Layout: 15 long lines to a page, ruled with a plummet. Single vertical rulings bounding script-space at left and right, and extending to edges of page. Script: Gothic characters in red, brown, and blue ink. Decoration: Broad borders in gold and colors, with flowers, fruit, and grotesques. Twelve small miniatures of the Labors of the Months. Seventeen large miniatures. Many ornamental initials in gold and colors. Binding: Bound in old red morocco with gold tooling. Paper fly-leaves. Marbled pastedowns. Red levant morocco case. Collation: iii (paper) + I-II^6, III-XXIV^8, XV^4 + v (paper) Condition: Miniatures are all well preserved, as is the text. Folios numbered incorrectly in a modern hand. Leaves trimmed. Provenance: On fol. 140v, is the motto “Nul bin sans Painn,” which can be traced to three families: De Hault de Lassus, Puget, and Montemerli. Gift of Alfred Clark Chapin. Purchased on behalf of the Chapin Library from J.F. Drake. Illuminated book of hours produced, possibly in Rouen, for the use of Troyes (or possible Sens, but Troyes is more likely). Likely produced for the use of a woman, who may be pictured on fol. 158r.
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