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Property / title as recorded
Book of hours : use of St-Brieuc or Dôl : in Latin and French].
 
Property / title as recorded: Book of hours : use of St-Brieuc or Dôl : 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
Hofstede, Petrus, 1716-1803
 
Property / associated name as recorded: Hofstede, Petrus, 1716-1803 / rank
Normal rank
 
Property / associated name as recorded: Hofstede, Petrus, 1716-1803 / qualifier
 
Property / associated name as recorded
Bragge, William, 1823-1884
 
Property / associated name as recorded: Bragge, William, 1823-1884 / rank
Normal rank
 
Property / associated name as recorded: Bragge, William, 1823-1884 / qualifier
 
Property / associated name as recorded
Bernard Quaritch (Firm)
 
Property / associated name as recorded: Bernard Quaritch (Firm) / rank
Normal rank
 
Property / associated name as recorded: Bernard Quaritch (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
Inscriptions
 
Property / genre as recorded: Inscriptions / rank
Normal rank
 
Property / genre as recorded: Inscriptions / 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
Manuscripts, French--France
 
Property / genre as recorded: Manuscripts, French--France / rank
Normal rank
 
Property / genre as recorded: Manuscripts, French--France / qualifier
 
Property / genre as recorded: Manuscripts, French--France / 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
Christian women--Prayers and devotions
 
Property / subject as recorded: Christian women--Prayers and devotions / rank
Normal rank
 
Property / subject as recorded: Christian women--Prayers and devotions / qualifier
 
Property / subject as recorded: Christian women--Prayers and devotions / 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, with some French
 
Property / language as recorded: In Latin, with some French / rank
Normal rank
 
Property / language as recorded: In Latin, with some French / qualifier
 
Property / language as recorded: In Latin, with some French / qualifier
 
Property / production date as recorded
between 1425 and 1430
 
Property / production date as recorded: between 1425 and 1430 / rank
Normal rank
 
Property / production date as recorded: between 1425 and 1430 / qualifier
century: 15. century
Timestamp+1401-01-01T00:00:00Z
Timezone+00:00
CalendarGregorian
Precision100 years
Before0
After0
 
Property / production date as recorded: between 1425 and 1430 / qualifier
 
Property / production date as recorded: between 1425 and 1430 / qualifier
earliest date: 1425Gregorian
Timestamp+1425-01-01T00:00:00Z
Timezone+00:00
CalendarGregorian
Precision1 year
Before0
After0
 
Property / production date as recorded: between 1425 and 1430 / qualifier
latest date: 1430Gregorian
Timestamp+1430-12-31T00:00:00Z
Timezone+00:00
CalendarGregorian
Precision1 year
Before0
After0
 
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: 150 leaves : parchment, ill. ; 190 x 135 (90 x 60) mm bound to 20 cm, in box 23 cm
 
Property / physical description: Extent: 150 leaves : parchment, ill. ; 190 x 135 (90 x 60) mm bound to 20 cm, in box 23 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.
 
Property / note: Bibliographic record created by BPL staff based on description by Dr. Lisa Fagin Davis. / rank
Normal rank
 
Property / note
Collation: Parchment, fol. iii (first flyleaf 16th-century paper, second and third are parchment) + 150 + iii (first and second flyleaves parchment, final leaf 16th-century paper ; 1-1510 ; modern arabic pencil foliation, upper, outer corner of each recto.
 
Property / note: Collation: Parchment, fol. iii (first flyleaf 16th-century paper, second and third are parchment) + 150 + iii (first and second flyleaves parchment, final leaf 16th-century paper ; 1-1510 ; modern arabic pencil foliation, upper, outer corner of each recto. / rank
Normal rank
 
Property / note
Layout: Single column, 13 lines. Bounding and writing lines in red plummet.
 
Property / note: Layout: Single column, 13 lines. Bounding and writing lines in red plummet. / rank
Normal rank
 
Property / note
Script: Written in a northern gothic textualis formata (textus quadratus) in black ink with red rubrics.
 
