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Description
ff. 1-177v. [Book of Hours]: ff. 1-12v: Full calendar in French; ff. 13-23v: Preparation for confession in French; ff. 23v-24v: Prayers in French added (17th c.); ff. 25-36v: Pericopes of the Gospels, Passion according to John and Salve Regina; f. 36r-v: Prayer in French added (17th c.); ff. 37-96v: [f. 37, ruled, but blank except for rubric], Hours of the Virgin, use of Rome, with the short hours of the Cross, the Holy Spirit and the Conception worked in; ff. 96-97: Prayers in French added (17th c.); ff. 97v-110: Penitential psalms and litany; ff. 110v-136: Office of the Dead, use of Rome; f. 136v, blank; ff. 137-144v: Suffrages of the Trinity, Obsecro te, O Intemerata, and Stabat mater; ff. 144v-154v: Suffrages of Michael, John the Baptist, John the Evangelist, Peter and Paul, James the Greater, All Apostles, Stephen, Lawrence, Christopher, Sebastian, Many Martyrs, Nicholas, Claude, Anthony abbot, Francis, Roch, Anne, Mary Magdalene, Catherine of Alexandria, Margaret, Barbara, Apollonia, Genevieve; ff. 154v-174v: Prayers and devotions to be said during the course of the day and at other occasions, including at mass, and for specific ends. Book of Hours, use of Rome, written in France in the early sixteenth century. Prayers in French added in the 17th century. Span folios: ff. 1-177v. Support: Parchment. Layout: 1-4⁶(through f. 24) 5⁴(through f. 28) 6⁸(through f. 36) 7⁸ 8⁶ 9-13⁸ 14⁶(through f. 96) 15-19⁸(through f. 136) 20-23⁸ 24⁸(-7) 25². Catchwords written vertically along inner bounding line, usually in the hand of the text, but that on f. 128v in a noting hand; those on ff. 66v and 82v partially erased; quire and leaf signatures occasionally visible as letter of the alphabet and arabic numeral. Ruled space, 125 x 82 mm; 23 long lines, ruled in pale brownish ink; pricking usually visible. Written in a Bâtarde script. Decoration: Sixteen full page miniatures, enclosed by various styles of borders. Smaller miniatures, 7-line, usually of a saint on a green tile floor, against a brocade cloth of honor, either brick red or blue. In the calendar, 2 rectangular miniatures, one of the monthly occupation and one of the zodiac symbol, for each month. 4-line initials in shaded pink, blue or brick red on a painted gold ground decorated with black ink dots and commas, the infilling of naturalistic flowers or berries. 2- and 1-line initials in painted gold on alternating blue or brick red grounds; ribbon and log line fillers in these same colors; initials in the text touched in yellow. Rubrics in red. Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 10/17/2009. 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 17th century French red morocco with simple gold ruling; strips of late 13th century manuscript music used as binding reinforcement; gilt edges. HM 1171. Huntington Library, San Marino, CA.
Extent
ff. ii + 177 (f. 177, former pastedown) : parchment ; 140 x 195 mm.
Books of hours France 16th century. (aat) Illuminations (Painting) France 16th century. (aat) Marginalia (Annotations) 17th century. (aat) Manuscripts (documents) (aat)
Source
Manuscripts, Huntington Digital Library
Provenance
The first owner of the manuscript appears kneeling before the Virgin, wearing his coat of arms, on f. 37v; the same coat of arms, ensigned with the collar of the Order of St. Michael, in the lower margins of ff. 29 and 61, argent 3 lions rampant sable, on an escutcheon azure a fesse or between 6 billets or. An English[?] book dealer's slip offset onto f. i verso.
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