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This damaged Book of Hours was likely produced in Northeastern France or Flanders in the late fourteenth century or early fifteenth century. The manuscript begins with a Calendar, which is lacking its first and last months. The book contains the Hours of the Virgin for Franciscan Use, followed by the Hours of the Cross and Hours of the Holy Spirit, the Penitential Psalms followed by a separate section containing the Litany, Prayers, and Collects (beginning lacking), and the Athanasian Creed followed directly by the Obsecro te. The book concludes with Suffrages (fols. 115r-121r), which include Saints Vedast and Eligius, and the O intemerata prayer added in a different hand.
Support: Parchment; Extent: ii+124+ii; 142 x 96 mm bound to 147 x 105 mm; Foliation: Unfoliated; Collation: 1 (12, -1 -12), 2 (8), 3 (4), 4 (8), 5 (6, +1 +2), 6-7 (4), 8 (8, +1 +2), 9-11 (8), 12 (6), 13 (8), 14 (5, +1), 15-16 (10), 17 (9, +1)
One column of fourteen lines, ruled in brown ink; written area: 83 x 54 mm
Gothic--textualis semi-quadrata
Large illuminated initials and foliate borders at major text divisions; illuminated initials with foliate sprays at minor divisions; small illuminated initials throughout
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.
The O intemerata prayer, added after the end of the final suffrage on fol. 121r, and continuing to fol. 124v, is in a different hand
Extensive birth notes in later hands, mostly in Dutch or Flemish, on fols. 1r-4v, 21v, and 22v; cancelled note on fol. 4v includes the date 1659; notes on fol. 21v includes the dates 1647, 1650, and 1669; note on fol. 22v from 1579; other notes considerably earlier in date
Fol. 6 is severely trimmed along its outer edge
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.
Northeastern France(?) or Flanders(?)
Late 14th or early 15th century
Nineteenth-century stamped brown calf, French; "HEURES, MSS. VÈLLIN" stamped on spine
Latin; Middle Dutch (ca. 1050-1350)
Red bookplate, inside front cover: "Ex Libris Robert Honeyman IV" with shield and banner stating "Progredere ne Regredere"
Northeastern France(?) or Flanders(?)
Late 14th or early 15th century
Latin; Middle Dutch (ca. 1050-1350)
Red bookplate, inside front cover: "Ex Libris Robert Honeyman IV" with shield and banner stating "Progredere ne Regredere"
This damaged Book of Hours was likely produced in Northeastern France or Flanders in the late fourteenth century or early fifteenth century. The manuscript begins with a Calendar, which is lacking its first and last months. The book contains the Hours of the Virgin for Franciscan Use, followed by the Hours of the Cross and Hours of the Holy Spirit, the Penitential Psalms followed by a separate section containing the Litany, Prayers, and Collects (beginning lacking), and the Athanasian Creed followed directly by the Obsecro te. The book concludes with Suffrages (fols. 115r-121r), which include Saints Vedast and Eligius, and the O intemerata prayer added in a different hand.
The O intemerata prayer, added after the end of the final suffrage on fol. 121r, and continuing to fol. 124v, is in a different hand
Extensive birth notes in later hands, mostly in Dutch or Flemish, on fols. 1r-4v, 21v, and 22v; cancelled note on fol. 4v includes the date 1659; notes on fol. 21v includes the dates 1647, 1650, and 1669; note on fol. 22v from 1579; other notes considerably earlier in date
Fol. 6 is severely trimmed along its outer edge
Gothic--textualis semi-quadrata
Large illuminated initials and foliate borders at major text divisions; illuminated initials with foliate sprays at minor divisions; small illuminated initials throughout
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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