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Book of hours on parchment with incomplete miniatures, written and illuminated in France, possibly Paris, circa 1500. Four miniatures are present; in the Hours of the Cross, after an initial illumination of the Crucifixion (f. 80r), five spaces for miniatures have been used for outline drawings of the traditional iconography cycle for the Hours of the Cross, which were already present in the early 19th century, as mentioned in the sale description of 1819; ten additional spaces for miniatures were not used. Suffrages include Saint Fiacre and Saint Clodoaldus (Saint Cloud). The Hours of the Virgin, Hours of the Cross, and Brief Hours of the Spirit are followed by the less common Hours of the Conception of the Virgin, but no Office of the Dead.
Support: parchment; Extent: 115 leaves : 183 x 135 (118 x 80) mm bound to 192 x 144 mm; Collation: Parchment, iii (19th-century paper) + 115 + iii (19th-century paper); 1-2⁶ 3-4⁸ 5¹² 6⁸ 7⁸ (-1) 8-11⁸ 12¹² 13-14⁸; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto for text pages, lower right recto for pages with illuminated borders. Occasional catchwords (quire 4, f. 28r, horizontal lower center last verso; quire 6, f. 48v, vertical lower right last verso; quire 9, f. 71, horizontal lower right last verso).
Written in 14 long lines, with sections in 17 long lines (calendar, quires 1-2), and 16 long lines (f. 29r-32v, 37r-55r, the outer four bifolia of quire 5; f. 64r-79r, quires 9-10); ruled in faint red ink with double upper horizontal bounding lines.
Written in Gothic textualis script of varying size (for example, f. 50v).
3 completed large arched miniatures above four lines of text with four-line initials, with full floral borders of flowers and acanthus leaves (Annunciation, f. 13r; King David at Prayer, f. 56r; Pentecost, f. 92r); 1 completed large miniature above four lines of text with a three-line initial, with a full floral border of flowers and acanthus leaves (Crucifixion, f. 80r); 5 drawings in lead with simple gilt or brown ink frames above three or four lines of text with three-line initials (Christ before Pilate, f. 81v; Christ Carrying the Cross, f. 83r; Christ Nailed to the Cross, f. 84v; Crucifixion, f. 86r; Deposition, f. 87v); 2 spaces left for additional large miniatures above four lines of text with four-line initials (f. 96r, at the beginning of the Suffrages; f. 108r, at the beginning of the Hours of the Conception of the Virgin); 8 spaces left for additional large miniatures above three lines of text with three-line initials (f. 89r, 91r, 97v, 99v, 101r, 102v, 104r, 108r); initials in gold on grounds of blue and pink patterned with white, one to four lines in height; line-fillers in blue and pink patterned in white with gold; rubrication in red; initials within the text touched with yellow.
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Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
1. f.1r-12v: [Calendar in Middle French] -- 2. f.13r-55r: [Hours of the Virgin] -- 3. f.56r-74v: [Penitential Psalms, Litany, Prayers] -- 4. f.74v-75r: Les xv joyes nostre dame -- 5. f.76r-77r: [Gospel lesson from the Gospel of John] -- 6. f.80r-91v: [Hours of the Cross] -- 7. f.92r-95v: [Brief Hours of the Holy Spirit] -- 8. f.96r-107r: [Suffrages] -- 9. f.108r-115v: [Hours of the Conception of the Virgin]
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.
France
Written in France, possibly Paris, in the early 16th century.
Early 19th-century Dutch morocco, gilt-tooled with fillets, dentelle, and centerpieces on covers; gilt spine in 6 compartments with spine title Latyns geschreven getyde boe[k]; marbled paper endpapers; two ribbon bookmarks.
Latin, with calendar (f. 1r-12v), the Fifteen joys (f. 72v-75r), and a suffrage of Saint Bernard (f. 106r-106v) in Middle French
Sold at auction by R. H. Evans (London) as part of the White Knights Library sale (George Spenser-Churchill (1766-1840), 5th duke of Marlborough, formerly Marquess of Blandford), Part 2, 22 June 1819, lot 2926, to bookseller Thomas Rodd (London, 1763-1822).
