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Book of hours, use of Rome

Illuminated Manuscript
ca. 1380-1400 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Foliation: parchment. i-ii (18th-century paper, no watermark), iii (14th-century parchment, foliated f. 1) + 130 (foliated ff. 2-131) + iv-v (18-th century paper) ff.

Number of lines: 20 lines.

Language: Latin and French.

Script: gothic Textura bookhand.

Textual content:
ff.1r-1v: Suffrage to St Claude, confessor, written out in a 15th-century French Secretary script.
ff. 2r-11v: Calendar, in French.
ff. 12r-14v: Gospels pericopes (John 1:1-14; Luke 1:26-28; Matthew 2:1-12; Mark 16:14-20).
ff. 15r-15v: Prayer to the Virgin, written out in a 15th-century hand.
ff. 16r-53r: Hours of the Virgin, with indications for seasonal variation.
ff. 54r-72v: Hours of the Passion, lacking the office for Compline.
ff. 73r-75v: Prayers to the Virgin.
ff. 73v-79v: Suffrages to various saints.
ff. 79v: List of vices.
ff. 80r-95v: Abbreviated Psalter, giving one line from each Psalm followed by an Ave.
ff. 95v-98v: Litany of the Virgin, with imprecations to the Virgin in 74 forms, followed by a series of prayers.
ff. 98v-99v: Suffrages to saints.
ff. 99v-112v: Penitential psalms, with litany (ff.111r-112r) followed by five collects.
ff. 113r-130r: Office of the Dead, Use of Paris.
ff.130r-131r: Abbreviated Office of the Holy Spirit.
ff. 131r-131v: Prayer to the Virgin, in French, added in a 15th-century Secretary hand.

Decoration: 19 half-page miniatures (ff. 16r, 22r, 28v, 31r, 33r, 35r, 37v, 42r, 54r, 58v, 61v, 63r, 65v, 68r, 71r, 77r, 99r, 113r, 130r) inside square frames, on backgrounds of diaper patterns, solid gold or arabesques; borders springing from coloured initials on gold ground, in early French ivy-leaf style with some birds and dragons; small initials in gold or red on blue cusped panels.

Binding: 18th century, France. Pasteboards covered in dark brown calf, sewn on five cords with gold tooled pointillé ornament on panels of spine.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleBook of hours, use of Rome
Materials and techniques
Ink, pigments and gold on parchment. Leather binding.
Brief description
Manuscript, Book of Hours, use of Rome, France (Paris), ca. 1380-1400.
Physical description
Foliation: parchment. i-ii (18th-century paper, no watermark), iii (14th-century parchment, foliated f. 1) + 130 (foliated ff. 2-131) + iv-v (18-th century paper) ff.

Number of lines: 20 lines.

Language: Latin and French.

Script: gothic Textura bookhand.

Textual content:
ff.1r-1v: Suffrage to St Claude, confessor, written out in a 15th-century French Secretary script.
ff. 2r-11v: Calendar, in French.
ff. 12r-14v: Gospels pericopes (John 1:1-14; Luke 1:26-28; Matthew 2:1-12; Mark 16:14-20).
ff. 15r-15v: Prayer to the Virgin, written out in a 15th-century hand.
ff. 16r-53r: Hours of the Virgin, with indications for seasonal variation.
ff. 54r-72v: Hours of the Passion, lacking the office for Compline.
ff. 73r-75v: Prayers to the Virgin.
ff. 73v-79v: Suffrages to various saints.
ff. 79v: List of vices.
ff. 80r-95v: Abbreviated Psalter, giving one line from each Psalm followed by an Ave.
ff. 95v-98v: Litany of the Virgin, with imprecations to the Virgin in 74 forms, followed by a series of prayers.
ff. 98v-99v: Suffrages to saints.
ff. 99v-112v: Penitential psalms, with litany (ff.111r-112r) followed by five collects.
ff. 113r-130r: Office of the Dead, Use of Paris.
ff.130r-131r: Abbreviated Office of the Holy Spirit.
ff. 131r-131v: Prayer to the Virgin, in French, added in a 15th-century Secretary hand.

Decoration: 19 half-page miniatures (ff. 16r, 22r, 28v, 31r, 33r, 35r, 37v, 42r, 54r, 58v, 61v, 63r, 65v, 68r, 71r, 77r, 99r, 113r, 130r) inside square frames, on backgrounds of diaper patterns, solid gold or arabesques; borders springing from coloured initials on gold ground, in early French ivy-leaf style with some birds and dragons; small initials in gold or red on blue cusped panels.

Binding: 18th century, France. Pasteboards covered in dark brown calf, sewn on five cords with gold tooled pointillé ornament on panels of spine.
Dimensions
  • Height: 140mm
  • Width: 100mm
  • Calendar text block height: 95mm
  • Calendar text block width: 40
  • Text block height: 90mm
  • Text block width: 70mm
Production typeUnique
Credit line
Bequeathed by George Reid in 1902.
Object history
(1) Inscriptions in a 16th-century hand mention a 'Louise chatelz (...)'.
(2) Bequeathed by George Reid to the V&A in 1902.
Bibliographic references
  • Ker, N.R. Medieval Manuscripts in British Libraries I. Oxford: 1967. p. 378
  • Watson, R. Western Illuminated Manuscripts.Victoria and Albert Museum. A catalogue of works in the National Art Library from the eleventh to the early twentieth century, with a complete account of the George Reid Collection. London, 2011. vol. 1, pp. 160-163, cat. 25
Other numbers
  • KRP.C.19 - NAL Pressmark
  • 1 - Reid Gift
Collection
Library number
MSL/1902/1643 (Reid 1)

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