Book of Hours, use of Rome
Manuscript
1470-1480 (made)
1470-1480 (made)
| Place of origin |
Foliation: i-ii (19th-century parchment) + 91 + iii-iv (19th-century parchment) ff.
Number of lines: 18 lines
Language: Latin
Script : Lettre bâtarde
Textual content :
ff. 1r-12v: Calendar
f. 13r: Ruled but blank
ff. 14r-17v: Hours of the Cross
f.18r: Ruled but blank
ff. 19r-22v: Hours of the Holy Spirit
f. 23r: Ruled but blank
ff. 24r-39r: Suffrages
ff. 40r-89v: Hours of the Virgin for the use of Rome
ff. 90r-91v: Salutations to the Virgin
Decoration:
3 full-pages miniatures: Crucifixion (f. 13v), Pentecost (f. 18v), Trinity (f. 23v)
25 historiated initials: initial F with Archangel Michael (f. 26r); initial I with John the Baptist (f. 26v); initial I with John the Evangelist (f. 27r); initial P with Peter and Paul (f. 27v); initial A with Andrew (f. 28r), initial L with Laurence (f. 28v.); initial O with Sebastian (f. 29r), initial O with Rombaldus (f. 30r); initial B with Nicholas (f. 30v.), initial V with Anthony (f. 31r); initial O with Christopher (f. 32r), initial A with Adrian (f. 32v), initial S with Erasmus (f. 33v), initial M with Mary Magdalen (f.35v.), initial V with Katherine (f.36r), initial O with Barbara (f.37), initial V with Apollonia (f. 38r), initial G with Anne (f. 38v.), initial D with the Visitation (f. 50r), initial D with the Nativity (f. 61r), initial D with the Annunciation to the Shepherds (f. 66r), initial D with the Adoration of the Magi (f. 70r), initial D with the Presentation in the Temple (f. 74r),initial D with the Massacre of the Innocents (f. 78r), initial C with the Flight to Egypt (f. 85r).
7-initials for major text, 6-line champie initial for text on f. 90r, 2-line champie initials for calendar and texts, 1-line initials, alternatively blue with red penwork and burnished gold with blue penwork.
Binding: 19th century, England: calf over boards, with gold-tooled ornament by Francis Bedfort, with a slipcase
Number of lines: 18 lines
Language: Latin
Script : Lettre bâtarde
Textual content :
ff. 1r-12v: Calendar
f. 13r: Ruled but blank
ff. 14r-17v: Hours of the Cross
f.18r: Ruled but blank
ff. 19r-22v: Hours of the Holy Spirit
f. 23r: Ruled but blank
ff. 24r-39r: Suffrages
ff. 40r-89v: Hours of the Virgin for the use of Rome
ff. 90r-91v: Salutations to the Virgin
Decoration:
3 full-pages miniatures: Crucifixion (f. 13v), Pentecost (f. 18v), Trinity (f. 23v)
25 historiated initials: initial F with Archangel Michael (f. 26r); initial I with John the Baptist (f. 26v); initial I with John the Evangelist (f. 27r); initial P with Peter and Paul (f. 27v); initial A with Andrew (f. 28r), initial L with Laurence (f. 28v.); initial O with Sebastian (f. 29r), initial O with Rombaldus (f. 30r); initial B with Nicholas (f. 30v.), initial V with Anthony (f. 31r); initial O with Christopher (f. 32r), initial A with Adrian (f. 32v), initial S with Erasmus (f. 33v), initial M with Mary Magdalen (f.35v.), initial V with Katherine (f.36r), initial O with Barbara (f.37), initial V with Apollonia (f. 38r), initial G with Anne (f. 38v.), initial D with the Visitation (f. 50r), initial D with the Nativity (f. 61r), initial D with the Annunciation to the Shepherds (f. 66r), initial D with the Adoration of the Magi (f. 70r), initial D with the Presentation in the Temple (f. 74r),initial D with the Massacre of the Innocents (f. 78r), initial C with the Flight to Egypt (f. 85r).
7-initials for major text, 6-line champie initial for text on f. 90r, 2-line champie initials for calendar and texts, 1-line initials, alternatively blue with red penwork and burnished gold with blue penwork.
Binding: 19th century, England: calf over boards, with gold-tooled ornament by Francis Bedfort, with a slipcase
Object details
| Categories | |
| Object type | |
| Title | Book of Hours, use of Rome |
| Materials and techniques | gold, colour pigments, ink, parchment, paper. Binding : calf leather |
| Brief description | Manuscript, Book of Hours, use of Rome, Southern Low Countries, ca. 1470-80. |
| Physical description | Foliation: i-ii (19th-century parchment) + 91 + iii-iv (19th-century parchment) ff. Number of lines: 18 lines Language: Latin Script : Lettre bâtarde Textual content : ff. 1r-12v: Calendar f. 13r: Ruled but blank ff. 14r-17v: Hours of the Cross f.18r: Ruled but blank ff. 19r-22v: Hours of the Holy Spirit f. 23r: Ruled but blank ff. 24r-39r: Suffrages ff. 40r-89v: Hours of the Virgin for the use of Rome ff. 90r-91v: Salutations to the Virgin Decoration: 3 full-pages miniatures: Crucifixion (f. 13v), Pentecost (f. 18v), Trinity (f. 23v) 25 historiated initials: initial F with Archangel Michael (f. 26r); initial I with John the Baptist (f. 26v); initial I with John the Evangelist (f. 27r); initial P with Peter and Paul (f. 27v); initial A with Andrew (f. 28r), initial L with Laurence (f. 28v.); initial O with Sebastian (f. 29r), initial O with Rombaldus (f. 30r); initial B with Nicholas (f. 30v.), initial V with Anthony (f. 31r); initial O with Christopher (f. 32r), initial A with Adrian (f. 32v), initial S with Erasmus (f. 33v), initial M with Mary Magdalen (f.35v.), initial V with Katherine (f.36r), initial O with Barbara (f.37), initial V with Apollonia (f. 38r), initial G with Anne (f. 38v.), initial D with the Visitation (f. 50r), initial D with the Nativity (f. 61r), initial D with the Annunciation to the Shepherds (f. 66r), initial D with the Adoration of the Magi (f. 70r), initial D with the Presentation in the Temple (f. 74r),initial D with the Massacre of the Innocents (f. 78r), initial C with the Flight to Egypt (f. 85r). 7-initials for major text, 6-line champie initial for text on f. 90r, 2-line champie initials for calendar and texts, 1-line initials, alternatively blue with red penwork and burnished gold with blue penwork. Binding: 19th century, England: calf over boards, with gold-tooled ornament by Francis Bedfort, with a slipcase |
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| Object history | 1) Probably made to be used in Malines/Mechelen (presence of the rare Rombaldus of Malines in the Suffrages), and for a pious woman, maybe a nun (see kneeling woman behind the Virgin in the Crucifixion scene). 2) C. F. J. Beausire: printed armorial book-plate. 3) Bought by the National Art Library from Sawyer, June 1978. |
| Collection | |
| Library number | MSL/1978/4764 |
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| Record created | November 5, 2018 |
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