Book of Hours for the use of Paris
Manuscript
ca. 1390-1400 (made)
ca. 1390-1400 (made)
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Foliation: i-v (18th-century paper) + 253 + vi-x (18th-century paper) ff.
Number of lines: 14 lines
Language: Latin
Script: Gothic bookhand.
Textual content:
ff. 1r-12v: Calendar.
ff. 13r-20v: Gospel pericopes.
ff. 21r-88r: Hours of the Virgin, use of Paris
ff. 88r-105v and 130r-134r: Suffrages.
ff. 134r-v: Prefatory prayer for the Penitential Psalms.
ff. 106r-127v: Penitential Psalms.
ff. 128r-129v, 135r-167v: Office of the Dead, use of Paris, followed by four prayers.
ff. 168r-173v: Account in French verse of the life of St Barbara, in a different hand, but contemporary with the making of the manuscript. Lacks the first folio and begins abruptly: ‘/Tres experte en philosophye. / Laquelle doubtoit que / leurs dieux / feussent dyables et grans / erreurs…’.
f. 174rv: Suffrage to St Barbara, written in a different hand, but contemporary with the making of the manuscript.
ff. 175r-176r: bifolium added in the 15th century with a long suffrage in verse to St Eustace, followed by a long prayer in French.
ff. 177r-183v, 192r-220r: Hours of the Passion, lacking first folios and beginning abruptly at the end of Matins. There is also text missing between f. 183v and f. 192r (a quire has been bound out of sequence here, accounting for ff. 184-191), f. 192r begins abruptly with '/iniquitas mea neque peccatum meum domine.
ff. 184r-190v: gathering bound out of sequence with Latin poem, written in a different hand, but contemporary with the manuscript, in the form of a verse suffrage to a series of saints.
f. 191rv: rules but blank.
ff. 221r-224v: abbreviated Hours of the Cross.
ff. 225r-228v: abbreviated Hours of the Holy Spirit.
ff. 228v-237v: Prayer to the Virgin.
ff. 238r-252v: devotional sequence but contemporary with the making of the manuscript, but in a different hand.
Decoration:
Half-page miniatures at the beginning of the main sections, with 3-line initials extending into full borders of vine-leaf scrolls and stylisted flowers in red, blue and fold.
f. 21r: Hours of the Virgin, Matins: miniature showing the Annunciation.
f. 46v: Lauds, Visitation.
f. 58v: Prime, Nativity.
f. 64v: Tierce, Annunciation to the Shepherds.
f. 68v: Sext, Adoration of the Magi.
f. 72v: None, Presentation in the Temple.
f. 76v: Vespers, Coronation of the Virgin.
f. 83r: Compline, Massacre of the Innocents.
f. 106r: Penitential Psalms, Last Judgement.
f. 128r: Office of the Dead, Funeral service.
f. 196r: Hours of the Passion, Prime, Christ before Pilate.
f. 199r: Terce, Flagellation of Christ.
f. 204r: Sext, Christ Carrying the Cross.
f. 214v: Vespers, Deposition.
f. 221r: Hours of the Cross, Matins, Crucifixion.
f. 225r: Hours of the Holy Spirit, Matins, Pentecost.
2- and 1-line initials alternately in blue and burnished gold with red and blue penwork flourishing respectively. Some champie initials in parts in a different hand.
Binding: 18th-century, France, Morocco over pasteboards, with gold-tooled ornament.
Number of lines: 14 lines
Language: Latin
Script: Gothic bookhand.
Textual content:
ff. 1r-12v: Calendar.
ff. 13r-20v: Gospel pericopes.
ff. 21r-88r: Hours of the Virgin, use of Paris
ff. 88r-105v and 130r-134r: Suffrages.
ff. 134r-v: Prefatory prayer for the Penitential Psalms.
ff. 106r-127v: Penitential Psalms.
ff. 128r-129v, 135r-167v: Office of the Dead, use of Paris, followed by four prayers.
ff. 168r-173v: Account in French verse of the life of St Barbara, in a different hand, but contemporary with the making of the manuscript. Lacks the first folio and begins abruptly: ‘/Tres experte en philosophye. / Laquelle doubtoit que / leurs dieux / feussent dyables et grans / erreurs…’.
f. 174rv: Suffrage to St Barbara, written in a different hand, but contemporary with the making of the manuscript.
ff. 175r-176r: bifolium added in the 15th century with a long suffrage in verse to St Eustace, followed by a long prayer in French.
ff. 177r-183v, 192r-220r: Hours of the Passion, lacking first folios and beginning abruptly at the end of Matins. There is also text missing between f. 183v and f. 192r (a quire has been bound out of sequence here, accounting for ff. 184-191), f. 192r begins abruptly with '/iniquitas mea neque peccatum meum domine.
ff. 184r-190v: gathering bound out of sequence with Latin poem, written in a different hand, but contemporary with the manuscript, in the form of a verse suffrage to a series of saints.
f. 191rv: rules but blank.
ff. 221r-224v: abbreviated Hours of the Cross.
ff. 225r-228v: abbreviated Hours of the Holy Spirit.
ff. 228v-237v: Prayer to the Virgin.
ff. 238r-252v: devotional sequence but contemporary with the making of the manuscript, but in a different hand.
