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This compact Italian Book of Hours is illustrated with sixteen large miniatures facing the incipit pages of their respective sections, as well as two historiated initials. Its sequence of miniatures for the Hours of the Virgin diverges from the usual Infancy narrative. The book also contains a complete sequence of Passion miniatures for the Long and Short Hours of the Cross, as well as two miniatures for the Office of the Dead.
Support: Parchment; Extent: ii+244+iii; 99 x 72 mm bound to 108 x 79 mm; Foliation: Modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto; Collation: 1 (14), 2 (10), 3 (2), 4 (9, +7 +8 +9), 5-10 (10), 11 (6), 12-18 (10), 19-20 (6), 21-26 (10), 27 (4, -4); Catchwords: Mostly regular original catchwords in ink on versos at fols. 24v, 26v, 35v, 45v, 51v, 75v, 85v, 95v, 111v, 121v, 141v, 151v, 161v, 171v, 193v, 203v, 213v, 223v, 233v, 243v; recto side catchwords at 17r, 19r, 20r, 22r, 23r, 27r, 32r, 35r, 39r, 53r, 56r, 58r, 59r, 75r, 77r, 83r, 105r, 106r
One column of fourteen lines; written area: 55 x 42 mm
Gothic--textualis
Sixteen large miniatures; two historiated initials; eighteen decorative initials; capitals alternately in red 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.
Italy
Saint Reparata appears in red in the calendar (8 October, fol. 11r) and Saints Reparata and Zenobius appear in the litany (fols. 121r and 120r); it is likely that the book was produced for Florentine use; early 15th century
Italian eighteenth-century calf, gilt back, gilt cross on top cover, gilt edges with clasp, in red morocco case
Latin
Sir Thomas David Gibson Carmichael; sold by Sotheby's, London, March 23, 1903, no. 818; to Ellis and Elvey (Cat. 102, 1903, no. 225; Cat. 105, 1904, no. 50; Cat. 114, 1907, no. 8; Cat. 129, 1910, no. 413); (directly to?) John Frederick Lewis, Philadelphia; given by his widow, Anne Baker Lewis, to the Free Library of Philadelphia in 1936
Italy
Saint Reparata appears in red in the calendar (8 October, fol. 11r) and Saints Reparata and Zenobius appear in the litany (fols. 121r and 120r); it is likely that the book was produced for Florentine use; early 15th century
Latin
Sir Thomas David Gibson Carmichael; sold by Sotheby's, London, March 23, 1903, no. 818; to Ellis and Elvey
This compact Italian Book of Hours is illustrated with sixteen large miniatures facing the incipit pages of their respective sections, as well as two historiated initials. Its sequence of miniatures for the Hours of the Virgin diverges from the usual Infancy narrative. The book also contains a complete sequence of Passion miniatures for the Long and Short Hours of the Cross, as well as two miniatures for the Office of the Dead.
Gothic--textualis
Sixteen large miniatures; two historiated initials; eighteen decorative initials; capitals alternately in red 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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