Property / note: Script: Written in a northern gothic textualis formata (textus quadratus) in black ink with red rubrics. / rank
Normal rank
 
Property / note
Decoration (primary): Thirteen three-quarter-page miniatures with gold-scroll or diapered backgrounds: The Annunciation (fol. 21, Matins) -- The Visitation (fol. 42, Lauds) -- The Crucifiction (fol. 52v, Matins, Little Hours of the Holy Cross) -- The Trinity (fol. 54, Matins, Little Hours of the Holy Spirit) -- The Nativity (fol. 55v, Prime) -- The Annunciation to the Shepherds (fol. 61...
 
Property / note: Decoration (primary): Thirteen three-quarter-page miniatures with gold-scroll or diapered backgrounds: The Annunciation (fol. 21, Matins) -- The Visitation (fol. 42, Lauds) -- The Crucifiction (fol. 52v, Matins, Little Hours of the Holy Cross) -- The Trinity (fol. 54, Matins, Little Hours of the Holy Spirit) -- The Nativity (fol. 55v, Prime) -- The Annunciation to the Shepherds (fol. 61... / rank
Normal rank
 
Property / note
Decoration (secondary): 1-line gold initials on red and blue throughout; 2-line initials throughout alternating salmon or blue with white filigree highlighting on gold with gold bar extensions filling inner margin, leafy extensions into upper and lower margins with black tracery vines and gold leaves, 3-lines high with full border in similar style on leaves with miniatures.
 
Property / note: Decoration (secondary): 1-line gold initials on red and blue throughout; 2-line initials throughout alternating salmon or blue with white filigree highlighting on gold with gold bar extensions filling inner margin, leafy extensions into upper and lower margins with black tracery vines and gold leaves, 3-lines high with full border in similar style on leaves with miniatures. / rank
Normal rank
 
Property / note
Binding: 16th-century calf over pasteboard, elaborately gilt and tooled in Grolier style, possibly by Claude de Picques or Jean Picard (see Nixon, #25, pp. 95-97), spine gilt in compartments, all edges gilt, mottoes on front and back with initials: "Plenitudo legis dilectio/A.M." (front, Romans 13:10) and "A.M./Humilitas exaltat/FOL.I." (back); clasps lacking; formerly housed in a custom blue...
 
Property / note: Binding: 16th-century calf over pasteboard, elaborately gilt and tooled in Grolier style, possibly by Claude de Picques or Jean Picard (see Nixon, #25, pp. 95-97), spine gilt in compartments, all edges gilt, mottoes on front and back with initials: "Plenitudo legis dilectio/A.M." (front, Romans 13:10) and "A.M./Humilitas exaltat/FOL.I." (back); clasps lacking; formerly housed in a custom blue... / rank
Normal rank
 
Property / note
Origin: Produced in Brittany for the use of a woman around the year 1425. The Hours of the Virgin suggests the use of St-Brieuc (on the northern coast of Brittany), while the Office of the Dead points to Dôl, some 50 miles to the east. The calendar includes saints that also point to both locations: St. Sansonis, Bishop of Dôl (in red, 28 July), and St. William, Bishop of St-Brieuc (in red, 29...
 
Property / note: Origin: Produced in Brittany for the use of a woman around the year 1425. The Hours of the Virgin suggests the use of St-Brieuc (on the northern coast of Brittany), while the Office of the Dead points to Dôl, some 50 miles to the east. The calendar includes saints that also point to both locations: St. Sansonis, Bishop of Dôl (in red, 28 July), and St. William, Bishop of St-Brieuc (in red, 29... / rank
Normal rank
 
Property / note
Provenance: Bound in the Grolier style in the mid-sixteenth century for an unidentified patron, presumably with the initials "A.M." as found on both covers. Belonged to Dutch Reformed minister Petrus Hofstede (1716-1803), according to a description pasted inside the front cover written by the next (unidentified) owner in 1804: "Plenitudo legis dilectio sine anno mss splendidissimi in membr...
 
Property / note: Provenance: Bound in the Grolier style in the mid-sixteenth century for an unidentified patron, presumably with the initials "A.M." as found on both covers. Belonged to Dutch Reformed minister Petrus Hofstede (1716-1803), according to a description pasted inside the front cover written by the next (unidentified) owner in 1804: "Plenitudo legis dilectio sine anno mss splendidissimi in membr... / rank
Normal rank
 
Property / note
Immediate source of acquisition: Purchased from Quaritch in December 1939.
 
