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Book of hours, use of Metz, with a calendar, the Hours of the Virgin, the Penitential Psalms and Litany, and the Office of the Dead. The calendar includes Saint Arnulf (11 October) and Saint Clement (23 November), both bishops of Metz, and the opening miniature of the Hours of the Virgin, showing Mary nursing Jesus (f. 13r), is particularly associated with Metz.
Support: parchment; Extent: 180 leaves : 105 x 71 (67 x 40) mm bound to 114 x 85 mm; Collation: Parchment, i (paper) + 180 + i (paper); 1¹² 2-5⁸ 6⁶ 7-10⁸ 11⁶ 12-15⁸ 16¹⁰ 17-18⁸ 19⁸ 20⁸(?) 21¹⁰ 22⁸; [1-180], modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto.
Written in 12 long lines; frame-ruled in faint ink.
Written in a late Gothic book script.
10 half-page miniatures (Virgin and Child, nursing, f. 13r; arrest of Christ, f. 29v; Christ before Caiaphas, f. 46r; scourging of Christ, f. 54v; Christ carrying the Cross, f. 60r; Crucifixion, f. 65r; descent from the Cross, f. 70v; entombment of Christ, f. 81r; Christ in majesty, f. 89r; funeral scene with priests and monks, f. 113r) with 4- or 5-line initials and branching foliate borders with ivy leaves; 2- and 3-line initials in color on cusped gold grounds with colored ivy stems forming partial text borders; 1-line initials in gold on pink and blue grounds with white penwork; entries in calendar in red and blue; rubrics in pale red ink.
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.
Title supplied by cataloger.
6. f.60r-64v: [Sext]
7. f.65r-70r: [None]
8. f.70v-80v: [Vespers]
9. f.81r-88r: [Compline]
10. f.89r-107r: [Penitential Psalms]
11. f.107r-112v: Letanie.
12. f.113r-179v: [Officium pro defunctis]
5. f.54v-59v: [Terce]
4. f.46r-54r: [Prime]
3. f.29v-45v: [Lauds]
2. f.13r-29r: [Matins]
1. f.1r-12v: [Calendar]
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Metz, France
Probably written in Metz in the late 14th century.
Modern red velvet over pasteboards with metal clasp.
Latin, with calendar in French (f. 1r-12v)
Sold at auction at Sotheby's, 6 Jul. 2010, lot 37.
Sold at auction at Sotheby's, 11 Dec. 1979, lot 65, to an unidentified owner who held it until 2010.
Sold at auction at Sotheby's, 15 June 1959, lot 150, to Maggs Bros. (London); appears in Maggs cat. 866 (1959), no. 66.
Formerly owned by Achille Ratti (later Pope Pius XI); given to him by Pietro Larghi, heir of Ambrogio Roveda, 23 Apr. 1913 (inscription on verso of front endleaf).
Metz, France
Probably written in Metz in the late 14th century.
Latin, with calendar in French (f. 1r-12v)
Sold at auction at Sotheby's, 6 Jul. 2010, lot 37.
Sold at auction at Sotheby's, 11 Dec. 1979, lot 65, to an unidentified owner who held it until 2010.
Sold at auction at Sotheby's, 15 June 1959, lot 150, to Maggs Bros.
Formerly owned by Achille Ratti
Book of hours, use of Metz, with a calendar, the Hours of the Virgin, the Penitential Psalms and Litany, and the Office of the Dead. The calendar includes Saint Arnulf (11 October) and Saint Clement (23 November), both bishops of Metz, and the opening miniature of the Hours of the Virgin, showing Mary nursing Jesus (f. 13r), is particularly associated with Metz.
Title supplied by cataloger.
6. f.60r-64v: [Sext]
7. f.65r-70r: [None]
8. f.70v-80v: [Vespers]
9. f.81r-88r: [Compline]
10. f.89r-107r: [Penitential Psalms]
11. f.107r-112v: Letanie.
12. f.113r-179v: [Officium pro defunctis]
5. f.54v-59v: [Terce]
4. f.46r-54r: [Prime]
3. f.29v-45v: [Lauds]
2. f.13r-29r: [Matins]
1. f.1r-12v: [Calendar]
Written in a late Gothic book script.
10 half-page miniatures (Virgin and Child, nursing, f. 13r; arrest of Christ, f. 29v; Christ before Caiaphas, f. 46r; scourging of Christ, f. 54v; Christ carrying the Cross, f. 60r; Crucifixion, f. 65r; descent from the Cross, f. 70v; entombment of Christ, f. 81r; Christ in majesty, f. 89r; funeral scene with priests and monks, f. 113r) with 4- or 5-line initials and branching foliate borders with ivy leaves; 2- and 3-line initials in color on cusped gold grounds with colored ivy stems forming partial text borders; 1-line initials in gold on pink and blue grounds with white penwork; entries in calendar in red and blue; rubrics in pale red ink.
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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