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This manuscript is a book of hours, Use of Coutances, probably made in Rouen in the third quarter of the fifteenth century. It is illuminated with five three-quarter page miniatures and floral borders in the calendar and on pages for major text divisions.
Support: Parchment; Extent: ii+136+ii; 169 x 121 mm bound to 178 x 140 mm; Foliation: Unreliable earlier foliation in ink, upper right recto; modern foliation in pencil lower right recto or upper right recto (occasional corrections of ink foliation); references in this record are to modern foliation; Collation: 1 (6), 2-10 (8), 11 (6), 12-17 (8), 18 (4); Catchwords: Erased catchwords, lower right last verso, all gatherings except the first, tenth, and last (fols. 14v, 22v, 30v, 38v, 46v, 54v, 62v, 70v, 84v, 92v, 100v, 108v, 116v, 124v, 132v)
One column of fourteen lines; frame-ruled in faint red ink with bounding lines erased in margins; prickings visible on pages with miniatures (except for fol. 85r); written area: 91 x 65 mm
Gothic--textualis semi-quadrata
Five three-quarter-page miniatures; floral borders in calendar and pages with miniatures and major text divisions; illuminated initials and line-fillers throughout; initials touched in yellow
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Paper flyleaves
Gothic--textualis semi-quadrata is in two sizes, with the antiphons and versicles in a smaller size; calendar in Bâtarde
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.
Rouen?, France
Third quarter 15th century
Eighteenth-century French red morocco, triple gilt fillets on sides, elaborately gilt back, gilt edges; pastedowns and endpapers are painted purple and decorated with a gold vine design; stamped in gold on spine: "HEURES GOTHIQUE"
Latin; Middle French (ca. 1400-1600)
Sale by Hodgson (London, 29 March 1906, no. 181) to Sabin; obtained from Paul Gottschalk, Berlin, sale of 10 Dec. 1912; John Frederick Lewis, Philadelphia; given by his widow, Anne Baker Lewis, to the Free Library of Philadelphia in 1936; "Paul Gottschalk, Berlin, 10/12/1912/ 500" written on back flyleaf
Rouen?, France
Third quarter 15th century
Latin; Middle French (ca. 1400-1600)
Sale by Hodgson
This manuscript is a book of hours, Use of Coutances, probably made in Rouen in the third quarter of the fifteenth century. It is illuminated with five three-quarter page miniatures and floral borders in the calendar and on pages for major text divisions.
Paper flyleaves
Gothic--textualis semi-quadrata is in two sizes, with the antiphons and versicles in a smaller size; calendar in Bâtarde
Gothic--textualis semi-quadrata
Five three-quarter-page miniatures; floral borders in calendar and pages with miniatures and major text divisions; illuminated initials and line-fillers throughout; initials touched in yellow
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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