Manuscript

British Library, Yates Thompson MS 13
The Taymouth Hours

Codicology

Produced: 1325-1350 CE
Current Location: British Library, London, England, United Kingdom
Manuscript Type: Book of Hours
Language: Latin/French
Folios: 195
Illustrated: Yes
Media: Parchment
Script: Gothic quadrata
Dimensions: Height: 17 cm Width: 11.5 cm
Sample page - British Library Yates Thompson MS 13
Folio 8r

Description

An illustrated book of hours, with many marginal illustrations, some of bestiary or other animals. There are extended (multi-page) pictorial stories in the margin of lions, a wild man, a woman hunting hares, a woman hawking for ducks, a woman.hunting a boar, a woman hunting a stag, and other scenes.

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