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Folio 24 v. Coronation of the Virgin with bas-de-page scene of a man attacking a lion (Hours of the Virgin, Compline).

i modern parchment flyleaf, 250 x 180 mm (163 x 105 mm), 24 long lines, ruled in brown ink (original campaign) or red ink (some 15th-century additions), offsets of some

It was purchased from him by John Ruskin (1819-1900) on 24 February 1854 and sold by Ruskin’s heir to Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1929) in 1904.

It was purchased from him by John Ruskin (1819-1900) on 24 February 1854 and sold by Ruskin’s heir to Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1929) in 1904.

It was purchased from him by John Ruskin (1819-1900) on 24 February 1854 and sold by Ruskin’s heir to Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1929) in 1904.

It was purchased from him by John Ruskin (1819-1900) on 24 February 1854 and sold by Ruskin’s heir to Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1929) in 1904.

It was purchased from him by John Ruskin (1819-1900) on 24 February 1854 and sold by Ruskin’s heir to Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1929) in 1904.

Manuscripts in the making. The Pabenham-Clifford Hours. England,. c. 1315-1320. MS 242. Books of Hours, often personalised for individual use, were essential to the devotional practices of both the clergy and lay people who counted them among their

Manuscripts in the making. Main artist. Artists. The main illuminator painted the two surviving full-page miniatures for the Hours of the Virgin (fol. 2v) and the Hours of the Trinity (fol. 28v). The same artist was probably responsible for the

Manuscripts in the making. Hours of the Virgin. Texts and Images. A frontispiece showing the Annunciation with the patrons introduces the Hours of the Virgin. The text of Matins, the first of the 8 Hours recited daily at the canonical times for