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ff. 1-162v. [Book of Hours]: ff. 1-12v: full calendar in French; [f. 13r-v, blank], ff. 14-27: pericopes of the Gospels the Obsecro te and the O Intemerata [f. 27v, blank]; ff. 28-83v: Hours of the Virgin, use of Amiens; ff. 84-99v: Penitential psalms and litany, including Quentin, Firmin, Maurice and Fuscianus among the martyrs; Firmin, Honoratus, Romanus and Salvius among the confessors; Ulphia among the virgins; [f. 100r-v, blank], ff. 101-104v: Short hours of the Cross; [f. 105r-v, blank], ff. 106-109: Short hours of the Holy Spirit; [f. 110r-v, blank], ff. 111-154v: Office of the Dead, use of Amiens; ff. 155-162: prayers in French. Book of Hours written during the second half of the fifteenth century for use in Amiens, presumably for a husband and wife, as suggested by the miniature on f. 155 (the 7 Joys of the Virgin in which the Virgin, enthroned, holds the Child on her lap, while the owners, a man and woman, kneel in prayer, and 2 angels read praises of the Virgin from a scroll). Span folios: ff. 1-162v. Support: Parchment. Layout: 1¹² 2⁸(+1, f. 13) 3⁶(through f. 27) 4-11⁸ 12⁸(+9, f. 100) 13⁸(+5, f. 105, and 10, f. 110) 14-19⁸ 20⁶(-5, 6). Catchwords in center lower margin in script of text. Ruled space, 95 x 66 mm; 16 long lines, ruled in pale red ink. Written in two sizes of gothic book hand. Decoration: Eighteen large miniatures above 4 lines of text in arched compartments with serrated tops. All the miniatures but one are related to the style of Maître François. 4-line initials in white-decorated blue or pink on a gold ground infilled with colored trilobe leaves. 2-and 1-line initials in gold on white-patterned dark pink or blue grounds with infilling of the other color; ribbon line fillers of the same colors. Rubrics in an orange-tinged red. Traced borders on every page the length of the text. Quire 19 (ff. 151-58) with different border and miniature. Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 9/11/2009. 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 late 16th century French brown morocco tooled in silver with leaf sprays and interlaced fillets, originally 2 fore edge straps to pins on lower cover, only 1 remains; gilt edges. HM 1126. Huntington Library, San Marino, CA.
Books of Hours France 15th century. (aat) Illuminations (Painting) France 15th century. (aat) Manuscripts (documents) (aat)
Source
Manuscripts, Huntington Digital Library
Provenance
On the front pastedown is the 18th century bookplate of John Ragsdale. Belonged to Robert Hoe: Cat. (1909) p. 53; his sale, Anderson, New York, 1911, pt. I, n. 2132 to G. D. Smith. Precise source and date of acquisition by Henry E. Huntington unknown.
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