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Property / title as recorded
Book of hours : use of Poitiers : in Latin and French].
 
Property / title as recorded: Book of hours : use of Poitiers : in Latin and French]. / rank
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Property / associated name as recorded
Catholic Church
 
Property / associated name as recorded: Catholic Church / rank
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Property / associated name as recorded: Catholic Church / qualifier
 
Property / associated name as recorded
Whitney, Joseph
 
Property / associated name as recorded: Whitney, Joseph / rank
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Property / associated name as recorded: Whitney, Joseph / qualifier
 
Property / associated name as recorded
J. M. C. Armbruster (Firm)
 
Property / associated name as recorded: J. M. C. Armbruster (Firm) / rank
Normal rank
 
Property / associated name as recorded: J. M. C. Armbruster (Firm) / qualifier
 
Property / genre as recorded
Manuscripts, Medieval--France
 
Property / genre as recorded: Manuscripts, Medieval--France / rank
Normal rank
 
Property / genre as recorded: Manuscripts, Medieval--France / qualifier
 
Property / genre as recorded: Manuscripts, Medieval--France / qualifier
 
Property / genre as recorded
Gothic scripts
 
Property / genre as recorded: Gothic scripts / rank
Normal rank
 
Property / genre as recorded: Gothic scripts / qualifier
 
Property / genre as recorded
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--France
 
Property / genre as recorded: Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--France / rank
Normal rank
 
Property / genre as recorded: Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--France / qualifier
 
Property / genre as recorded: Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--France / qualifier
 
Property / genre as recorded
Illuminations
 
Property / genre as recorded: Illuminations / rank
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Property / genre as recorded: Illuminations / qualifier
 
Property / genre as recorded
Devotional calendars
 
Property / genre as recorded: Devotional calendars / rank
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Property / genre as recorded: Devotional calendars / qualifier
 
Property / genre as recorded
Books of hours
 
Property / genre as recorded: Books of hours / rank
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Property / genre as recorded: Books of hours / qualifier
 
Property / subject as recorded
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Massachusetts--Boston
 
Property / subject as recorded: Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Massachusetts--Boston / rank
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Property / subject as recorded: Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Massachusetts--Boston / qualifier
 
Property / subject as recorded: Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Massachusetts--Boston / qualifier
 
Property / subject as recorded
Manuscripts, French--Massachusetts--Boston
 
Property / subject as recorded: Manuscripts, French--Massachusetts--Boston / rank
Normal rank
 
Property / subject as recorded: Manuscripts, French--Massachusetts--Boston / qualifier
 
Property / subject as recorded: Manuscripts, French--Massachusetts--Boston / qualifier
 
Property / subject as recorded
Manuscripts, Medieval--Massachusetts--Boston
 
Property / subject as recorded: Manuscripts, Medieval--Massachusetts--Boston / rank
Normal rank
 
Property / subject as recorded: Manuscripts, Medieval--Massachusetts--Boston / qualifier
 
Property / subject as recorded: Manuscripts, Medieval--Massachusetts--Boston / qualifier
 
Property / language as recorded
In Latin and French
 
Property / language as recorded: In Latin and French / rank
Normal rank
 
Property / language as recorded: In Latin and French / qualifier
 
Property / language as recorded: In Latin and French / qualifier
 
Property / production date as recorded
between 1425 and 1450
 
Property / production date as recorded: between 1425 and 1450 / rank
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Property / production date as recorded: between 1425 and 1450 / qualifier
century: 15. century
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Property / production date as recorded: between 1425 and 1450 / qualifier
 
Property / production date as recorded: between 1425 and 1450 / qualifier
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Property / production date as recorded: between 1425 and 1450 / qualifier
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Timestamp+1450-12-31T00:00:00Z
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Property / production place as recorded
France]
 
Property / production place as recorded: France] / rank
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Property / production place as recorded: France] / qualifier
 
Property / physical description
Extent: 192 leaves : parchment, ill. ; 223 x 155 (140 x 100) mm bound to 24 cm, in box 26 cm
 
Property / physical description: Extent: 192 leaves : parchment, ill. ; 223 x 155 (140 x 100) mm bound to 24 cm, in box 26 cm / rank
Normal rank
 
Property / material as recorded
parchment, ill.
 
