Fastolf Master, active 1420-1460, artist Ives, Brayton, 1840-1914, former owner Hoe, Robert, 1839-1909, former owner Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery. Manuscript. HM 1099
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ff. 1-175v. [Book of hours, use of Paris]: ff. 1-12v: calendar in French; ff. 13-19v: pericopes of the Gospels [f. 20r-v blank]; ff. 21-76: Hours of the Virgin, use of Paris [f. 76v, blank]; ff. 77-83v: prayers, many regarding the eucharist and a suffrage of Margaret [f. 84r-v blank]; ff. 85-102: penitential psalms and litany [f. 102v, blank]; ff. 103-110v: Short hours of the Cross; ff. 111-117v: Short hours of the Holy Spirit; ff. 118-125v: Obsecro te and O Intemerata (both with masculine forms) [f. 126r-v, blank]; ff. 127-170v: Office of the Dead, undetermined use. [ff. 171-175v, blank]. Book of hours, use of Paris, written during the middle of the fifteenth century in France, probably for use in Rouen, given the saints in the calendar; the owners may have been in the parish of the Rouen Cathedral, as suggested by Delaiss{acute}e, Marrow and de Wit, Waddesdon Manor, pp. 541, n., and 554. Span folios: ff. 1-175v. Support: Parchment. Layout: Parchment. Layout: 1-2⁶ 3⁸(through f. 84) 12-15⁸ 16¹⁰(through f. 126) 17-21⁸ 22⁶ 23⁴(-4). Catchwords usually present in the lower right margin, in the script of the text. Ruled space, 107 x 68 mm; 15 long lines, ruled in pale red ink; pricking usually visible in the lower margin. Written in a gothic book hand in two sizes, according to liturgical function. Decoration: Twelve large miniatures by 2 artists above 3 or 4 lines of text, in arched compartments, the more competent work by the Master of Sir John Fastolf. Borders usually consist of a wide gold bar with blue and vermillion leaf patterns in a U-shape around text and miniature, the bars themselves terminating at the 4 corners in multicolored acanthus leaves. The outer border usually contains black ink sprays with colored flowers and gold trilobe leves, the latter arranged as a row along the outermost edges. Major initials, 4- or 3-line, in white-patterned pink or blue on a cusped gold ground infilled with colored trilobe leaves; 2- and 1-line initials in gold against white-patterned pink or blue grounds with infilling of the other color; initials in the text slashed in yellow. Ribbon line fillers of white-patterned red and blue segments. Rubrics in red. Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 9/10/2009. 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). On ff. 1 (erased but legible) and 13, is the note in a rounded gothic hand: ""Monasterii et Cellae Abbatis Septimi,"" which may refer to the Premonstratensians of Septfontaines near Reims. Owned by Brayton Ives; his sale, American Art Association, New York, 5 March 1891, n. 627. Belonged to Robert Hoe: Grolier Club (1892) n. 25 ; Cat. (1909) pp. 45-46 ; his sale, Anderson, New York, 1911, pt. I, n. 2131 to G. D. Smith. Precise source and date of acquisition by Henry E. Huntington unknown. (CSmH) Bound in 18th century Belgian brown morocco with gilt tooling; gauffered gilt edges; Dutch gilt endpapers. HM 1099. Huntington Library, San Marino, CA.
Books of Hours France 15th century. (aat) Illuminations (Painting) France 15th century (aat) Manuscripts (documents) (aat)
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On ff. 1 (erased but legible) and 13, is the note in a rounded gothic hand: ""Monasterii et Cellae Abbatis Septimi,"" which may refer to the Premonstratensians of Septfontaines near Reims. Owned by Brayton Ives; his sale, American Art Association, New York, 5 March 1891, n. 627. Belonged to Robert Hoe: Grolier Club (1892) n. 25 ; Cat. (1909) pp. 45-46 ; his sale, Anderson, New York, 1911, pt. I, n. 2131 to G. D. Smith. Precise source and date of acquisition by Henry E. Huntington unknown. (CSmH)
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