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Book of Hours, Use of Rome ("Marquand Hours") MS 25
Bryn Mawr College Library
Manuscript Overview
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Abstract

This is a book of hours from the fourth quarter of the fifteenth century from Italy, Use of Rome. There are eleven full-page miniatures surrounded by full borders, which include the full Infancy cycle for the Hours of the Virgin, as well as miniatures for the Short Hours of the Cross and the Short Hours of the Holy Spirit. Previous owners include the Discalced Augustinians of San Carlo, Turin in the eighteenth century, Eleanor Cross Marquand, and Allan P. Marquand.

Physical Description

Support: Parchment; Extent: ii+162+i; 143 x 102 mm bound to 150 x 106 mm; Foliation: Modern foliation in pencil, 1-14, 14a, 15-161, upper right recto; Collation: 1 (12, -1), 2 (10, +1 +2), 3 (10), 4 (9, +1 +2 +9), 5 (2), 6-17 (10)

Layout

Single column, fifteen lines, ruled in brown ink, single vertical bounding lines full length; written area: 80 x 57 mm

Script

Gothic--rotunda

Decoration

Eleven full-page miniatures surrounded by full borders (Annunciation, fol. 12v; Nativity, fol. 33v; Presentation in the Temple, fol. 39v; Annunciation to the Shepherds, fol. 44v; Adoration of the Magi, fol. 49v; Flight into Egypt, fol. 54v; Coronation of the Virgin, fol. 63v; David with harp, fol. 88v; Funeral service, fol. 112v; Crucifixion, fol. 151v; Pentecost, fol. 157v) with full borders also on the facing pages; miniature of the Visitation missing between fols. 20 and 21; four- or five-line illuminated initials for each section; two- or three-line illuminated initials throughout; calendar entries begin with large initials

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.

Notes

Previously Marquand 2

Previous foliation skipped leaf between 14 and 15; leaf now numbered 14a

Full-page illuminations rubbed; pages of the calendar and first illumination torn

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
Book of Hours
15th century
Italy
Italian
Devotion
Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr College Library

Place of Origin

Piedmont, Italy

Date

Fourth quarter 15th century

Binding

Eighteenth-century Italian limp vellum; on spine in ink: "Ufficio, e/ Orationi/ in/ Miniature"

Language

Latin

Provenance

Written in the Piedmont in final quarter of the fifteenth century; owned in the eighteenth century by the Discalced Augustinians of San Carlo, Turin ("Ex Conventu S. Caroli Taurini FF. Eremit: Discalc: S. Augustini Congregationis Italie et Germanie minor," fol. 1r, in lower margin in an earlier hand); catalogue entry attached: "Ufficio della Madonna in pergamena con ricche miniature" (fol. ii recto); given in 1808 by Marchese Porri-Carcani, of Como, to Abate Carlo Francese Frasconi, of the Cathedral at Novara ("Presbyt. Caroli Francisci Frasconi a sanctis caeremoniis in cathedrali Novaniensi" and in the same hand, "Marchionis Porri-Carcani Patritii Comensis 1808. 30 augusti," fol. ii recto); in the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Allan P. Marquand, the former a professor of Art and Archaeology at Princeton University; given to Bryn Mawr College in December, 1974 by his daughter, Eleanor Marquand Delanoy (bookplate)

return to search Book of Hours, Use of Rome ("Marquand Hours") MS 25

Place of Origin

Piedmont, Italy

Date

Fourth quarter 15th century

Language

Latin

Provenance

Written in the Piedmont in final quarter of the fifteenth century; owned in the eighteenth century by the Discalced Augustinians of San Carlo, Turin

Manuscript Overview

Abstract

This is a book of hours from the fourth quarter of the fifteenth century from Italy, Use of Rome. There are eleven full-page miniatures surrounded by full borders, which include the full Infancy cycle for the Hours of the Virgin, as well as miniatures for the Short Hours of the Cross and the Short Hours of the Holy Spirit. Previous owners include the Discalced Augustinians of San Carlo, Turin in the eighteenth century, Eleanor Cross Marquand, and Allan P. Marquand.

Notes

Previously Marquand 2

Previous foliation skipped leaf between 14 and 15; leaf now numbered 14a

Full-page illuminations rubbed; pages of the calendar and first illumination torn

Script note

Gothic--rotunda

Decoration Note

Eleven full-page miniatures surrounded by full borders (Annunciation, fol. 12v; Nativity, fol. 33v; Presentation in the Temple, fol. 39v; Annunciation to the Shepherds, fol. 44v; Adoration of the Magi, fol. 49v; Flight into Egypt, fol. 54v; Coronation of the Virgin, fol. 63v; David with harp, fol. 88v; Funeral service, fol. 112v; Crucifixion, fol. 151v; Pentecost, fol. 157v) with full borders also on the facing pages; miniature of the Visitation missing between fols. 20 and 21; four- or five-line illuminated initials for each section; two- or three-line illuminated initials throughout; calendar entries begin with large initials

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
Book of Hours
15th century
Italy
Italian
Devotion
Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr College Library
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