Property / material as recorded: parchment, ill. / rank
Normal rank
 
Property / material as recorded: parchment, ill. / qualifier
 
Property / note
Ms. codex.
 
Property / note: Ms. codex. / rank
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Property / note
Bibliographic record created by BPL staff based on description by Dr. Lisa Fagin Davis. Consult full description for complete list of miniatures.
 
Property / note: Bibliographic record created by BPL staff based on description by Dr. Lisa Fagin Davis. Consult full description for complete list of miniatures. / rank
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Property / note
Collation: Parchment, fol. 192 ; 112 28 38−1 (made up of three bifolia, with a tipped-in singleton at the front of the quire (fol. 22) written in a secondary hand ) 4-78 810 9-108 116 12-238 244 ; modern quire numbers written in lower left corner on first recto of each quire. Modern foliation in upper right corner of each recto, skipping 31 and thus reaching 191 instead of 192. Flyleaf counted...
 
Property / note: Collation: Parchment, fol. 192 ; 112 28 38−1 (made up of three bifolia, with a tipped-in singleton at the front of the quire (fol. 22) written in a secondary hand ) 4-78 810 9-108 116 12-238 244 ; modern quire numbers written in lower left corner on first recto of each quire. Modern foliation in upper right corner of each recto, skipping 31 and thus reaching 191 instead of 192. Flyleaf counted... / rank
Normal rank
 
Property / note
Layout: Single column, 13 lines (17 lines in calendar). Bounding lines in red plummet, full length vertically and horizontally.
 
Property / note: Layout: Single column, 13 lines (17 lines in calendar). Bounding lines in red plummet, full length vertically and horizontally. / rank
Normal rank
 
Property / note
Script: Primarily written in a northern gothic textualis formata (textus quadratus) in black ink with red rubrics. Secondary hand in a gothic cursive on folios 20 and 70, both singletons with blank spaces where miniatures should be. The secondary hand is written with a red-tinted ink.
 
Property / note: Script: Primarily written in a northern gothic textualis formata (textus quadratus) in black ink with red rubrics. Secondary hand in a gothic cursive on folios 20 and 70, both singletons with blank spaces where miniatures should be. The secondary hand is written with a red-tinted ink. / rank
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Property / note
Decoration (primary): 25 illuminated miniatures, appearing at the beginning of each hour in the Hours of the Virgin, the Hours of the Holy Cross, and the Hours of the Holy Spirit as well as the beginning of the Penitential Psalms and the Office of the Dead. Recorded in the catalog of J.M.C. Armbruster (September 1852) as including 27 miniatures. The two extra miniatures likely refer to the two...
 
Property / note: Decoration (primary): 25 illuminated miniatures, appearing at the beginning of each hour in the Hours of the Virgin, the Hours of the Holy Cross, and the Hours of the Holy Spirit as well as the beginning of the Penitential Psalms and the Office of the Dead. Recorded in the catalog of J.M.C. Armbruster (September 1852) as including 27 miniatures. The two extra miniatures likely refer to the two... / rank
Normal rank
 
Property / note
Decoration (secondary): Fully decorated borders throughout the manuscript. Black vines with golden leaves, acanthus leaves, fruits, flowers, and other plants (often clustered in block patterns). Gold, blue and red lines on the outer edges of text columns, frequently with flowers and plants sprouting out from top of line. A variety of different hands working on the borders, evident from the...
 
Property / note: Decoration (secondary): Fully decorated borders throughout the manuscript. Black vines with golden leaves, acanthus leaves, fruits, flowers, and other plants (often clustered in block patterns). Gold, blue and red lines on the outer edges of text columns, frequently with flowers and plants sprouting out from top of line. A variety of different hands working on the borders, evident from the... / rank
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Property / note
Decoration (tertiary): One- to three-line initials throughout the manuscript. Three-line decorated initials, often with intertwined vines and flowers, accompany every miniature (except miniature on fol. 74). Three initials with unidentified coats of arms: fol. 29 (Hours of the Virgin, Matins), fol. 124 (Penitential Psalms), fol. 148 (Office of the Dead, Matins). The coats of arms consist of...
 
