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Country |
United States
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City |
Collegeville (Minn.)
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Holding Institution | Saint John's University (Collegeville, Minn.) |
Repository |
Hill Museum & Manuscript Library. Rare Book and Manuscript Collection
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Shelfmark | Bean Ms. 1 |
Current Status | In situ |
Type of Record | Manuscript |
Extent | 170 leaf(ves) |
Century(ies) | 15th century |
Language(s) | French; Latin |
Genre(s) | Books of hours |
Feature(s) | Border(s), Decorative; Decoration, Full-page; Illumination; Initial(s), Decorated; Miniature(s) |
Bibliography |
Alison Stones and John Steyaert, Medieval Illumination, Glass, and Sculpture in Minnesota Collections (1978), 50-57. |
HMML Proj. Num. |
HMML 00003 |
Permanent Link | https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/510545 |
Processed By | HMML |
Surrogate Format | Digital |
Access Restrictions | Unregistered or order a digital copy |
Rights | http://www.vhmml.org/terms |

Type of Record | Manuscript |
Extent | 170 leaf(ves) |
Binding |
Bound in brown leather with gold tooling by Jerome le Jeune (17th-18th centuries) |
Binding Dimensions | 19.6 x 14 cm |
Provenance |
Wilmerding Collection; Lathrop C. Harper, Inc., L75.-48.28; donated to the Hill Museum & Manuscript Library by Atherton and Winifrid Bean |
Type | Manuscript |
Place of Origin | France, Paris (?) |
Century(ies) | 15th century |
Year Range | 1425-1475 |
Support | Parchment |
Writing Space | 9.5 x 6.7 cm |
Writing System | Roman |
Script(s) | Gothic Bastarda |
Decoration |
Sixteen miniatures with foliate initials and borders |
Notes |
Possibly unfinished: The final third of the manuscript lacks the floriate borders; other leaves with floriate borders appear to lack text |

Author |
Catholic Church
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Title | Book of hours |
Uniform Title |
Book of hours
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Language(s) | French; Latin |
Item Notes |
Only calendar is in French; rest is in Latin |

Country |
United States
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City |
Collegeville (Minn.)
![]() |
Holding Institution | Saint John's University (Collegeville, Minn.) |
Repository |
Hill Museum & Manuscript Library. Rare Book and Manuscript Collection
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Shelfmark | Bean Ms. 1 |
Current Status | In situ |
Type of Record | Manuscript |
Extent | 170 leaf(ves) |
Century(ies) | 15th century |
Language(s) | French; Latin |
Genre(s) | Books of hours |
Feature(s) | Border(s), Decorative; Decoration, Full-page; Illumination; Initial(s), Decorated; Miniature(s) |
Bibliography |
Alison Stones and John Steyaert, Medieval Illumination, Glass, and Sculpture in Minnesota Collections (1978), 50-57. |
HMML Proj. Num. |
HMML 00003 |
Permanent Link | https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/510545 |
Processed By | HMML |
Surrogate Format | Digital |
Access Restrictions | Unregistered or order a digital copy |
Rights | http://www.vhmml.org/terms |
Type of Record | Manuscript |
Extent | 170 leaf(ves) |
Binding |
Bound in brown leather with gold tooling by Jerome le Jeune (17th-18th centuries) |
Binding Dimensions | 19.6 x 14 cm |
Provenance |
Wilmerding Collection; Lathrop C. Harper, Inc., L75.-48.28; donated to the Hill Museum & Manuscript Library by Atherton and Winifrid Bean |
Type | Manuscript |
Place of Origin | France, Paris (?) |
Century(ies) | 15th century |
Year Range | 1425-1475 |
Support | Parchment |
Writing Space | 9.5 x 6.7 cm |
Writing System | Roman |
Script(s) | Gothic Bastarda |
Decoration |
Sixteen miniatures with foliate initials and borders |
Notes |
Possibly unfinished: The final third of the manuscript lacks the floriate borders; other leaves with floriate borders appear to lack text |
Author |
Catholic Church
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Title | Book of hours |
Uniform Title |
Book of hours
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Language(s) | French; Latin |
Item Notes |
Only calendar is in French; rest is in Latin |
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