Book of Hours for the use of Rome; known as the 'Alfonso of Aragon Hours'
Manuscript
c.1470 (made)
c.1470 (made)
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411 leaves
Script: Rotunda, in Latin.
Decoration: 13 large miniatures, mostly with full-page borders, in the Neapolitan style composed of white interlace pattern on red, green and blue grounds with putti, animals, parrots, floral scrolls, gold leaves, etc; 14 smaller miniatures in roundels in the borders; 21 historiated initials with partial borders; coat of arms.
1 leaf missing between leaves now foliated 77 and 78; 1 initial also missing.
Binding: not contemporary, some components 19th century. Purple velvet, decorated on the upper cover with silver gilt bosses inlaid with enamelled shields bearing Alfonso of Aragon's arms; 4 velvet clasps.
Script: Rotunda, in Latin.
Decoration: 13 large miniatures, mostly with full-page borders, in the Neapolitan style composed of white interlace pattern on red, green and blue grounds with putti, animals, parrots, floral scrolls, gold leaves, etc; 14 smaller miniatures in roundels in the borders; 21 historiated initials with partial borders; coat of arms.
1 leaf missing between leaves now foliated 77 and 78; 1 initial also missing.
Binding: not contemporary, some components 19th century. Purple velvet, decorated on the upper cover with silver gilt bosses inlaid with enamelled shields bearing Alfonso of Aragon's arms; 4 velvet clasps.
Object details
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| Title | Book of Hours for the use of Rome; known as the 'Alfonso of Aragon Hours' |
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| Brief description | Manuscript, Book of Hours for the use of Rome, known as the 'Alfonso of Aragon Hours', Naples, c.1470. |
| Physical description | 411 leaves Script: Rotunda, in Latin. Decoration: 13 large miniatures, mostly with full-page borders, in the Neapolitan style composed of white interlace pattern on red, green and blue grounds with putti, animals, parrots, floral scrolls, gold leaves, etc; 14 smaller miniatures in roundels in the borders; 21 historiated initials with partial borders; coat of arms. 1 leaf missing between leaves now foliated 77 and 78; 1 initial also missing. Binding: not contemporary, some components 19th century. Purple velvet, decorated on the upper cover with silver gilt bosses inlaid with enamelled shields bearing Alfonso of Aragon's arms; 4 velvet clasps. |
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| Production type | Unique |
| Object history | Written in Naples; miniatures attributed to Matteo Felice. Made for Galeazzo di Sanseverino. Owned by Alfonso of Aragon (1448-1495), Duke of Calabria from 1458 and king of Naples in 1494-5; his coat of arms on f. 14r. Frédéric Spitzer (1815-1890)(sold 1892); George Salting, his bequest to the Museum in 1910. |
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| Library number | MSL/1910/2387 (Salting 1224) |
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| Record created | June 23, 2016 |
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