Property / note: Decoration (tertiary): One- to three-line initials throughout the manuscript. Three-line decorated initials, often with intertwined vines and flowers, accompany every miniature (except miniature on fol. 74). Three initials with unidentified coats of arms: fol. 29 (Hours of the Virgin, Matins), fol. 124 (Penitential Psalms), fol. 148 (Office of the Dead, Matins). The coats of arms consist of... / rank
Normal rank
 
Property / note
Binding: Modern vellum conservation binding. Housed in a tan cloth clamshell case, brown gilt-stamped labels on spine: "Livre d'heures/XV Century" and "MS Q. MED. 89." Previously bound in nineteenth-century brown morocco leather by "Niderée" in Paris, France, with large brass clasps added in 1857 (Census Supplement). Clasps engraved by Joseph Whitney's son with his initials and date...
 
Property / note: Binding: Modern vellum conservation binding. Housed in a tan cloth clamshell case, brown gilt-stamped labels on spine: "Livre d'heures/XV Century" and "MS Q. MED. 89." Previously bound in nineteenth-century brown morocco leather by "Niderée" in Paris, France, with large brass clasps added in 1857 (Census Supplement). Clasps engraved by Joseph Whitney's son with his initials and date... / rank
Normal rank
 
Property / note
Origin: Illuminated in Northern France in the second quarter of the fifteenth century. Likely meant for the use of Poitiers. Many of the landscapes and compositions in the miniature cycles are similar in style to those created by the Workshop of the Boucicaut Master.
 
Property / note: Origin: Illuminated in Northern France in the second quarter of the fifteenth century. Likely meant for the use of Poitiers. Many of the landscapes and compositions in the miniature cycles are similar in style to those created by the Workshop of the Boucicaut Master. / rank
Normal rank
 
Property / note
Provenance: Appeared in the catalog of the German dealer J.M.C. Armbruster in September 1852 (no. 2597). Exhibited at the New York Historical Society by "Dr. Osgood" and sold to Joseph Whitney in 1856 (reported in the Christian Inquirer on December 20, 1856).
 
Property / note: Provenance: Appeared in the catalog of the German dealer J.M.C. Armbruster in September 1852 (no. 2597). Exhibited at the New York Historical Society by "Dr. Osgood" and sold to Joseph Whitney in 1856 (reported in the Christian Inquirer on December 20, 1856). / rank
Normal rank
 
Property / note
Immediate source of acquisition: Purchased in October 1940 from Joseph Whitney's grandson, George H. Whitney. On the flyleaf at the front of the manuscript is the following text in pencil: "Josiah H. Benton / Dec. 24, 1940 / L."
 
Property / note: Immediate source of acquisition: Purchased in October 1940 from Joseph Whitney's grandson, George H. Whitney. On the flyleaf at the front of the manuscript is the following text in pencil: "Josiah H. Benton / Dec. 24, 1940 / L." / rank
Normal rank
 
Property / note
Call number: MS q Med.89.
 
Property / note: Call number: MS q Med.89. / rank
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Property / note
Former call number: MS 1516.
 
Property / note: Former call number: MS 1516. / rank
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Property / note
Bibliography: Nancy Netzer, ed., Secular/Sacred 11th-16th Century Works from the Boston Public Library and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Boston College, 2006), no. 83.
 
