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Book of Hours, use of Paris Lewis E 95
Free Library of Philadelphia
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Abstract

This Book of Hours of the Use of Paris includes a calendar that lists numerous saints associated with Paris. The calendar is followed by the Obsecro te and O intemerata prayers, the Hours of the Virgin, Penitential Psalms with Litany and Prayers, Hours of the Cross, Hours of the Holy Spirit, Office of the Dead and Suffrages. The manuscript includes nine large arched miniatures and a further seventeen small square miniatures (three for the Gospel Lessons, one for the O intemerata, and thirteen for the Suffrages). Pages with miniatures for the Obsecro te, Lauds for the Hours of the Virgin, Prime for the Hours of the Virgin, Hours of the Cross, Office of the Dead, and for the Suffrage to Saint Anthony (between fols. 137 and 138). The final Suffrage to Saint Barbara (fol. 140v) is lacking its ending, suggesting that the final portion of the book is missing.

Physical Description

Support: Parchment; Extent: i+140+i; 205 x 138 mm bound to 214 x 146 mm; Foliation: Modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto; Collation: 1-2 (6), 3 (8, -6), 4 (8, -4), 5 (4), 6 (8), 7 (8, -2), 8 (8, -2), 9-12 (8), 13 (8, -6), 14 (8, -7), 15-18 (8), 19 (8, -4), 20 (4, -1); Signatures: Signatures in roman numerals in lower margin close to the gutter on some rectos; Catchwords: Horizontal or vertical catchwords in two different hands at: 30v; 38v, 45v, 91v, 98v, 114v

Layout

One column of seventeen lines, ruled in faint red ink; some prickings are visible on the outer edges of the pages (the fore-edge); written area: 126 x 108 mm

Script

Gothic--textualis

Decoration

Nine three-quarter page arched miniatures: Saint John the Evangelist in Boiling Oil (fol. 13r), Annunciation (fol. 23r), Annunciation to the Shepherds (fol. 51v), Adoration of the Magi (fol. 55v), Presentation in the Temple (fol. 59r), Flight into Egypt (fol. 63r), Coronation of the Virgin (fol. 69r), King David in Prayer (fol. 74r), Pentecost (fol. 94v); seventeen small square miniatures: Saint Luke with winged ox (fol. 14v), Saint Matthew with angel (fol. 16r), Saint Mark with winged lion (fol. 17v), Pietà (fol. 20v), Trinity (fol. 134r), Saint Michael and the Dragon (fol. 134v), Saint John the Baptist (fol. 135r), Saint John the Evangelist (fol. 135v), Saints Peter and Paul (fol. 136r), Saint Stephen (fol. 136v), Saint Lawrence (fol. 137r), Saint Sebastian (fol. 137v), Saint Anne and the Virgin (fol. 138v), Saint Mary Magdalene (fol. 139r), Saint Catherine (fol. 139v), Saint Margaret (fol. 140r), Saint Barbara (fol. 140v); eight four-line illuminated initials; one-to-two-line illuminated initials and line-fillers throughout; foliate borders on every page, either single-panel with gold bar frames or four-sided

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Notes

Worm eaten (?) holes in binding

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Keywords
15th century
French
France
Book of Hours
Illustration
Miniature
Illumination
Christian
Devotion
Private devotional text
Free Library of Philadelphia

Place of Origin

France

Date

Fourth quarter 15th century

Binding

Contemporary stamped calf over wooden boards, the sides decorated with panels of various roll designs; gilt edges

Language

Latin; Middle French (ca. 1400-1600)

Provenance

Collection of T. Whitcombe Greene ?; Sotheby's sale London, 7 July 1913, n. 353 through Charles Sessler, bookseller, Philadelphia; John Frederick Lewis, Philadelphia; given by his widow, Anne Baker Lewis, to the Free Library of Philadelphia in 1936; typed notes on the stationery of Charles Sessler adhered to pastedown of back cover; written in pencil on inside of back cover: "Sotheby's sale 7 1913 #600. Chas. Sessler"

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Place of Origin

France

Date

Fourth quarter 15th century

Language

Latin; Middle French (ca. 1400-1600)

Provenance

Collection of T. Whitcombe Greene ?; Sotheby's sale London, 7 July 1913, n. 353 through Charles Sessler, bookseller, Philadelphia; John Frederick Lewis, Philadelphia; given by his widow, Anne Baker Lewis, to the Free Library of Philadelphia in 1936; typed notes on the stationery of Charles Sessler adhered to pastedown of back cover; written in pencil on inside of back cover: "Sotheby's sale 7 1913 #600. Chas. Sessler"

Manuscript Overview

Abstract

This Book of Hours of the Use of Paris includes a calendar that lists numerous saints associated with Paris. The calendar is followed by the Obsecro te and O intemerata prayers, the Hours of the Virgin, Penitential Psalms with Litany and Prayers, Hours of the Cross, Hours of the Holy Spirit, Office of the Dead and Suffrages. The manuscript includes nine large arched miniatures and a further seventeen small square miniatures (three for the Gospel Lessons, one for the O intemerata, and thirteen for the Suffrages). Pages with miniatures for the Obsecro te, Lauds for the Hours of the Virgin, Prime for the Hours of the Virgin, Hours of the Cross, Office of the Dead, and for the Suffrage to Saint Anthony (between fols. 137 and 138). The final Suffrage to Saint Barbara (fol. 140v) is lacking its ending, suggesting that the final portion of the book is missing.

Notes

Worm eaten (?) holes in binding

Script note

Gothic--textualis

Decoration Note

Nine three-quarter page arched miniatures: Saint John the Evangelist in Boiling Oil (fol. 13r), Annunciation (fol. 23r), Annunciation to the Shepherds (fol. 51v), Adoration of the Magi (fol. 55v), Presentation in the Temple (fol. 59r), Flight into Egypt (fol. 63r), Coronation of the Virgin (fol. 69r), King David in Prayer (fol. 74r), Pentecost (fol. 94v); seventeen small square miniatures: Saint Luke with winged ox (fol. 14v), Saint Matthew with angel (fol. 16r), Saint Mark with winged lion (fol. 17v), Pietà (fol. 20v), Trinity (fol. 134r), Saint Michael and the Dragon (fol. 134v), Saint John the Baptist (fol. 135r), Saint John the Evangelist (fol. 135v), Saints Peter and Paul (fol. 136r), Saint Stephen (fol. 136v), Saint Lawrence (fol. 137r), Saint Sebastian (fol. 137v), Saint Anne and the Virgin (fol. 138v), Saint Mary Magdalene (fol. 139r), Saint Catherine (fol. 139v), Saint Margaret (fol. 140r), Saint Barbara (fol. 140v); eight four-line illuminated initials; one-to-two-line illuminated initials and line-fillers throughout; foliate borders on every page, either single-panel with gold bar frames or four-sided

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.

References
Binding Images

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.

Spine

Fore edge

Top edge

Bottom edge

Keywords
15th century
French
France
Book of Hours
Illustration
Miniature
Christian
Devotion
Private devotional text
Free Library of Philadelphia
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