Bateman, William, 1787-1835, former owner Bateman, Thomas, 1821-1861, former owner Hoe, Robert, 1839-1909, former owner Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery. Manuscript. HM 1139
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Description
ff. 1-159: [Book of Hours]: ff. 1-12v: Calendar, with major feasts in blue or gold; f. 13: [Psalm 42] Iudica me deus et discerne causam meam de gente ...; ff. 13v-91v: Hours of the Virgin, use of Rome with short hours of the Cross and the Holy Spirit worked in, and on f. 81v, suffrage to Anthony abbot; ff. 92-110: Penitential psalms and litany; ff. 110-149: Office of the Dead, use of Rome; ff. 149v-151: Pericope from the Gospel of John; ff. 151v-159: Prayers in Latin and French, a list of the Ten and the Five Commandments, and a suffrage and mass of Genulph; f. 159v, blank. Book of Hours, use of Rome, written in France at the beginning of the sixteenth century. Span folios: ff. 1-159v. Support: Parchment. Layout: 1-2⁶ 3-4⁸ 5⁶(+2,3) 6-10⁸ 11⁸(-6, between ff. 81-82) 12-20⁸s + 4 leaves of uncertain structure with a missing leaf between ff. 155-156. One catchword in the script of the text survives (f. 139v); one quire-leaf signature as letter of the alphabet and an arabic numeral. Ruled space, 150 x 90 mm; 20 long lines ruled in pale red ink. Written in a late gothic book hand. Decoration: Fifteen full page illustrations, in blue, black, green, gold and flesh tones, enclosed within architectural frames of painted gold. Initials, 4- to 1-line, in black ink against square painted gold grounds, with black tracery; ribbon line fillers of many patterns, but in the same black and gold colors; initials within the text washed in yellow. Rubrics in blue. Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 9/15/2009. 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 early 19th century English red morocco, blind and gilt stamped; gilt edges. HM 1139. Huntington Library, San Marino, CA.
Books of hours France 16th century. (aat) Illuminations (Painting) France 16th century. (aat) Manuscripts (documents) (aat)
Source
Manuscripts, Huntington Digital Library
Provenance
The nineteenth century provenance of this manuscript is laid out on the verso of a small slip of paper, now tipped in before the first flyleaf, "This missal was bought by Mr. W. Bateman at the sale of the library of Mr. W. Gates [?] of Manchester [blank space] 1829. It then passed by exchange into the possession of Mr. Duncalf at whose death in 18--[left blank] it was purchased along with other books by Mr. James Lowe of Macclesfield from whom I bought it on the 27th of February 1851. [signed] Thomas Bateman." The recto of this slip of paper is inscribed by William Bateman (1787-1835), father of the above Thomas Bateman, "This Missal is the property of the Rev. John Duncalf, Incumbent of Peak Forest, and has been this day placed in my keeping on account of the dampness of his residence, Wetstone Hall, near Tideswell. [signed] Mr. Wm. Bateman, Middleton, 4 December 1834." Bateman sale, sold by order of the Court of Chancery, Sotheby's, 25 May 1893, lot 1367 to Quaritch. Belonged to Robert Hoe, Cat. (1909) pp. 148-49; his sale, Anderson, New York, 1912, pt. IV, n. 2367 to G. D. Smith. Precise source and date of acquisition by Henry E. Huntington unknown.
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