Property / note: Bibliography: Nancy Netzer, ed., Secular/Sacred 11th-16th Century Works from the Boston Public Library and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Boston College, 2006), no. 83. / rank
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Property / date last updated
28 November 2023
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Property / date last updated: 28 November 2023 / rank
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Property / title as recorded
 
Book of hours : use of Poitiers : in Latin and French].
Property / title as recorded: Book of hours : use of Poitiers : in Latin and French]. / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / associated name as recorded
 
Catholic Church
Property / associated name as recorded: Catholic Church / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / associated name as recorded: Catholic Church / qualifier
 
Property / associated name as recorded: Catholic Church / qualifier
 
Property / associated name as recorded
 
Whitney, Joseph
Property / associated name as recorded: Whitney, Joseph / rank
 
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Property / associated name as recorded: Whitney, Joseph / qualifier
 
Property / associated name as recorded: Whitney, Joseph / qualifier
 
Property / associated name as recorded
 
J. M. C. Armbruster (Firm)
Property / associated name as recorded: J. M. C. Armbruster (Firm) / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / associated name as recorded: J. M. C. Armbruster (Firm) / qualifier
 
Property / associated name as recorded: J. M. C. Armbruster (Firm) / qualifier
 
Property / genre as recorded
 
Manuscripts, Medieval--France
Property / genre as recorded: Manuscripts, Medieval--France / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / genre as recorded: Manuscripts, Medieval--France / qualifier
 
Property / genre as recorded: Manuscripts, Medieval--France / qualifier
 
Property / genre as recorded
 
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--France
Property / genre as recorded: Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--France / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / genre as recorded: Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--France / qualifier
 
Property / genre as recorded: Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--France / qualifier
 
Property / genre as recorded
 
Illuminations
Property / genre as recorded: Illuminations / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / genre as recorded: Illuminations / qualifier
 
Property / genre as recorded
 
Devotional calendars
Property / genre as recorded: Devotional calendars / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / genre as recorded: Devotional calendars / qualifier
 
Property / genre as recorded
 
Books of hours
Property / genre as recorded: Books of hours / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / genre as recorded: Books of hours / qualifier
 
Property / genre as recorded
 
Gothic scripts
Property / genre as recorded: Gothic scripts / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / genre as recorded: Gothic scripts / qualifier
 
Property / subject as recorded
 
Manuscripts, French--Massachusetts--Boston
Property / subject as recorded: Manuscripts, French--Massachusetts--Boston / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / subject as recorded: Manuscripts, French--Massachusetts--Boston / qualifier
 
Property / subject as recorded: Manuscripts, French--Massachusetts--Boston / qualifier
 
Property / subject as recorded
 
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Massachusetts--Boston
Property / subject as recorded: Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Massachusetts--Boston / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / subject as recorded: Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Massachusetts--Boston / qualifier
 
Property / subject as recorded: Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Massachusetts--Boston / qualifier
 
Property / subject as recorded
 
Manuscripts, Medieval--Massachusetts--Boston
Property / subject as recorded: Manuscripts, Medieval--Massachusetts--Boston / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / subject as recorded: Manuscripts, Medieval--Massachusetts--Boston / qualifier
 
Property / subject as recorded: Manuscripts, Medieval--Massachusetts--Boston / qualifier
 
Property / language as recorded
 
In Latin and French
Property / language as recorded: In Latin and French / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / language as recorded: In Latin and French / qualifier
 
Property / language as recorded: In Latin and French / qualifier
 
Property / production date as recorded
 
between 1425 and 1450
Property / production date as recorded: between 1425 and 1450 / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / production date as recorded: between 1425 and 1450 / qualifier
 
century: 15. century
Timestamp+1401-01-01T00:00:00Z
Timezone+00:00
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Precision100 years
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After0
Property / production date as recorded: between 1425 and 1450 / qualifier
 
Property / production date as recorded: between 1425 and 1450 / qualifier
 
earliest date: 1425Gregorian
Timestamp+1425-01-01T00:00:00Z
Timezone+00:00
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After0
Property / production date as recorded: between 1425 and 1450 / qualifier
 
latest date: 1450Gregorian
Timestamp+1450-12-31T00:00:00Z
Timezone+00:00
CalendarGregorian
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Property / production place as recorded
 
France]
Property / production place as recorded: France] / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / production place as recorded: France] / qualifier
 
