Floral border (fol. 7r)
- Original object type: Artefact
- Title: Floral border (fol. 7r)
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Description:
Filigree band border in blue and rose, on gold background. 5-line initial 'D' in blue with white penwork ornamentation, on gold background, infilled with entwined vine with flowers, shaped as a heart. The floral border is decorated with poppyheads, quatrefoils, daisy heads, trumpet flowers, acanthus leaves, and hairline tendrils carrying golden balls, ivy leaves and pine cones.
Context: Hours of the Virgin: Matins: Domine labia mea aperies
- Date range: [ca. 1350-1400]
- Date: 1375
- Collection: Medieval Manuscripts
- Physical Identifier: Ripon Cathedral MS 9/1
- URI: http://digital.library.leeds.ac.uk/id/eprint/11245
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