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.
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)
Single column, fifteen lines, ruled in brown ink, single vertical bounding lines full length; written area: 80 x 57 mm
Gothic--rotunda
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
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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
Piedmont, Italy
Fourth quarter 15th century
Eighteenth-century Italian limp vellum; on spine in ink: "Ufficio, e/ Orationi/ in/ Miniature"
Latin
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)
Piedmont, Italy
Fourth quarter 15th century
Latin
Written in the Piedmont in final quarter of the fifteenth century; owned in the eighteenth century by the Discalced Augustinians of San Carlo, Turin
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.
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
Gothic--rotunda
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.
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