Manuscript: Hours of Alexander VII

Manuscript

• Current Location: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana Chig.C.IV.109 (Vatican City, Vatican VA)
• Source: Paris, Ile de France FR
• Date Range: 1401-1450
• Use of: Paris
• Notes:
  • see Leonardi, Claudio, Antonella Degl’Innocenti, Barbara Tellini Santoni, Alberto Manodori, and Biblioteca vallicelliana. Maria: vergine madre regina?: le miniature medievali e rinascimentali. [Italy]: cT, Centro Tibaldi, 2000. pp. 440-443

Calendar

• Folios: 1r-12v
• Use of: Paris
• Language: French
• Features: Dominical Letters, Golden Numbers, Roman Parts
• Colors
• Notes:
  • 2-line KL, red and blue over gold w/ whitework
  • Month name and minimal verses in blue/gold
  • 3-size acanthus border with gold leaves (top, bottom, outer edge
  • Labor in roundel at bottom, Zodiac in diamond on right side, both verso