Prayerbook, Use of Saint-Omer, in Latin and Picard French [WRITTEN IN NORTHERN FRANCE (SAINT-OMER), WITH INSERTED FLEMISH MINIATURES (BRUGES), 15TH CENTURY (C.1430S)] c.170x130mm , vellum, ii+331+2 leaves, foliated every 5th leaf in the lower corner, 17 lines, the ruled space c.100x70mm, the calendar in quires of 6 leaves, the remainder mostly in quires of 8, but with an uncertain number of inserted miniatures and other leaves missing, prickings and catchwords frequently survive, illuminated with eight full-page miniatures, each with a full border, facing pages with a five-line initial and full border , and nine similar pages (ff.31r, 35r, 60r, 68r, 71r, 74r, 79r, 97r, 204r) without facing miniatures (presumably missing); some thumbing and stains, but generally in fine condition throughout ; contemporary blind-stamped binding : sewn on five bands and bound in brown leather over wood boards, each cover tooled with fillets and small stamps (the Agnus dei, a monkey holding a chalice, and a winged serpent or dragon with flowers), edges gauffered and gilt, rebacked in the 17th/18th century, the spine with two gilt title-pieces: ‘Heures Latines et Franca[ais] / Manuscrit’, clasps and catches missing, some wear, but the blind-stamps mostly crisp and legible ; in a modern fitted box
Prayerbook, Use of Saint-Omer, in Latin and Picard French [WRITTEN IN NORTHERN FRANCE (SAINT-OMER), WITH INSERTED FLEMISH MINIATURES (BRUGES), 15TH CENTURY (C.1430S)] c.170x130mm , vellum, ii+331+2 leaves, foliated every 5th leaf in the lower corner, 17 lines, the ruled space c.100x70mm, the calendar in quires of 6 leaves, the remainder mostly in quires of 8, but with an uncertain number of inserted miniatures and other leaves missing, prickings and catchwords frequently survive, illuminated with eight full-page miniatures, each with a full border, facing pages with a five-line initial and full border , and nine similar pages (ff.31r, 35r, 60r, 68r, 71r, 74r, 79r, 97r, 204r) without facing miniatures (presumably missing); some thumbing and stains, but generally in fine condition throughout ; contemporary blind-stamped binding : sewn on five bands and bound in brown leather over wood boards, each cover tooled with fillets and small stamps (the Agnus dei, a monkey holding a chalice, and a winged serpent or dragon with flowers), edges gauffered and gilt, rebacked in the 17th/18th century, the spine with two gilt title-pieces: ‘Heures Latines et Franca[ais] / Manuscrit’, clasps and catches missing, some wear, but the blind-stamps mostly crisp and legible ; in a modern fitted box
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