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ff. 1-201v. [Book of Hours]: ff. 1-12v: Full calendar in French; ff. 13-22: [f. 13, blank; f. 13v, illuminated; f. 14, rubric only,] Catena mainly from John 19 and pericopes of the gospels; ff. 22v-36v: Obsecro te and O Intemerata (masculine forms) followed by other prayers to the Virgin with rubrics in French; ff. 37-107: Hours of the Virgin, use of Paris; ff. 110-129: Penitential psalms and litany; ff. 129v-161: Office of the Dead, use of Paris; ff. 161-169v: Prayers, often introduced by long rubrics or indulgences in French; ff. 170-201v: Suffrages of the Trinity, Michael, John the Baptist, Peter and Paul, John the Evangelist, Christopher, Martin, Nicholas, Mary Magdalene, Catherine of Alexandria, Margaret, All Saints, the Trinity, All Angels, Peter, Paul, Andrew, John the Evangelist, Thomas the Apostle, Many Apostles, Stephen, Lawrence, Gregory, Blasius, Sebastian, Denis, Gervasius and Protasius, Cosmas and Damianus, Many Martyrs, Anthony abbot, Augustine, Benedict, Maurus, Fiacre, Lazarus, Claude, Many Confessors, Cecilia, Agnes, Apollonia, Avia, Opportuna, Genevieve, Anne; De nostre dame par toute l'annee antienne, Salve regina misericordie (and antiphons for the days of the week), of the Cross, for peace, the Eucharist, Martha. Book of Hours, use of Paris, written in France circa 1480 for a member of the family of Malet de Graville, whose coat of arms appears in the margins of f. 62. Span folios: ff. 1-201v. Support: Parchment. Layout: 1-2⁶ 3(ff. 13-16, of unclear structure; f. 13 almost certainly a singleton) 4-5⁸ 6⁴(through f. 36) 7⁸ 8⁸(-8, excised) 9⁸ 10⁸(-1 and 2, excised) 11-15⁸ 16⁴(through f. 109) 17-22⁸ 23¹²(through f. 169) 24-27⁸. Most catchwords are present, written in the script of the text across the center of the lower margin, on f. 51v written vertically along the inner bounding line. Ruled space 77 x 53 mm; 14 long lines, ruled in pale red ink. Written in a Bâtarde script in two sizes according to liturgical function. Decoration: Fifteen large miniatures, usually above 3 lines of text in arched compartments, surrounded by full borders of blue and gold acanthus, flowers, green pears, strawberries, and a particularly large number of grotesques, frequently obscene. The miniatures are in the style of Jean Fouquet (cf. Claude Schaefer, "Recherches sur l'iconologie et la stylistique de l'art de Jean Fouquet," Thèse présentée devant l'Université de Paris, IV, 24 February 1971, 2,268-70 and 3, pl. 119-122). The miniature on f. 13v closest to the work of Fouquet; the others, in varying degree, represent styles of Fouquet and Jean Colombe and appear to be products of Fouquet's workshop. Other decoration: 3-line initial on f. 22v as pink acanthus leaves against a golden acanthus leaf ground with a coat of arms as infilling; the initial on f. 97 formed of white acanthus leaves; that on f. 110 contains an image of David. Other 3-line, and the 2- and 1-line initials in maroon or blue decorated with gold leafy swirls against backgrounds of the other color, also decorated with painted gold leaves. Ribbon line fillers in the same colors. Initials in the text touched in yellow. Rubrics in pale red. Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 10/13/2009. 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 brown morocco to a Duodo design by Thibaron-Echaubard and Wampflug, with gold stamped monogram "I C C"; parchment doublures; gilt edges. HM 1163. Huntington Library, San Marino, CA.
Books of hours France 15th century. (aat) Illuminations (Painting) France 15th century (aat) Grotesques France 15th century. (aat) Manuscripts (documents) (aat)
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Provenance
Written for a member of the family of Malet de Graville, whose coat of arms appears in the margin of f. 62 (Rietstap, vol. 4, pl. 127); added to the initial on f. 22v are the arms of the Balzac family, seigneurs d'Entragues (Rietstap, vol. 1, pl. 116); the original owners may have been Louis Malet and his wife, Jeanne de Balzac; their daughter, Anne, married Pierre de Balzac in 1505. The book may have passed to Pierre's son-in-law, Claude d'Urfé (see A. Vernet,"Les Manuscrits de Claude d'Urfé (1501-1558) au Château de la Bastie," Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, Comptes-Rendus (1976) 81-97). His library was bought in 1777 by the Duc de La Vallière; this manuscript, however, does not appear in the Duc's 1784 sale. E. M. Bancel sale, Paris, 8 May 1882, n. 13 to Baron de Beurnonville; his sale, Paris, 16 February 1885, pp. 14-18 to the bookseller D. Morgand (Inv. 23092); Dodd and Mead and Co., Catalogue 11 (October 1885), pp. 27-28. Acquired by E. Dwight Church; in his Catalogue . . . of English Literature (1909) vol. 1, n. 402 with a plate of f. 101. The Church collection was acquired by Henry E. Huntington in 1911.
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