border vignettes, 12 occupations of the months and zodiacal illustrations in the calendar, foliate borders of ivy-vine scroll, acanthus leaves, and blossoming flowers, and numerous decorated initials. Illuminated in France (Troyes?) Bound in 19th-cent. burgundy velvet. In a tray case, 31 cm. MS Richardson 7. Houghton Library, Harvard University. Also available in an electronic version. In Latin and French.
France
Houghton Library, Harvard University