Devotional text honouring St. Stephen

Devotional text honouring St. Stephen

Pre-1600 Materials, Book of Hours, Devotional Text, Saint Stephen, Saint Anthony of Lorensia, Saint Lawrence, Franciscan

This folio is a devotional text honouring Saint Stephen from a Book of Hours. It includes an illumination of Saint Stephane being stoned (42mm x 32mm)and beautifully illuminated botanical border decorations on the exterior margins which also features an illumination of Saint Lawrence with a grate.

Text column 82mm x 52mm
13-14 lines, single column (80mm x 53mm)

Gothic Bookhand.

Unknown (likely a Franciscan scribe)

Ottawa, Carleton University, Carleton University Art Gallery, 1995.62.8

Ottawa, Carleton University Art Gallery (CUAG)

circa 1480

Bonnie Mak (1996), Marc Saurette & Kate Brasseur (2018)

This item belongs to the Carleton University Art Gallery.

Unknown

155mm x 116mm

Parchment, discolouration evident. Binding caused damage to interior edge. Top, interior, and exterior edges show darkening.

Bookhand in Latin, Rubrications in French

Folio Leaf, Ink on Parchment

Ottawa, Carleton University, Carleton University Art Gallery, 1995.62.8

Netherlands

Acquired by CUAG in 1995 from the William Fraser Estate Sale