Master of the Vienna Mamerot, active 1468-1475, artist Bragge, William, 1823-1884, former owner Hoe, Robert, 1839-1909, former owner Bedford, Francis, 1799-1883, binder Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery. Manuscript. HM 1143
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Description
ff. 1-209v; [Book of Hours]: ff. 1-12v: Full calendar; ff. 13-25v: Pericopes of the Gospels and Passion according to John; ff. 26-34v: Obsecro te, O Intemerata and other prayers to the Virgin; ff. 35-79: Hours of the Virgin, use of Rome; f. 79v ruled, but blank, except for rubric to the Hours of the Cross; ff. 80-83v: Short hours of the Cross; ff. 84-87: Short hours of the Holy Spirit; f. 87v, ruled, but blank; ff. 88-103v: Penitential psalms and litany; ff. 104-135: Office of the Dead, use of Rome; ff. 135v-144: Suffrages of Michael, John the Baptist, John the Evangelist, Peter and Paul, Christopher, George, Adrian, Sebastian, James the Greater, Bernard, Catherine of Alexandria, Mary Magdalene, Martha, Apollonia, Barbara; ff. 144v-155: Prayers, including one in French; ff. 155v-186v: Psalter of St. Gregory; ff. 187-194v: Psalter of St. Augustine; ff. 195-207v: Psalter of St. Jerome. ff. 208-209v, blank. Book of Hours, use of Rome, written in France during the second half of the fifteenth century, perhaps for use in the diocese of Tours as suggested by the saints in the calendar. Span folios: ff. 1-209v. Support: Parchment. Layout: 1-2⁶ 3-4⁸ 5⁶(through f. 34) 6-10⁸ 11⁶(+4, f. 79) 12⁶(through f. 87) 13-14⁸(through f. 103) 15-27⁸ 28². Quires and leaves signed beginning with quire 19, f. 130, with letters of the alphabet (a-i) and arabic numerals in the upper left hand corner of the band border. Ruled space, 100 x 67 mm; 18 long lines, ruled in pale red ink. Written in a Bâtarde script, in two sizes according to liturgical function. Decoration: Thirty-one large miniatures by an artist known as the Master of the Vienna Mamerot. Traced band borders in the outer margin of every page, running the length of the text, composed of blue and gold acanthus leaves, flowers and strawberries. One 5-line initial, and the 3- and 2-line initials in white-patterned blue on a burnished gold ground, with colored trilobe leaf infilling; 1-line initials in burnished gold with pink or blue infilling against ground of the other color; in the same colors are ribbon line fillers, dots and 3-leaf flowers. Rubrics in red. Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 9/16/2009. 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 by F. Bedford in brown morocco; gilt edges. HM 1143. Huntington Library, San Marino, CA.
Extent
ff. ii + ii + 209 + ii : parchment ; 136 x 195 mm.
Books of hours France 15th century. (aat) Illuminations (Painting) France 15th century. (aat) Manuscripts (documents) (aat)
Source
Manuscripts, Huntington Digital Library
Provenance
The first owner appears in a miniature on f. 32 kneeling before the Virgin; his arms are in the borders of f. 35, barry of six or and sable. Belonged to William Bragge; his sale, Sotheby's, 7 June 1876, lot 476 to B. F. Stevens. Belonged to Robert Hoe, Grolier Club (1892) n. 19; Bierstadt (1895) p. 24 with a plate of f. 32; Cat. (1909) pp. 56-57; his sale, Anderson, New York, 1912, pt. IV, n. 2338 to G. D. Smith. Precise source and date of acquisition by Henry E. Huntington unknown.
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