Property / physical description
 
Extent: 192 leaves : parchment, ill. ; 223 x 155 (140 x 100) mm bound to 24 cm, in box 26 cm
Property / physical description: Extent: 192 leaves : parchment, ill. ; 223 x 155 (140 x 100) mm bound to 24 cm, in box 26 cm / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / material as recorded
 
parchment, ill.
Property / material as recorded: parchment, ill. / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / material as recorded: parchment, ill. / qualifier
 
Property / note
 
Ms. codex.
Property / note: Ms. codex. / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / note
 
Bibliographic record created by BPL staff based on description by Dr. Lisa Fagin Davis. Consult full description for complete list of miniatures.
Property / note: Bibliographic record created by BPL staff based on description by Dr. Lisa Fagin Davis. Consult full description for complete list of miniatures. / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / note
 
Collation: Parchment, fol. 192 ; 112 28 38−1 (made up of three bifolia, with a tipped-in singleton at the front of the quire (fol. 22) written in a secondary hand ) 4-78 810 9-108 116 12-238 244 ; modern quire numbers written in lower left corner on first recto of each quire. Modern foliation in upper right corner of each recto, skipping 31 and thus reaching 191 instead of 192. Flyleaf counted...
Property / note: Collation: Parchment, fol. 192 ; 112 28 38−1 (made up of three bifolia, with a tipped-in singleton at the front of the quire (fol. 22) written in a secondary hand ) 4-78 810 9-108 116 12-238 244 ; modern quire numbers written in lower left corner on first recto of each quire. Modern foliation in upper right corner of each recto, skipping 31 and thus reaching 191 instead of 192. Flyleaf counted... / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / note
 
Layout: Single column, 13 lines (17 lines in calendar). Bounding lines in red plummet, full length vertically and horizontally.
Property / note: Layout: Single column, 13 lines (17 lines in calendar). Bounding lines in red plummet, full length vertically and horizontally. / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / note
 
Script: Primarily written in a northern gothic textualis formata (textus quadratus) in black ink with red rubrics. Secondary hand in a gothic cursive on folios 20 and 70, both singletons with blank spaces where miniatures should be. The secondary hand is written with a red-tinted ink.
Property / note: Script: Primarily written in a northern gothic textualis formata (textus quadratus) in black ink with red rubrics. Secondary hand in a gothic cursive on folios 20 and 70, both singletons with blank spaces where miniatures should be. The secondary hand is written with a red-tinted ink. / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / note
 
Decoration (primary): 25 illuminated miniatures, appearing at the beginning of each hour in the Hours of the Virgin, the Hours of the Holy Cross, and the Hours of the Holy Spirit as well as the beginning of the Penitential Psalms and the Office of the Dead. Recorded in the catalog of J.M.C. Armbruster (September 1852) as including 27 miniatures. The two extra miniatures likely refer to the two...
Property / note: Decoration (primary): 25 illuminated miniatures, appearing at the beginning of each hour in the Hours of the Virgin, the Hours of the Holy Cross, and the Hours of the Holy Spirit as well as the beginning of the Penitential Psalms and the Office of the Dead. Recorded in the catalog of J.M.C. Armbruster (September 1852) as including 27 miniatures. The two extra miniatures likely refer to the two... / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / note
 
Decoration (secondary): Fully decorated borders throughout the manuscript. Black vines with golden leaves, acanthus leaves, fruits, flowers, and other plants (often clustered in block patterns). Gold, blue and red lines on the outer edges of text columns, frequently with flowers and plants sprouting out from top of line. A variety of different hands working on the borders, evident from the...
Property / note: Decoration (secondary): Fully decorated borders throughout the manuscript. Black vines with golden leaves, acanthus leaves, fruits, flowers, and other plants (often clustered in block patterns). Gold, blue and red lines on the outer edges of text columns, frequently with flowers and plants sprouting out from top of line. A variety of different hands working on the borders, evident from the... / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / note
 