Formerly owned by J. Kendall (stamp, f. ii recto, 13r).
Formerly owned by Albert M. Patrick (Sutton Grange, 15 Farquhar Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham; description from sale pasted in, f. iii recto).
Sold at auction in the collection of A. M. Patrick at Sotheby's (London), 1 June 1943, lot 137 (description from sale pasted in, f. iii recto)
Formerly owned by Otto Orren Fisher (bookplate for Otto Oren Fisher, inside upper cover).
Sold at auction at Swann Galleries (New York), 3 November 1983, lot 103.
Sold at auction at Christie's (New York), 7 October 1994, lot 11.
Sold at auction at Skinner (Boston, Massachusetts), 23 July 2019, lot 51.
France
Written in France, possibly Paris, in the early 16th century.
Latin, with calendar (f. 1r-12v), the Fifteen joys (f. 72v-75r), and a suffrage of Saint Bernard (f. 106r-106v) in Middle French
Sold at auction by R. H. Evans
Formerly owned by J. Kendall
Formerly owned by Albert M. Patrick
Sold at auction in the collection of A. M. Patrick at Sotheby's
Formerly owned by Otto Orren Fisher
Sold at auction at Swann Galleries
Sold at auction at Christie's
Sold at auction at Skinner
Book of hours on parchment with incomplete miniatures, written and illuminated in France, possibly Paris, circa 1500. Four miniatures are present; in the Hours of the Cross, after an initial illumination of the Crucifixion (f. 80r), five spaces for miniatures have been used for outline drawings of the traditional iconography cycle for the Hours of the Cross, which were already present in the early 19th century, as mentioned in the sale description of 1819; ten additional spaces for miniatures were not used. Suffrages include Saint Fiacre and Saint Clodoaldus (Saint Cloud). The Hours of the Virgin, Hours of the Cross, and Brief Hours of the Spirit are followed by the less common Hours of the Conception of the Virgin, but no Office of the Dead.
Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
1. f.1r-12v: [Calendar in Middle French] -- 2. f.13r-55r: [Hours of the Virgin] -- 3. f.56r-74v: [Penitential Psalms, Litany, Prayers] -- 4. f.74v-75r: Les xv joyes nostre dame -- 5. f.76r-77r: [Gospel lesson from the Gospel of John] -- 6. f.80r-91v: [Hours of the Cross] -- 7. f.92r-95v: [Brief Hours of the Holy Spirit] -- 8. f.96r-107r: [Suffrages] -- 9. f.108r-115v: [Hours of the Conception of the Virgin]
Written in Gothic textualis script of varying size (for example, f. 50v).
3 completed large arched miniatures above four lines of text with four-line initials, with full floral borders of flowers and acanthus leaves (Annunciation, f. 13r; King David at Prayer, f. 56r; Pentecost, f. 92r); 1 completed large miniature above four lines of text with a three-line initial, with a full floral border of flowers and acanthus leaves (Crucifixion, f. 80r); 5 drawings in lead with simple gilt or brown ink frames above three or four lines of text with three-line initials (Christ before Pilate, f. 81v; Christ Carrying the Cross, f. 83r; Christ Nailed to the Cross, f. 84v; Crucifixion, f. 86r; Deposition, f. 87v); 2 spaces left for additional large miniatures above four lines of text with four-line initials (f. 96r, at the beginning of the Suffrages; f. 108r, at the beginning of the Hours of the Conception of the Virgin); 8 spaces left for additional large miniatures above three lines of text with three-line initials (f. 89r, 91r, 97v, 99v, 101r, 102v, 104r, 108r); initials in gold on grounds of blue and pink patterned with white, one to four lines in height; line-fillers in blue and pink patterned in white with gold; rubrication in red; initials within the text touched with yellow.
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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