BRMS 13
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BRMS 13. Book of Hours. Use of Sarum. Flanders or Northern France (St. Omer?), ca. 1325–1330. Illuminated manuscript on vellum.
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BookofHours
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Illuminated manuscript on vellum
BRMS 14
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BRMS 14. Book of Hours. Use of Rome. Florence or Fiesole, ca. 1480. Illuminated manuscript on vellum.
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BookofHours
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Illuminated manuscript on vellum
BRMS 15
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BRMS 15. Book of Hours. Use of Troyes (?). Northern France, ca. 1480. Illuminated manuscript on vellum.
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BookofHours
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BRMS 16
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BRMS 16. Book of Hours. Use of Rome. France (Tours?) or Flanders, ca. 1525. Illuminated manuscript on vellum.
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BookofHours
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Illuminated manuscript on vellum
BRMS 18
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BRMS 18. Book of Hours. Use of Troyes. France, ca. 1400, with later additions. Illuminated manuscript (fragments) on vellum.
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Illuminated manuscript on vellum
BRA0841
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BRA0841. <em>Heures a l'usaige de Rome tout au long sans riens requerir. Avec les figures de l'apocalipse [et] plusieurs aultres figures.</em> Paris: Gillet Hardouyn, ca. 1515.
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Printed book on vellum