[Book of hours and Franciscan prayer book].
Published: 1400
Language: lat
Number of pages: 132
Subjects: Catholic Church -- Prayer-books and devotions -- Latin.; Franciscans -- Prayer-books and devotions -- Latin.; Books of hours -- Texts -- Early works to 1800.; Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern) -- Washington (D.C.)
Notes: Library of Congress.  Medieval and Renaissance ms. bks., 59
Ricci, S. de.  Medieval and Renaissance mss. (suppl.), p. 125, no. 169
Ms. Written in northern France. The book of hours, probably intended for use at a location in the area of Amiens, dates from the 1st half of the 15th cent. The Franciscan prayer book (either a later addition or part of another book) dates from ca. 1500.
Mainly in Latin. Some sections, including the calendar, and many captions in French.
Gift of Edith Bolling Galt Wilson, 1946. Former owners: Henry White, d. ca. 1902 (bookplate); Woodrow Wilson.
Imperfect: a gathering following leaf 82 wanting; unknown amount of text lost.