Bidspirit auction | Of Our Lady's Office [Book

Of Our Lady's Office [Book of Hours], 1470 - Rare parchment manuscript in Italian [Book of Hours], dating from the second half of the 15th century, probably from the Veneto region , 220 leaves, 110 x 80 mm., Gothic character in black and red, large and small filigreed initials, alternating in red and blue, references to notebooks, the first 4 leaves of the Calendar, chronologically from a slightly later period, are missing, light stains. Modern binding in full brown leather in the antique style, with clasps and corner pieces. Content : c.4r: Our lady's office begins According to the Roman convention cc.121v-122r: Joyous songs and sweet melodies, (laud transcribed in italics by a different but contemporary hand) cc.123r-180r: The office of the dead according to the custom of the Roman court cc.181r-198v: Whoever takes penitential psalms to vulgarize cc.199r-218v: The passion of mes.Yhesu christo cc.219r-220v: Verbu caro facto est de virgine Maria