The script used in this book seems to be a Gothic black-letter script. This kind of script is a more formal text script, which would explain why it would be used for a devotional book (Brown). The book is written mainly in Latin with some French. The use of Latin was standard for Books of Hours and, as stated previously, the Calendar pages of the book are in French, indicating French use.
Since this book was produced in medieval times, it is safe to assume that the ink used in this Book of Hours was a solution of gall and gum. Color came to the ink through the addition of iron salts of carbon. The fact that the ink of this book has faded to a reddish-brown color indicates the use of the iron salts (Brown).
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