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Description:
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A leaf from a Diurnal, Germany, Use unknown, circa 1450, in Latin, on vellum (131 x 103 mm.). Diurnals are used in the performance of the Divine Office but only include the daytime canonical hours; lauds, prime, terce, sext, none, and vespers. Like Breviaries, Diurnals begin with a liturgical calendar listing the major feast days in red ink. There are two columns of twenty-eight lines of unidentified text, each written in batarde script, ruled in red; capitals alternate in red and blue inks. Verso: two columns of twenty-eight lines of unidentified text, each written in batarde script, ruled in red; capitals alternate in red and blue inks. Condition of this leaf is Fine [F].
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