Property / note: Immediate source of acquisition: Purchased from Quaritch in December 1939. / rank
Normal rank
 
Property / note
Call number: MS q Med.90.
 
Property / note: Call number: MS q Med.90. / rank
Normal rank
 
Property / note
Former call number: MS 1517.
 
Property / note: Former call number: MS 1517. / rank
Normal rank
 
Property / note
Bibliography: Howard M. Nixon, Sixteenth-century gold-tooled bookbindings in the Pierpont Morgan Library (New York, 1971); 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. 42.
 
Property / note: Bibliography: Howard M. Nixon, Sixteenth-century gold-tooled bookbindings in the Pierpont Morgan Library (New York, 1971); 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. 42. / rank
Normal rank
 
Property / date last updated
28 November 2023
Timestamp+2023-11-28T00:00:00Z
Timezone+00:00
CalendarGregorian
Precision1 day
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After0
 
Property / date last updated: 28 November 2023 / rank
Normal rank
 
Property / IIIF manifest
 
Property / IIIF manifest: https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/rv046j33x/manifest / rank
Normal rank
 
Property / title as recorded
 
Book of hours : use of St-Brieuc or Dôl : in Latin and French].
Property / title as recorded: Book of hours : use of St-Brieuc or Dôl : 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
 
Hofstede, Petrus, 1716-1803
Property / associated name as recorded: Hofstede, Petrus, 1716-1803 / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / associated name as recorded: Hofstede, Petrus, 1716-1803 / qualifier
 
Property / associated name as recorded: Hofstede, Petrus, 1716-1803 / qualifier
 
Property / associated name as recorded
 
Bragge, William, 1823-1884
Property / associated name as recorded: Bragge, William, 1823-1884 / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / associated name as recorded: Bragge, William, 1823-1884 / qualifier
 
Property / associated name as recorded: Bragge, William, 1823-1884 / qualifier
 
Property / associated name as recorded
 
Bernard Quaritch (Firm)
Property / associated name as recorded: Bernard Quaritch (Firm) / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / associated name as recorded: Bernard Quaritch (Firm) / qualifier
 
Property / associated name as recorded: Bernard Quaritch (Firm) / qualifier
 
Property / genre as recorded
 
Manuscripts, French--France
Property / genre as recorded: Manuscripts, French--France / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / genre as recorded: Manuscripts, French--France / qualifier
 
Property / genre as recorded: Manuscripts, French--France / 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
 
Inscriptions
Property / genre as recorded: Inscriptions / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / genre as recorded: Inscriptions / 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 / subject as recorded
 
Christian women--Prayers and devotions
Property / subject as recorded: Christian women--Prayers and devotions / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / subject as recorded: Christian women--Prayers and devotions / qualifier
 
Property / subject as recorded: Christian women--Prayers and devotions / qualifier
 
Property / language as recorded
 
In Latin, with some French
Property / language as recorded: In Latin, with some French / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / language as recorded: In Latin, with some French / qualifier
 
Property / language as recorded: In Latin, with some French / qualifier
 
Property / production date as recorded
 
between 1425 and 1430
Property / production date as recorded: between 1425 and 1430 / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / production date as recorded: between 1425 and 1430 / qualifier
 
century: 15. century
Timestamp+1401-01-01T00:00:00Z
Timezone+00:00
CalendarGregorian
Precision100 years
Before0
After0
Property / production date as recorded: between 1425 and 1430 / qualifier
 
Property / production date as recorded: between 1425 and 1430 / qualifier
 
earliest date: 1425Gregorian
Timestamp+1425-01-01T00:00:00Z
Timezone+00:00
CalendarGregorian
Precision1 year
Before0
After0
Property / production date as recorded: between 1425 and 1430 / qualifier
 
latest date: 1430Gregorian
Timestamp+1430-12-31T00:00:00Z
Timezone+00:00
CalendarGregorian
Precision1 year
Before0
After0
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: 150 leaves : parchment, ill. ; 190 x 135 (90 x 60) mm bound to 20 cm, in box 23 cm
Property / physical description: Extent: 150 leaves : parchment, ill. ; 190 x 135 (90 x 60) mm bound to 20 cm, in box 23 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.
Property / note: Bibliographic record created by BPL staff based on description by Dr. Lisa Fagin Davis. / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / note
 
