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Dean Brown's Prayerbook

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Medieval and early modern manuscripts > Manuscripts from Scotland > Dean Brown's Prayerbook > (40) folio 17 verso - Full page miniature of Dean James Brown at prayer

(40) folio 17 verso - Full page miniature of Dean James Brown at prayer
Permanent URL	https://digital.nls.uk/75519302
Description	This page depicts the owner of the book, Dean James Brown, kneeling in prayer in a cope with an almuce over his left arm, in front of an altar of Our Lady, with a patron saint, a bishop in pontificalia, standing behind him. He is linked to the Virgin with a scroll inscribed 'misericordias Domini in eternum cantabo' (Psalm 88 [89]:1), the psalm of the officium of the Mass of the Five Wounds in the Sarum Missal. A full border with a gold ground and naturalistic flowers.

Dean Brown's Prayerbook
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Description	Written and illuminated in the Netherlands, ca.1498, for Master James Brown, Dean of Aberdeen. David McRoberts, 'Dean Brown's Book of Hours', The Innes Review 19 (1968), 144-67.
Shelfmark	MS.10270
Attribution and copyright:	In-copyright – Rightsholder(s) Unlocatable or Unidentifiable - This work is protected by copyright, but no copyright owner(s) have been identified or one or more copyright owner(s) have been identified but not located. For details visit our copyright page. http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-RUU/1.0/

Form / genre:	Written and printed matter > Manuscripts Images > Illuminations Written and printed matter > Manuscripts > Illuminated manuscripts Written and printed matter > Religious texts > Prayer books Written and printed matter > Religious texts > Books of Hours Written and printed matter > Religious texts > Liturgical texts
Dates / events:	1498-1499 [Probable date created]
Places:	Europe > Low Countries (general region) [Probable place created]
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