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This Book of Hours, produced around 1430, is likely for the Use of Besançon. The text of the Hours of the Virgin is corrupted and only includes seven hours. Seven miniatures are included for the Hours of the Virgin, preceded by a miniature of Saint John the Baptist in the guise of John the Evangelist, and followed by a miniature of the penitent King David. The calendar, which contains many saints local to Besançon, is a separate textual unit.
Support: Parchment; Extent: iii+162+iii; 132 x 92 mm bound to 138 x 101 mm; Foliation: Modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto; Collation: 1-2 (8), 3 (2), 4 (4), 5-13 (8), 14 (6), 15 (10), 16 (8), 17 (10, -10), 18 (10), 19-20 (8), 21 (10, -10); Catchwords: Original catchwords in ink, lower right at fols. 38v, 46v, 54v, 62v, 70v, 78v, 86v, 94v, 100v, 110v, 118v, 137v, 145v, 153v
One column of eleven lines, frame ruled in purple ink; calendar ruled in red; written area: 72 x 49 mm
Gothic--textualis
Nine large illuminated miniatures, some with natural backgrounds, others with grounds checkered in red, blue, and gold, all with decorative initials and within full-page borders; ornamental initials and line-fillers in red, gold, and blue; rubrication in red
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 text of the Hours of the Virgin is corrupt; it follows Besançon use in Matins, Lauds, Nones, Vespers, and Compline with slight variation; there are, however, only seven hours: Matins, Lauds, Vespers, and Compline have rubrics; Nones is complete according to Besançon use; the remaining three hours are combined into two hours which share antiphons, capitula, and prayers usually found separately in the Prime, Terce, Sext sequence of Besançon use; it appears the scribe has mistakenly merged these three hours into two
In the calendar and Litany local Besançon saints predominate, including Maimbodus, Prothadius, Ferreolus and Ferrucius, Antidius, Claudius, Desideratus, and Agapitus
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.
Besançon?, France
Circa 1430
Modern dark red morocco stamped in black, all edges gilt, decorated clasps
Latin
Given by John Frederick Lewis's widow, Anne Baker Lewis, to the Free Library of Philadelphia in 1936
Besançon?, France
Circa 1430
Latin
Given by John Frederick Lewis's widow, Anne Baker Lewis, to the Free Library of Philadelphia in 1936
This Book of Hours, produced around 1430, is likely for the Use of Besançon. The text of the Hours of the Virgin is corrupted and only includes seven hours. Seven miniatures are included for the Hours of the Virgin, preceded by a miniature of Saint John the Baptist in the guise of John the Evangelist, and followed by a miniature of the penitent King David. The calendar, which contains many saints local to Besançon, is a separate textual unit.
The text of the Hours of the Virgin is corrupt; it follows Besançon use in Matins, Lauds, Nones, Vespers, and Compline with slight variation; there are, however, only seven hours: Matins, Lauds, Vespers, and Compline have rubrics; Nones is complete according to Besançon use; the remaining three hours are combined into two hours which share antiphons, capitula, and prayers usually found separately in the Prime, Terce, Sext sequence of Besançon use; it appears the scribe has mistakenly merged these three hours into two
In the calendar and Litany local Besançon saints predominate, including Maimbodus, Prothadius, Ferreolus and Ferrucius, Antidius, Claudius, Desideratus, and Agapitus
Gothic--textualis
Nine large illuminated miniatures, some with natural backgrounds, others with grounds checkered in red, blue, and gold, all with decorative initials and within full-page borders; ornamental initials and line-fillers in red, gold, and blue; rubrication in red
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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