Maître de Claude, active 1517, artist Master of Morgan 85, active 1490-1520, artist Jones, Herschel V. (Herschel Vespasian), 1861-1928, former owner Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery. Manuscript. HM 48
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ff. i + 103; ff. 103v-107v, blank. [Book of Hours]. Latin. ff. 1-6v, Calendar; ff. 7-15v, Pericopes of the Gospels and Passion according to John; ff. 16-52v [rubric on f. 15v], Officium beatissime virginis Marie secundum usum Romane ecclesie feliciter incipit; ff. 53-54v, Short hours of the Cross; ff. 55-56v, Short hours of the Holy Spirit; ff. 57-67v, Penitential psalms and litany; ff. 67v-89v, Office of the Dead, use of Rome; ff. 90-92, Short hours of the Conception; ff. 92v-103 [rubric on f. 92], Prayers to the Trinity, to the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, the Obsecro te, O Intemerata, Stabat mater, and suffrages of Michael, John the Baptist, John the Evangelist, Peter and Paul, James the Greater, Stephen, Lawrence, Sebastian, Nicholas, Anne, Mary Magdalene, Catherine of Alexandria, Margaret, Barbara. Title from printed catalog. Support: Parchment. Script: Roman script of the type associated with the work of Geoffroy Tory in Bourges. Layout: 1⁶ 2-3⁸ 4⁶ 5-13⁸ 14⁴ 15⁴(4 is pastedown). Quires and leaves signed with a letter of the alphabet and an arabic numeral on the inner lower corner of the recto. Ruled space, 133 x 69 mm; 24 long lines, ruled in pale red ink; pricking visible in the upper and lower margins. Decoration: Sixteen large miniatures, usually above 7 lines of text, by 2 artists, of which the more competent has been identified as the Master of Claude of France; see Ch. Sterling, The Master of Claude, Queen of France (New York 1975), and the lesser artist as the Master of Morgan 85. Twenty-three smaller miniatures, usually 8-line, all by the Master of Morgan 85. Rubrics alternating red and blue. Acknowledgments: We thank Mme Nicole Reynaud for the identification of the Master of Claude of France, and Dr. J. Plummer for the identification of the Master of Morgan 85. Assigned Date: s. XVIin. Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 11/24/2009. 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). Written in France, possibly Tours, although the calendar and litany appear quite general, in the early sixteenth century. It has been suggested that the manuscript belonged to the Duchess of Namur on the basis of what was interpreted as a coat of arms in a roundel on f. 16, a ruby proper, in a lozenge or, surrounded by 4 pearls proper. However, this may simply be an ornamental Renaissance jewel, as is frequently found in Italian manuscripts of the time. Belonged to Herschel V. Jones of Minneapolis (1861-1928), and was obtained from him in February 1918 by Henry E. Huntington. (CSmH) Bound in worn burgundy-colored velvet over wooden boards; gauffered gilt edges; kept in a red morocco box. HM 48. Huntington Library, San Marino, CA.
Illumination (Painting) France 16th century. (aat) Books of Hours France 16th century. (aat) Manuscripts (documents) (aat)
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Provenance
Written in France, possibly Tours, although the calendar and litany appear quite general, in the early sixteenth century. It has been suggested that the manuscript belonged to the Duchess of Namur on the basis of what was interpreted as a coat of arms in a roundel on f. 16, a ruby proper, in a lozenge or, surrounded by 4 pearls proper. However, this may simply be an ornamental Renaissance jewel, as is frequently found in Italian manuscripts of the time. Belonged to Herschel V. Jones of Minneapolis (1861-1928), and was obtained from him in February 1918 by Henry E. Huntington. (CSmH)
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