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"inscription": "Dirige, D[omi]ne [Deus meus, in conspectu tuo viam meam]\u2026Psalm 5: Verba mea auribus percipe Domine intellege clamorem meum, Intende voci orationis meae rex meus et Deus meus, Quoniam ad te orabo Domine mane exaudies vocem meam, Mane adstabo tibi et videbo quoniam non deus volens iniquitatem tu es, Neque habitabit iuxta te malignus neque permanebunt iniusti ante oculos tuos, Odisti omnes qui operantur iniquitatem",
"inscription_translation": "Response: Direct, O Lord my God, my steps in your sight... Psalm 5: Give ear, O Lord, to my words, understand my cry. Hearken to the voice of my prayer, O my King and my God., For to thee will I pray: O Lord, in the morning thou shalt hear my voice., In the morning I will stand before thee, and will see: because thou art not a God that willest iniquity, Neither shall the wicked dwell near thee: nor shall the unjust abide before thy eyes, Thou hatest all the workers of iniquity..",
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"inscription": "... Decidant a cogitationibus suis, secundum",
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"did_you_know": "The Office of the Dead, usually at the end of books of hours, contains the same set of prayers the ordained used during funeral rites.",
"description": "The word dirge, today meaning a mournful hymn for funerals, comes from the opening Latin in the Office of the Dead, seen just after the decorative letter A at upper left. During the Middle Ages, dirge became the shortened way to refer to the Office of the Dead. Although primarily recited at funerals, the office was also prayed at home as a reminder of mortality and a protection against sudden death. Surrounding the text, which contains Psalm 5, is a border decoration of acanthus leaves, believed to grow in paradise, as well as a parrot, a squirrel, a beetle, and flowers.",
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"citation": "Fliegel, Stephen N. The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection of Manuscript Illuminations. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999.",
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