Decoration (tertiary): One- to three-line initials throughout the manuscript. Three-line decorated initials, often with intertwined vines and flowers, accompany every miniature (except miniature on fol. 74). Three initials with unidentified coats of arms: fol. 29 (Hours of the Virgin, Matins), fol. 124 (Penitential Psalms), fol. 148 (Office of the Dead, Matins). The coats of arms consist of...
Property / note: Decoration (tertiary): One- to three-line initials throughout the manuscript. Three-line decorated initials, often with intertwined vines and flowers, accompany every miniature (except miniature on fol. 74). Three initials with unidentified coats of arms: fol. 29 (Hours of the Virgin, Matins), fol. 124 (Penitential Psalms), fol. 148 (Office of the Dead, Matins). The coats of arms consist of... / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / note
 
Binding: Modern vellum conservation binding. Housed in a tan cloth clamshell case, brown gilt-stamped labels on spine: "Livre d'heures/XV Century" and "MS Q. MED. 89." Previously bound in nineteenth-century brown morocco leather by "Niderée" in Paris, France, with large brass clasps added in 1857 (Census Supplement). Clasps engraved by Joseph Whitney's son with his initials and date...
Property / note: Binding: Modern vellum conservation binding. Housed in a tan cloth clamshell case, brown gilt-stamped labels on spine: "Livre d'heures/XV Century" and "MS Q. MED. 89." Previously bound in nineteenth-century brown morocco leather by "Niderée" in Paris, France, with large brass clasps added in 1857 (Census Supplement). Clasps engraved by Joseph Whitney's son with his initials and date... / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / note
 
Origin: Illuminated in Northern France in the second quarter of the fifteenth century. Likely meant for the use of Poitiers. Many of the landscapes and compositions in the miniature cycles are similar in style to those created by the Workshop of the Boucicaut Master.
Property / note: Origin: Illuminated in Northern France in the second quarter of the fifteenth century. Likely meant for the use of Poitiers. Many of the landscapes and compositions in the miniature cycles are similar in style to those created by the Workshop of the Boucicaut Master. / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / note
 
Provenance: Appeared in the catalog of the German dealer J.M.C. Armbruster in September 1852 (no. 2597). Exhibited at the New York Historical Society by "Dr. Osgood" and sold to Joseph Whitney in 1856 (reported in the Christian Inquirer on December 20, 1856).
Property / note: Provenance: Appeared in the catalog of the German dealer J.M.C. Armbruster in September 1852 (no. 2597). Exhibited at the New York Historical Society by "Dr. Osgood" and sold to Joseph Whitney in 1856 (reported in the Christian Inquirer on December 20, 1856). / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / note
 
Immediate source of acquisition: Purchased in October 1940 from Joseph Whitney's grandson, George H. Whitney. On the flyleaf at the front of the manuscript is the following text in pencil: "Josiah H. Benton / Dec. 24, 1940 / L."
Property / note: Immediate source of acquisition: Purchased in October 1940 from Joseph Whitney's grandson, George H. Whitney. On the flyleaf at the front of the manuscript is the following text in pencil: "Josiah H. Benton / Dec. 24, 1940 / L." / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / note
 
Call number: MS q Med.89.
Property / note: Call number: MS q Med.89. / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / note
 
Former call number: MS 1516.
Property / note: Former call number: MS 1516. / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / note
 
Bibliography: Nancy Netzer, ed., Secular/Sacred 11th-16th Century Works from the Boston Public Library and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Boston College, 2006), no. 83.
Property / note: Bibliography: Nancy Netzer, ed., Secular/Sacred 11th-16th Century Works from the Boston Public Library and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Boston College, 2006), no. 83. / rank
 
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Property / date last updated
 
4 December 2023
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Property / date last updated: 4 December 2023 / rank
 
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Property / dated: Non-dated / rank
 
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Latest revision as of 20:39, 18 March 2024

Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Boston Public Library (8444920, MS q Med.89)
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Book of hours : use of Poitiers : in Latin and French]. (DS3553)
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Boston Public Library (8444920, MS q Med.89)

