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Description
ff. 1-195v [Book of Hours]: ff. 1-6v: Full calendar in French; ff. 7-20v: Passion according to John; ff. 21-39v: Pericopes of the Gospels, Obsecro te, O Intemerata, Stabat mater; ff. 40-113v: Hours of the Virgin, use of Paris; ff. 114-118: Short hours of the Cross; ff. 118v-121v: Short hours of the Holy Spirit; ff. 122-141v: Penitential psalms and litany; ff. 142-195v: Office of the Dead, use of Paris and prayers for Communion. Book of Hours, use of Paris, written in France in the early fifteenth century with illuminations apparently added in the early sixteenth century. Span folios: ff. 1-195v. Support: Parchment. Layout: 1⁶ 2⁸ 3⁶(through f. 20) 4⁸ 5⁸(+9, f. 37) 6²(through f. 39) 7-11⁸ 12⁸(-8, after f. 86) 13-15⁸ 16²(+1 at the beginning, through f. 113) 17⁸(through f. 121) 18⁸(-4, 5, after f. 124) 19⁸ 20⁶ 21⁸(-1, before f. 142) 22-26⁸ 27⁶(+7, f. 195). Ruled space, 93 x 60 mm; 14 long lines, ruled in pale red ink. Written in a gothic script. Decoration: Twelve large miniatures above 5 or 4 lines of text, with both text and miniature enclosed by painted gold architectural borders; the paintings may have been added in the early sixteenth century in the empty spaces reserved for that purpose, since the style of the illuminations and that of the initials seem at variance. Small miniatures enclosed by simple gold frames. 4- and 3-line initials in white-patterned blue on burnished gold grounds with colored trilobe leaf infilling; 2- and 1-line initials in gold on blue grounds with dark pink infilling, or vice versa; ribbon, dot and flower line fillers in the same colors; initials within the text touched in yellow. Rubrics in a bright orange-red. Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 9/17/2009. Cataloged from existing description: C. W. Dutschke with the assistance of R. H. Rouse et al., Guide to Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Huntington Library (San Marino, 1989). Bound on the Continent in the 18th century in red velvet covered by open-work silver repoussé of 2 lions rampant supporting a blank shield surmounted by a coronet; 2 fore edge clasps, and a chain from front to back cover on the top; red silk endpapers; gilt edges. See R. R. Wark, British Silver in the Huntington Library (Huntington Library 1978) n. 373, for description and plate of binding. HM 1160. Huntington Library, San Marino, CA.
Extent
ff. iii + 195 + ii + iii : parchment ; 108 x 156 mm.
Books of hours France 15th century. (aat) Illuminations (Painting) France 16th century. (aat) Manuscripts (documents) (aat)
Source
Manuscripts, Huntington Digital Library
Provenance
The owner in the sixteenth century may have been a woman named"Jeanne," as suggested by the illumination on f. 29. Belonged to Robert Hoe, and discussed by him in his Lecture on Bookbinding as a Fine Art, delivered before the Grolier Club, February 26, 1885 (New York, Grolier Club 1886) pl. 63; Grolier Club (1892) n. 47; Exhibition of Silver, Embroidered and Curious Bookbindings (New York, Grolier Club 1903) n. 32; Cat. (1909) pp. 44-45; his sale, Anderson, New York, 1912, pt. III, n. 2072 to G. D. Smith. Precise source and date of acquisition by Henry E. Huntington unknown.
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