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.
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
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
Gothic--textualis
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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Worm eaten (?) holes in binding
France
Fourth quarter 15th century
Contemporary stamped calf over wooden boards, the sides decorated with panels of various roll designs; gilt edges
Latin; Middle French (ca. 1400-1600)
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"
France
Fourth quarter 15th century
Latin; Middle French (ca. 1400-1600)
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"
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.
Worm eaten (?) holes in binding
Gothic--textualis
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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