Decoration:
Half-page miniatures at the beginning of the main sections, with 3-line initials extending into full borders of vine-leaf scrolls and stylisted flowers in red, blue and fold.
f. 21r: Hours of the Virgin, Matins: miniature showing the Annunciation.
f. 46v: Lauds, Visitation.
f. 58v: Prime, Nativity.
f. 64v: Tierce, Annunciation to the Shepherds.
f. 68v: Sext, Adoration of the Magi.
f. 72v: None, Presentation in the Temple.
f. 76v: Vespers, Coronation of the Virgin.
f. 83r: Compline, Massacre of the Innocents.
f. 106r: Penitential Psalms, Last Judgement.
f. 128r: Office of the Dead, Funeral service.
f. 196r: Hours of the Passion, Prime, Christ before Pilate.
f. 199r: Terce, Flagellation of Christ.
f. 204r: Sext, Christ Carrying the Cross.
f. 214v: Vespers, Deposition.
f. 221r: Hours of the Cross, Matins, Crucifixion.
f. 225r: Hours of the Holy Spirit, Matins, Pentecost.
2- and 1-line initials alternately in blue and burnished gold with red and blue penwork flourishing respectively. Some champie initials in parts in a different hand.
Binding: 18th-century, France, Morocco over pasteboards, with gold-tooled ornament.
Object details
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| Title | Book of Hours for the use of Paris |
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| Brief description | Manuscript, Book of hours, use of Paris, France (Paris), ca. 1390-1400. |
| Physical description | Foliation: i-v (18th-century paper) + 253 + vi-x (18th-century paper) ff. Number of lines: 14 lines Language: Latin Script: Gothic bookhand. Textual content: ff. 1r-12v: Calendar. ff. 13r-20v: Gospel pericopes. ff. 21r-88r: Hours of the Virgin, use of Paris ff. 88r-105v and 130r-134r: Suffrages. ff. 134r-v: Prefatory prayer for the Penitential Psalms. ff. 106r-127v: Penitential Psalms. ff. 128r-129v, 135r-167v: Office of the Dead, use of Paris, followed by four prayers. ff. 168r-173v: Account in French verse of the life of St Barbara, in a different hand, but contemporary with the making of the manuscript. Lacks the first folio and begins abruptly: ‘/Tres experte en philosophye. / Laquelle doubtoit que / leurs dieux / feussent dyables et grans / erreurs…’. f. 174rv: Suffrage to St Barbara, written in a different hand, but contemporary with the making of the manuscript. ff. 175r-176r: bifolium added in the 15th century with a long suffrage in verse to St Eustace, followed by a long prayer in French. ff. 177r-183v, 192r-220r: Hours of the Passion, lacking first folios and beginning abruptly at the end of Matins. There is also text missing between f. 183v and f. 192r (a quire has been bound out of sequence here, accounting for ff. 184-191), f. 192r begins abruptly with '/iniquitas mea neque peccatum meum domine. ff. 184r-190v: gathering bound out of sequence with Latin poem, written in a different hand, but contemporary with the manuscript, in the form of a verse suffrage to a series of saints. f. 191rv: rules but blank. ff. 221r-224v: abbreviated Hours of the Cross. ff. 225r-228v: abbreviated Hours of the Holy Spirit. ff. 228v-237v: Prayer to the Virgin. ff. 238r-252v: devotional sequence but contemporary with the making of the manuscript, but in a different hand. Decoration: Half-page miniatures at the beginning of the main sections, with 3-line initials extending into full borders of vine-leaf scrolls and stylisted flowers in red, blue and fold. f. 21r: Hours of the Virgin, Matins: miniature showing the Annunciation. f. 46v: Lauds, Visitation. f. 58v: Prime, Nativity. f. 64v: Tierce, Annunciation to the Shepherds. f. 68v: Sext, Adoration of the Magi. f. 72v: None, Presentation in the Temple. f. 76v: Vespers, Coronation of the Virgin. f. 83r: Compline, Massacre of the Innocents. f. 106r: Penitential Psalms, Last Judgement. f. 128r: Office of the Dead, Funeral service. f. 196r: Hours of the Passion, Prime, Christ before Pilate. f. 199r: Terce, Flagellation of Christ. f. 204r: Sext, Christ Carrying the Cross. f. 214v: Vespers, Deposition. f. 221r: Hours of the Cross, Matins, Crucifixion. f. 225r: Hours of the Holy Spirit, Matins, Pentecost. 2- and 1-line initials alternately in blue and burnished gold with red and blue penwork flourishing respectively. Some champie initials in parts in a different hand. Binding: 18th-century, France, Morocco over pasteboards, with gold-tooled ornament. |
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| Production type | Unique |
| Object history | 1) Verrain Merrier, mid 16th century: inscription in a 16th-century hand 'faict par moy Verain Marrier / 1555 a paris Rue des Graveliers / a l'entonouer' (f. 241r); barely legible inscription '[Les] presentes heures sont a moy verain marrier / ung dieu [...]' (f. 176v). Possibly a relation of Jean Marier, a printer recorded in Paris in 1554 (Renouard, Répertoire, p. 296). 2) Charlotte Philippe, 16th century: inscribed 'Charlotte Philippe' and 'C. Philippe' in a 16th-century (?) Italic hand (ff. 1r and 134v); initials AR and CP (ff. 127v and 176v) doubtless added after marriage. 3) Davilers, 17th century: inscribed 'Dono D. anno 1642 / 10 Mai C Davilers [?]'. 4) Jean-Baptiste Hautin, 17th century: inscribed 'J.B. Hautin' on f. i verso. According to M. di Franco, this ex-libris belongs to a son of Jean-Baptiste Hautin (ca. 1580-1640), a French scholar, numismatist and bibliophile. The same hand added the note 'avec des mignatures' complementing an earlier inscription reading 'livre de prieres' (also on f. i verso). 5) Collection of George Reid; pasted to the rear fly-leaf, f. viii verso, is a stamped envelope addressed to Reid at the 'Grand Hotel de Russie, Rome', franked Dunfermline 15 Jan. 1901. 6) Given to the Museum by George Reid in 1902. |
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| Library number | MSL/1902/1645 (Reid 3) |
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