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This book of hours was originally written at the Abbey of Saint-Amand near Tournai for François Duquesne in 1537, but was heavily modified in the mid-nineteenth-century by the noted restorer/forger of medieval and renaissance manuscripts, William (Caleb) Wing. The latter added the eleven full-page miniatures in French Renaissance Style and, it would seem, the secondary decoration on the remaining pages.
Support: Parchment; Extent: ii+143+iii; 139 x 99 mm bound to 148 x 112 mm; Foliation: Modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto; Collation: 1 (8), 2 (7, +7), 3 (8), 4 (11, +2), 5 (13, +2 +7 +12), 6 (12, +4 +8), 7 (11, +4), 8 (8), 9 (6), 10 (9, +9), 11 (6), 12 (9, +1), 13 (8), 14 (10), 15-16 (8), 17 (4)
One column of sixteen lines, frame ruled in lead point (at times very faint); written area: 91 x 55 mm
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Eleven inserted full-page miniatures with full borders (forgeries added by Caleb/Charles Wing); eleven text pages with full borders; illuminated initials featuring the acorn motif throughout; red and blue initials throughout; much secondary decoration added by Caleb/Charles Wing
For a full list of Decorations in this manuscript please see the Content and Decorations section by clicking on the [i] button in the top left corner of the image viewer above.
Colophon on fol. 143v assigns date, localization and first ownership of manuscript; coat of arms of François Duquesne appear on fol. 143v; coat of arms of the Duke of Orléans on ff. 14v, 15r, 24v, 35v, 40v, 45v, 50r, 54v, 62r, 67v, 75v, 76r, 94v, and 95r; an unidentified coat of arms on fol. 68r; ex-libris of Robert Hoe on verso of first flyleaf
Calendar in French; French rubrics on fols. 68r, 76r, 120v, 121r, 123v, 124v, 126v, 127r, 127v, 128r, 128v, 129r, 129v, 130v, 131r, 131v, 132r, 133r, 133v, 134r, 134v, 135r, 135v, 136v, 137r, 137v, 139r, 140v, 141r; French prayers on fols. 123v–124v, 138r–143v
On the relationship between this manuscript's previous owner, John B. Jarman, and the forger/restorer Caleb Wing, see Janet Backhouse, "A Victorian Connoisseur and his Manuscripts: the Tale of Mr Jarman and Mr Wing," British Museum Quarterly, 32 (1968): 76–92
First and last flyleaves are modern paper; remaining flyleaves are original and integral to collation, but unnumbered; Modern pencil numbering on versos of last pages of each quire
These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.
Abbey of Saint-Amand, France
Manuscript is from France (Abbey of Saint-Amand near Tournai), but the miniatures added by English miniaturist C.W. Wing; the date of the production of the manuscript itself is recorded in colophon as 1537; inscriptions on fols. 33v and 59r (perhaps added by Wing) record the date 1536; 1537 (text) and 1850-1859 (miniatures); between 1850 and 1859
Red levant morocco, late-nineteenth century, with mosaic inlays of dark and light brown morocco outlined in gold and ornamented with gilt tooling, doublure of red morocco with floral gilt tooled border, endleaves backed with moiré silk; gilt and gauffred edges; "HEURES" stamped in gold on spine; signed by Joly; green bookmark ribbon attached at headcap
Latin; Middle French (ca. 1400-1600)
Abbey of St. Amand near Tournai for François Duquesne; Sale, London, Sotheby's, April 5, 1852, no. 492, bought by Forrest; sold by Puttick (London, July 16, 1859, no. 12, to Hart; J.B. Jarman (sold London, 1864, no. 76 to Boone); William Bragge (sold London, 1876, no. 350 to H. Stevens); Robert Hoe (sold New York, Anderson Auction Co, II, 1912, no. 2468 to A. S. W. Rosenbach); John Frederick Lewis, Philadelphia; given by his widow, Anne Baker Lewis, to the Free Library of Philadelphia in 1936
Abbey of Saint-Amand, France
Manuscript is from France (Abbey of Saint-Amand near Tournai), but the miniatures added by English miniaturist C.W. Wing; the date of the production of the manuscript itself is recorded in colophon as 1537; inscriptions on fols. 33v and 59r (perhaps added by Wing) record the date 1536; 1537 (text) and 1850-1859 (miniatures); between 1850 and 1859
Latin; Middle French (ca. 1400-1600)
Abbey of St. Amand near Tournai for François Duquesne; Sale, London, Sotheby's, April 5, 1852, no. 492, bought by Forrest; sold by Puttick
This book of hours was originally written at the Abbey of Saint-Amand near Tournai for François Duquesne in 1537, but was heavily modified in the mid-nineteenth-century by the noted restorer/forger of medieval and renaissance manuscripts, William (Caleb) Wing. The latter added the eleven full-page miniatures in French Renaissance Style and, it would seem, the secondary decoration on the remaining pages.
Colophon on fol. 143v assigns date, localization and first ownership of manuscript; coat of arms of François Duquesne appear on fol. 143v; coat of arms of the Duke of Orléans on ff. 14v, 15r, 24v, 35v, 40v, 45v, 50r, 54v, 62r, 67v, 75v, 76r, 94v, and 95r; an unidentified coat of arms on fol. 68r; ex-libris of Robert Hoe on verso of first flyleaf
Calendar in French; French rubrics on fols. 68r, 76r, 120v, 121r, 123v, 124v, 126v, 127r, 127v, 128r, 128v, 129r, 129v, 130v, 131r, 131v, 132r, 133r, 133v, 134r, 134v, 135r, 135v, 136v, 137r, 137v, 139r, 140v, 141r; French prayers on fols. 123v–124v, 138r–143v
On the relationship between this manuscript's previous owner, John B. Jarman, and the forger/restorer Caleb Wing, see Janet Backhouse, "A Victorian Connoisseur and his Manuscripts: the Tale of Mr Jarman and Mr Wing," British Museum Quarterly, 32 (1968): 76–92
First and last flyleaves are modern paper; remaining flyleaves are original and integral to collation, but unnumbered; Modern pencil numbering on versos of last pages of each quire
Bâtarde
Eleven inserted full-page miniatures with full borders (forgeries added by Caleb/Charles Wing); eleven text pages with full borders; illuminated initials featuring the acorn motif throughout; red and blue initials throughout; much secondary decoration added by Caleb/Charles Wing
For a full list of Decorations in this manuscript please see the Content and Decorations section by clicking on the [i] button in the top left corner of the image viewer above.
These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.
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