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This Book of Hours for the Use of Paris was produced in the first quarter of the fifteenth century. It begins with a calendar (fols. 1r-12v), which is followed by the Gospel Lessons, Obsecro te, and O intemerata (fols. 13r-24v); a bifolio with suffrages to the Holy Spirit, Trinity, Saint Nicholas, All Saints, and Saint Catherine, in a different hand (fols. 25r-26v); the Hours of the Virgin with multiple pages missing (fols. 27r-84v); Penitential Psalms, Litany, and Prayers (fols. 85r-99v); Hours of the Cross (fols. 100r-103v) and Hours of the Holy Spirit (fols. 104r-107v); and Office of the Dead (fols. 108r-152r). Additional prayers include the Fifteen Joys of the Virgin (fols. 152v-157v) and Prayer to the Five Wounds of Christ (fols. 158r-161r), both in French, and a final prayer, "Mon createur je ne suis pas digne...," in French (fol. 161v). The manuscript contains seven large miniatures in the style of the Master of Mazarine 491. Pages with the beginnings of Hours and miniatures are lacking between fols. 47 and 48 (Lauds), 57 and 58 (Prime), 62 and 63 (Terce, two leaves missing), 73 and 74 (Vespers, two leaves missing), and 79 and 80 (Compline). Folios 77-79 are misbound.
Support: Parchment; Extent: ii+163+ii; 172 x 117 mm bound to 182 x 127 mm; Foliation: Unfoliated; Collation: 1 (12), 2 (8), 3 (4), 4 (2), 5-6 (8), 7 (8, -6), 8 (8), 9 (8, -1 -7 -8), 10 (8), 11 (8, -4 -5), 12 (8, +1 +2 +3 +6 +7 +8), 13-21 (8), 22 (7, +7); Catchwords: Remnant of original horizontal catchword in center of lower margin at fols. 34v; 92v; 116v
One column of sixteen lines, ruled in purple ink; written area: 107 x 63 mm
Gothic--textualis quadrata
Seven large miniatures with full foliate borders; single-margin foliate borders on all remaining pages; illuminated initials and line endings 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.
Some loose folios near center of book
Red silk pastedowns
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.
Paris
First quarter 15th century
Nineteenth-century black morocco, blind tooled with arabesque; silver clasps
Latin; Middle French (ca. 1400-1600)
Purchased by Lehigh University (9 September 1881) from Baillieu, Paris
Paris
First quarter 15th century
Latin; Middle French (ca. 1400-1600)
Purchased by Lehigh University
This Book of Hours for the Use of Paris was produced in the first quarter of the fifteenth century. It begins with a calendar (fols. 1r-12v), which is followed by the Gospel Lessons, Obsecro te, and O intemerata (fols. 13r-24v); a bifolio with suffrages to the Holy Spirit, Trinity, Saint Nicholas, All Saints, and Saint Catherine, in a different hand (fols. 25r-26v); the Hours of the Virgin with multiple pages missing (fols. 27r-84v); Penitential Psalms, Litany, and Prayers (fols. 85r-99v); Hours of the Cross (fols. 100r-103v) and Hours of the Holy Spirit (fols. 104r-107v); and Office of the Dead (fols. 108r-152r). Additional prayers include the Fifteen Joys of the Virgin (fols. 152v-157v) and Prayer to the Five Wounds of Christ (fols. 158r-161r), both in French, and a final prayer, "Mon createur je ne suis pas digne...," in French (fol. 161v). The manuscript contains seven large miniatures in the style of the Master of Mazarine 491. Pages with the beginnings of Hours and miniatures are lacking between fols. 47 and 48 (Lauds), 57 and 58 (Prime), 62 and 63 (Terce, two leaves missing), 73 and 74 (Vespers, two leaves missing), and 79 and 80 (Compline). Folios 77-79 are misbound.
Some loose folios near center of book
Red silk pastedowns
Gothic--textualis quadrata
Seven large miniatures with full foliate borders; single-margin foliate borders on all remaining pages; illuminated initials and line endings 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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