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Description
ff. 1-200 [Book of Hours]: ff. 1-12v: full calendar in French; ff. 13-28v: Pericopes of the Gospels with the Obsecro te and the O Intemerata; ff. 29-98v: Hours of the Virgin, use of Paris; ff. 99-119: Penitential psalms and litany; ff. 119v-123v: Short hours of the Cross; ff. 124-128: Short hours of the Holy Spirit; ff. 128v-186: Office of the Dead, use of Paris; ff. 186v-198: Prayers in French. [ff. 198v-200v, blank]. Book of Hours, use of Paris, written in France during the second half of the fifteenth century. Span folios: ff. 1-200v. Support: Parchment. Layout: 1¹² 2-3⁸(through f. 28) 4⁸ 5⁸(+4, f. 40, text) 6⁸ 7⁸(+4, f. 57) 8⁶(ff. 63-72; +2, 3, ff. 64-65, a bifolium; + 8, 9, ff. 70-71, two singletons) 9-11⁸ 12²(ff. 97-98) 13-24⁸ 25⁴ 26². Occasional catchwords, in the script of the text on ff. 36v, 45v and 106v, and in a Bâtarde script on ff. 62v, 72v and 138v. Ruled space, 82 x 58 mm; 13 long lines, ruled in pale red ink; pricking usually visible in the lower margins. Written in a gothic book hand in two sizes, according to liturgical function. Decoration: Fifteen large illuminations usually above 3 lines of text, with full borders of blue and gold acanthus leaves, flowers and various other figures. The miniatures are attributed to an associate of Maître François. Two historiated initials, with bracket borders of blue and gold acanthus leaves on f. 19v and f. 24. In the calendar, roundels at the foot of the recto depict the monthly occupations; roundels at mid-margin on the verso show the zodiac symbols. 3- and 2-line initials, usually in white-patterned blue against burnished gold grounds. 1-line initials in burnished gold with infilling of pink or blue against a ground of the other color; ribbon line fillers in the same colors; initials within the text touched in yellow. Rubrics in red. Holes in the upper margins above some of the full page miniatures from protective cloths once sewn in. Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 9/12/2009. 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 Simier in gold tooled black morocco, purple silk endpapers with 2 silver fore edge clasps; gilt edges. HM 1128. Huntington Library, San Marino, CA.
Books of Hours France 15th century. (aat) Illuminations (Painting) France 15th century. (aat) Historiated initials France 15th century. (aat) Manuscripts (documents) (aat)
Source
Manuscripts, Huntington Digital Library
Provenance
Priced 6,500 fr. as n. 2555 in a French bookseller's catalogue (Belin?). Belonged to E. Dwight Church; in his Catalogue . . . of English Literature (1909), vol. 1, n. 404, with plate of f. 128v. The Church collection was acquired by Henry E. Huntington in 1911.
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