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This is a Book of Hours from the second quarter of the fifteenth century from Flanders, use of Sarum. There are fourteen full-page miniatures with borders on three sides, which include the Passion cycle for the Hours of Virgin and of Saints Michael, Barbara, and John the Baptist for the suffrages, as well as miniatures of the Last Judgment for the Penitential Psalms, a Funeral Service for the Office of the dead. The Raising of Souls to God for the Commendation of Souls, and Christ with Instruments of the Passion for the Psalms of the Passion.
Support: Parchment; Extent: i+97+i; 186 x 140 mm bound to 190 x 148 mm; Foliation: Modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto; Collation: 1-2 (6), 3 (9, +1), 4-10 (8), 11 (10), 12 (8), 13 (2); Catchwords: Some catchwords right of center in lower margin, verso
Single column, twenty-five lines, ruled in ink with single vertical bounding lines, and double upper horizontal bounding lines full across; written area: 122 x 76 mm; Calendar thirty-four lines, four columns, single bounding lines except for double upper horizontal bounding lines
Gothic -- semi-quadrata
Fourteen full-page miniatures with borders on three sides; borders on top and bottom throughout; ten- to thirteen-line illuminated initials beginning each section; six-line illuminated initials I, outside the written area, throughout; two-line illuminated initials and 1-line initials with red penwork flourishes throughout; 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.
Two prayers, in French, in two different hands on fol. 8v
The fourteen illuminations in this text are painted in the style of the Master(s) of Otto van Moerdrecht (fl. c. 1420-50); the prior identification with Nicolas Brouwer (because of the "b" stamp) has been shown to be incorrect; we are indebted to James D. Farquhar for his helpful comments on this text and its illuminations; the illustrated leaves, with the possible exception of Saint Barbara on f. 9v, and the Funeral Mass on f. 63v, include the artist's stamp associated with this Utrecht workshop, a red circle on which a gothic b may be discerned, in the lower right corner directly beneath the frame of the illustration; the illustrations in this manuscript are unusual since, unlike most of the extant examples of stamped illustrations which are separate additions added to a text, many of these images are an integral part of the text
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.
Flanders, Belgium
Second quarter 15th century
Early eigthteenth-century gold-tooled French crimson morocco; fully gilt spine and edges; spine stamped in gold: "HEURES MANUSC"
Latin; Middle French (ca. 1400-1600)
Flanders, Belgium
Second quarter 15th century
Latin; Middle French (ca. 1400-1600)
This is a Book of Hours from the second quarter of the fifteenth century from Flanders, use of Sarum. There are fourteen full-page miniatures with borders on three sides, which include the Passion cycle for the Hours of Virgin and of Saints Michael, Barbara, and John the Baptist for the suffrages, as well as miniatures of the Last Judgment for the Penitential Psalms, a Funeral Service for the Office of the dead. The Raising of Souls to God for the Commendation of Souls, and Christ with Instruments of the Passion for the Psalms of the Passion.
Two prayers, in French, in two different hands on fol. 8v
The fourteen illuminations in this text are painted in the style of the Master(s) of Otto van Moerdrecht (fl. c. 1420-50); the prior identification with Nicolas Brouwer (because of the "b" stamp) has been shown to be incorrect; we are indebted to James D. Farquhar for his helpful comments on this text and its illuminations; the illustrated leaves, with the possible exception of Saint Barbara on f. 9v, and the Funeral Mass on f. 63v, include the artist's stamp associated with this Utrecht workshop, a red circle on which a gothic b may be discerned, in the lower right corner directly beneath the frame of the illustration; the illustrations in this manuscript are unusual since, unlike most of the extant examples of stamped illustrations which are separate additions added to a text, many of these images are an integral part of the text
Gothic -- semi-quadrata
Fourteen full-page miniatures with borders on three sides; borders on top and bottom throughout; ten- to thirteen-line illuminated initials beginning each section; six-line illuminated initials I, outside the written area, throughout; two-line illuminated initials and 1-line initials with red penwork flourishes throughout; 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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