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BRMS 14

Title

Subject

Catholic Prayers and Devotions - Books of Hours

Description

Although the original owner and talented illuminator of this Book of Hours both remain unknown, the scribe who transcribed the text signed his name on folio 111 recto as "Biagio di Piero di Jacopo da Fiesole." The manuscript features four full-page illuminations and one large historiated initial, each highlighted with gold.

Source

BRMS 14. Book of Hours. Use of Rome. Florence or Fiesole, ca. 1480. Illuminated manuscript on vellum.

Publisher

Bridwell Library Special Collections

Date

Rights

Please cite Bridwell Library Special Collections, SMU, as the source of this file. A high-resolution version of this file may be obtained by contacting Special Collections (bridsc@smu.edu).

Relation

BookofHours

Format

Displayed as .jpg

Language

Type

Illuminated manuscript on vellum

Collection

Highlights from the Ruth and Lyle Sellers Medical Collection

Citation

“BRMS 14,” Bridwell Library Special Collections Exhibitions, accessed December 14, 2025, https://bridwell.omeka.net/items/show/1750.