Book of Hours, of indeterminate Use, in Latin
Manuscripts
ca. 1370-1390 (made)
ca. 1370-1390 (made)
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Foliation: parchment. 129 (foliated i, 1-128) + i-ii (17th-century parchment?) ff.
Number of lines: 13 lines.
Language: Latin.
Script: Gothic bookhand.
Textual content:
ff. 1r-6v: Calendar (January to June) added in a 17th-century hand. Half full.
ff. 7r-12v: Calendar (July to December), half full.
ff. 13r-61v: Hours of the Virgin, of indeterminate Use.
ff. 62r-78v: Penitential Psalms, with litany followed by three collects.
f. 79r: prayers added in a 17th-century bookhand.
f. 79v: Initial M, cut from a MS ca. 1180-1200.
ff. 80r-112r: Office of the Dead, Use of Liège.
ff. 112r-121r: Hours of the Cross.
ff. 121v-128r: Hours of the Holy Spirit.
Decoration: 13 historiated initials, with coloured bars from which foliated stems that stretch into the upper and lower margins, with animals and grotesques (ff. 13r, 23r, 34r, 39r, 42v, 46v, 50r, 57r, 62r, 79v, 80r, 121v, 112r). Decorated initials with bars extending into foliated stems in the margins, with leaves, fruits or berries.
Binding:
(1) 20th century, England. Repaired by Roger Powell, Froxfield, June 1981.
(2) 17th century, Low Countries. Calf over boards, blind tooling, ornaments tooled in gold.
Number of lines: 13 lines.
Language: Latin.
Script: Gothic bookhand.
Textual content:
ff. 1r-6v: Calendar (January to June) added in a 17th-century hand. Half full.
ff. 7r-12v: Calendar (July to December), half full.
ff. 13r-61v: Hours of the Virgin, of indeterminate Use.
ff. 62r-78v: Penitential Psalms, with litany followed by three collects.
f. 79r: prayers added in a 17th-century bookhand.
f. 79v: Initial M, cut from a MS ca. 1180-1200.
ff. 80r-112r: Office of the Dead, Use of Liège.
ff. 112r-121r: Hours of the Cross.
ff. 121v-128r: Hours of the Holy Spirit.
Decoration: 13 historiated initials, with coloured bars from which foliated stems that stretch into the upper and lower margins, with animals and grotesques (ff. 13r, 23r, 34r, 39r, 42v, 46v, 50r, 57r, 62r, 79v, 80r, 121v, 112r). Decorated initials with bars extending into foliated stems in the margins, with leaves, fruits or berries.
Binding:
(1) 20th century, England. Repaired by Roger Powell, Froxfield, June 1981.
(2) 17th century, Low Countries. Calf over boards, blind tooling, ornaments tooled in gold.
Object details
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| Title | Book of Hours, of indeterminate Use, in Latin |
| Materials and techniques | Ink, pigments and gold on parchment. Leather binding over wooden boards with blind tooling. |
| Brief description | Manuscript, Book of Hours, North-East France or Southern Low Countries (Diocese of Liège), ca. 1370-1390. |
| Physical description | Foliation: parchment. 129 (foliated i, 1-128) + i-ii (17th-century parchment?) ff. Number of lines: 13 lines. Language: Latin. Script: Gothic bookhand. Textual content: ff. 1r-6v: Calendar (January to June) added in a 17th-century hand. Half full. ff. 7r-12v: Calendar (July to December), half full. ff. 13r-61v: Hours of the Virgin, of indeterminate Use. ff. 62r-78v: Penitential Psalms, with litany followed by three collects. f. 79r: prayers added in a 17th-century bookhand. f. 79v: Initial M, cut from a MS ca. 1180-1200. ff. 80r-112r: Office of the Dead, Use of Liège. ff. 112r-121r: Hours of the Cross. ff. 121v-128r: Hours of the Holy Spirit. Decoration: 13 historiated initials, with coloured bars from which foliated stems that stretch into the upper and lower margins, with animals and grotesques (ff. 13r, 23r, 34r, 39r, 42v, 46v, 50r, 57r, 62r, 79v, 80r, 121v, 112r). Decorated initials with bars extending into foliated stems in the margins, with leaves, fruits or berries. Binding: (1) 20th century, England. Repaired by Roger Powell, Froxfield, June 1981. (2) 17th century, Low Countries. Calf over boards, blind tooling, ornaments tooled in gold. |
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| Production type | Unique |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by George Reid in 1902. |
| Object history | (1) 16th or 17th-century inscription on ff.83r and 104r '[-] von conjaignon'. (2) Collection of George Reid, bequeathed to the V&A in 1902. |
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| Library number | MSL/1902/1666 (Reid 26) |
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| Record created | August 2, 2018 |
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