This is a sample of The Boies Penrose II Decorated Manuscript (1490-1520) is one of approximately 50 rare volumes in the Underwood Prayer Book Collection at Nashotah House Theological Seminary in Waukesha County, Wisconsin.
Ornamented throughout, the manuscript is formed of 310 leaves on vellum with Latin text and contains two bookplates—those of Boies Penrose II and of Thomas Phillips of Ickford in the County of Buckinghamshire, England. The volume was included in the museum exhibition: “Hidden Treasures: Illuminated Manuscripts from Midwestern Collections” (the Chazen Museum of Art at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, December 18, 2010-February 27, 2011).
