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Description
ff. 1-171v [Book of Hours]: ff. 1-6v: Calendar in red and black; f. 7r-v, blank; ff. 8-14v: [f. 8, blank], Short hours of the Cross; ff. 15-21v: [f. 15, blank], Short hours of the Holy Spirit; f. 22r-v, blank; ff. 23-88v: [f. 23, blank], Incipiunt hore beate marie virginis secundum usum romanum; ff. 89-104v: [f. 89, blank], Penitential psalms and litany; f. 105r-v, blank; ff. 106-140: [f. 106, blank], Office of the Dead, use of Rome; f. 140v, blank; ff. 141-153: Prayers ending with a set for communion; ff. 153-169: Suffrages for peace, one's guardian angel, Michael, John the Baptist, John the Evangelist, Peter and Paul, James, Andrew, Stephen, Lawrence, Vincent, Sebastian, Adrianus, Jerome, Nicholas, Anthony abbot, Benedict, Dominic, Francis, Anne, Mary Magdalene, Agnes, Apollonia, Cecilia, Agatha, Lucia, Catherine of Alexandria, Barbara. ff. 169v-171v, blank. Book of Hours, use of Rome, written in the early sixteenth century in Flanders. Span folios: ff. 1-171v. Support: Parchment. Layout: 1⁶(+7, f. 7) 2⁶(+1, f. 8) 3⁸(+1, f. 15 and 9, f. 23) 4⁸ 5⁸(+7, f. 39) 6⁸ 7⁸(+1, f. 50 and 7, f. 56) 8⁸(+2, f. 61) 96(+1, f. 69) 10⁸(+1, f. 76; -one leaf in the second half, no loss of text) 11-12⁸ 13⁸(+7, f. 106) 14-18⁸ 19⁸(-one leaf in the first half, no loss of text) 20-21⁸; evidence of one catchword in the inner corner of f. 99v, all others apparently cropped. Ruled space, 114 x 50 mm; 22 long lines, ruled in pale red ink; no pricking visible. Written in a Bâtarde script. Decoration: Eleven full page miniatures all, except for that on f. 89v, on the versos of inserted singletons, blank on the rectos; the full borders, matched by those on the facing page usually of Italianate candelabras with putti, grotesques, and acanthus leaves; both the miniatures and the borders enclosed by rectangular gold frames. 3- and 2-line initials in white acanthus leaf against square gold grounds with gold stippling for depth; 1-line initials in painted gold against square red or blue grounds; line fillers in this manner also. Rubrics in the same pale red as the ruling. 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 the 19th century, by Joly who, on the back flyleaf i, signed his name below the lettered words "Joly, R. D. Ma dernière mosaïque Mai 1891"; binding of olive green morocco, with overall polygonal inlay of red morocco, stamped in gold with quadrifoils, tulips, daisies; vellum doublures; gilt edges; black morocco slipcase. HM 1164. Huntington Library, San Marino, CA.
Extent
ff. i + ii + 171 + ii + i : parchment ; 95 x 170 mm.
On f. 171v, offset reading"156." Belonged to Robert Hoe, Grolier Club (1892) n. 27; One hundred and seventy-six historic and artistic Bookbindings...from the Library of Robert Hoe (New York 1895) vol. 2, pl. 167; Cat. (1909) pp. 31-32; his sale, Anderson, New York, 1912, pt. III, n. 2077 to G. D. Smith. Precise source and date of acquisition by Henry E. Huntington unknown.
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