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Description
ff. 1-142v: [Book of Hours]: ff. 1-6v: Calendar; ff. 7-42: Hours of the Virgin, use of Sarum with the hours of the Cross worked in and with suffrages after lauds of the Holy Spirit, the Trinity, the Cross, Michael, John the Baptist, John the Evangelist, Peter and Paul, Andrew, Lawrence, Stephen, Thomas of Canterbury (erased), Nicholas, Catherine of Alexandria, Margaret, All Saints; f. 42v, ruled, but blank; ff. 43-62v: Penitential psalms, gradual psalms and litany; ff. 63-64, blank; ff. 65-103: Office of the Dead, Sarum use; f. 103v, blank; ff. 104-119: Commendation of souls; f. 119v, blank; ff. 120-137v: Psalter of St. Jerome; ff. 138-142v: the 15 Oes of St. Bridget, beginning and ending defectively. Book of Hours, Sarum use, written in England and dated to approximately 1405 by C. Kuhn based upon the miniatures (cf. C. Kuhn,"Herman Scheerre and English Illumination of the early Fifteenth Century," Art Bulletin 22 (1940) 138-56). Span folios: ff. 1-142v. Support: Parchment. Layout: 1⁶ 2-5⁸ 6⁴(through f. 42) 7-8⁸ 9⁶(through f. 64) 10-18⁸ 19¹⁰(? ff. 137-142, one leaf missing before f. 138, stitching between ff. 140-141, at least one leaf missing after f. 142). Catchwords in lower right margin, sometimes on a scroll. Ruled space, 63 x 38 mm; 19 long lines through f. 42, thereafter 18 long lines, ruled in pale red ink with upper and lower 2 lines full across. Written in a gothic book hand, with hierarchy of size denoting different liturgical functions. Decoration: Four miniatures, 13- or 12-line, enclosed by painted illusionistic frames in orange, blue or pink decorated with clusters of 3 white dots; the frame on f. 65 consists of alternating orange and green ribbons twined around a blue rod. Three of the miniatures are attributed to followers of Herman Scheerre (ff. 43, 65, and 104); the last miniature, f. 122, is attributed to Scheerre himself (see C. Kuhn,"Herman Scheerre and English Illumination of the early Fifteenth Century," Art Bulletin 22 (1940) 138-56, especially p. 149 and fig. 11 of f. 122). The individual hours of the Virgin are introduced by the same style of acanthus leaf borders, and by 7-line shaded initials in colors with infilling of lush acanthus leaf and ground of another color; 3- and 2-line initials in gold on a colored ground, infilled with an acanthus leaf, and with black ink spray extension. 1-line initials, gold with purple flourishing or blue with red; jigsaw line fillers in blue and gold. Rubrics throughout. Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 11/25/2009. 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 in modern polished blue calf with 4 parchment tabs at the head. HM 19913. Huntington Library, San Marino, CA.
Extent
ff. iii + iv + 142 + iv + vii : parchment ; 82 x 110 mm.
Books of Hours England 15th century. (aat) Illuminations (Painting) England 15th century. (aat) Miniatures (Painting) England 15th century. (aat) Manuscripts (documents) (aat)
Source
Manuscripts, Huntington Digital Library
Provenance
In the lower margin of f. 1 are the initials"I.G." in a late sixteenth or early seventeenth century hand. Acquired by Dr. Eric G. Millar (1887-1966) from James Thorp in London, 1934; his notes, ff. i-ii, and on file; his sale, Sotheby's, 15 June 1959 lot 190 with a plate of all 4 miniatures. Acquired by the Huntington Library at that time.
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