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    28 November 2023
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    Book of hours : use of Poitiers : in Latin and French].
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    Manuscripts, Medieval--France
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    Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--France
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    Manuscripts, French--Massachusetts--Boston
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    Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Massachusetts--Boston
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    Manuscripts, Medieval--Massachusetts--Boston
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    between 1425 and 1450
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    Extent: 192 leaves : parchment, ill. ; 223 x 155 (140 x 100) mm bound to 24 cm, in box 26 cm
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    Ms. codex.
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    Bibliographic record created by BPL staff based on description by Dr. Lisa Fagin Davis. Consult full description for complete list of miniatures.
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    Collation: Parchment, fol. 192 ; 112 28 38−1 (made up of three bifolia, with a tipped-in singleton at the front of the quire (fol. 22) written in a secondary hand ) 4-78 810 9-108 116 12-238 244 ; modern quire numbers written in lower left corner on first recto of each quire. Modern foliation in upper right corner of each recto, skipping 31 and thus reaching 191 instead of 192. Flyleaf counted...
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    Layout: Single column, 13 lines (17 lines in calendar). Bounding lines in red plummet, full length vertically and horizontally.
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    Script: Primarily written in a northern gothic textualis formata (textus quadratus) in black ink with red rubrics. Secondary hand in a gothic cursive on folios 20 and 70, both singletons with blank spaces where miniatures should be. The secondary hand is written with a red-tinted ink.
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    Decoration (primary): 25 illuminated miniatures, appearing at the beginning of each hour in the Hours of the Virgin, the Hours of the Holy Cross, and the Hours of the Holy Spirit as well as the beginning of the Penitential Psalms and the Office of the Dead. Recorded in the catalog of J.M.C. Armbruster (September 1852) as including 27 miniatures. The two extra miniatures likely refer to the two...
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    Decoration (secondary): Fully decorated borders throughout the manuscript. Black vines with golden leaves, acanthus leaves, fruits, flowers, and other plants (often clustered in block patterns). Gold, blue and red lines on the outer edges of text columns, frequently with flowers and plants sprouting out from top of line. A variety of different hands working on the borders, evident from the...
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    Decoration (tertiary): One- to three-line initials throughout the manuscript. Three-line decorated initials, often with intertwined vines and flowers, accompany every miniature (except miniature on fol. 74). Three initials with unidentified coats of arms: fol. 29 (Hours of the Virgin, Matins), fol. 124 (Penitential Psalms), fol. 148 (Office of the Dead, Matins). The coats of arms consist of...
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    Binding: Modern vellum conservation binding. Housed in a tan cloth clamshell case, brown gilt-stamped labels on spine: "Livre d'heures/XV Century" and "MS Q. MED. 89." Previously bound in nineteenth-century brown morocco leather by "Niderée" in Paris, France, with large brass clasps added in 1857 (Census Supplement). Clasps engraved by Joseph Whitney's son with his initials and date...
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    Origin: Illuminated in Northern France in the second quarter of the fifteenth century. Likely meant for the use of Poitiers. Many of the landscapes and compositions in the miniature cycles are similar in style to those created by the Workshop of the Boucicaut Master.
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    Provenance: Appeared in the catalog of the German dealer J.M.C. Armbruster in September 1852 (no. 2597). Exhibited at the New York Historical Society by "Dr. Osgood" and sold to Joseph Whitney in 1856 (reported in the Christian Inquirer on December 20, 1856).
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    Immediate source of acquisition: Purchased in October 1940 from Joseph Whitney's grandson, George H. Whitney. On the flyleaf at the front of the manuscript is the following text in pencil: "Josiah H. Benton / Dec. 24, 1940 / L."
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    Call number: MS q Med.89.
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    Former call number: MS 1516.
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    Bibliography: Nancy Netzer, ed., Secular/Sacred 11th-16th Century Works from the Boston Public Library and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Boston College, 2006), no. 83.
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    4 December 2023
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