Collation: Parchment, fol. iii (first flyleaf 16th-century paper, second and third are parchment) + 150 + iii (first and second flyleaves parchment, final leaf 16th-century paper ; 1-1510 ; modern arabic pencil foliation, upper, outer corner of each recto.
Property / note: Collation: Parchment, fol. iii (first flyleaf 16th-century paper, second and third are parchment) + 150 + iii (first and second flyleaves parchment, final leaf 16th-century paper ; 1-1510 ; modern arabic pencil foliation, upper, outer corner of each recto. / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / note
 
Layout: Single column, 13 lines. Bounding and writing lines in red plummet.
Property / note: Layout: Single column, 13 lines. Bounding and writing lines in red plummet. / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / note
 
Script: Written in a northern gothic textualis formata (textus quadratus) in black ink with red rubrics.
Property / note: Script: Written in a northern gothic textualis formata (textus quadratus) in black ink with red rubrics. / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / note
 
Decoration (primary): Thirteen three-quarter-page miniatures with gold-scroll or diapered backgrounds: The Annunciation (fol. 21, Matins) -- The Visitation (fol. 42, Lauds) -- The Crucifiction (fol. 52v, Matins, Little Hours of the Holy Cross) -- The Trinity (fol. 54, Matins, Little Hours of the Holy Spirit) -- The Nativity (fol. 55v, Prime) -- The Annunciation to the Shepherds (fol. 61...
Property / note: Decoration (primary): Thirteen three-quarter-page miniatures with gold-scroll or diapered backgrounds: The Annunciation (fol. 21, Matins) -- The Visitation (fol. 42, Lauds) -- The Crucifiction (fol. 52v, Matins, Little Hours of the Holy Cross) -- The Trinity (fol. 54, Matins, Little Hours of the Holy Spirit) -- The Nativity (fol. 55v, Prime) -- The Annunciation to the Shepherds (fol. 61... / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / note
 
Decoration (secondary): 1-line gold initials on red and blue throughout; 2-line initials throughout alternating salmon or blue with white filigree highlighting on gold with gold bar extensions filling inner margin, leafy extensions into upper and lower margins with black tracery vines and gold leaves, 3-lines high with full border in similar style on leaves with miniatures.
Property / note: Decoration (secondary): 1-line gold initials on red and blue throughout; 2-line initials throughout alternating salmon or blue with white filigree highlighting on gold with gold bar extensions filling inner margin, leafy extensions into upper and lower margins with black tracery vines and gold leaves, 3-lines high with full border in similar style on leaves with miniatures. / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / note
 
Binding: 16th-century calf over pasteboard, elaborately gilt and tooled in Grolier style, possibly by Claude de Picques or Jean Picard (see Nixon, #25, pp. 95-97), spine gilt in compartments, all edges gilt, mottoes on front and back with initials: "Plenitudo legis dilectio/A.M." (front, Romans 13:10) and "A.M./Humilitas exaltat/FOL.I." (back); clasps lacking; formerly housed in a custom blue...
Property / note: Binding: 16th-century calf over pasteboard, elaborately gilt and tooled in Grolier style, possibly by Claude de Picques or Jean Picard (see Nixon, #25, pp. 95-97), spine gilt in compartments, all edges gilt, mottoes on front and back with initials: "Plenitudo legis dilectio/A.M." (front, Romans 13:10) and "A.M./Humilitas exaltat/FOL.I." (back); clasps lacking; formerly housed in a custom blue... / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / note
 
Origin: Produced in Brittany for the use of a woman around the year 1425. The Hours of the Virgin suggests the use of St-Brieuc (on the northern coast of Brittany), while the Office of the Dead points to Dôl, some 50 miles to the east. The calendar includes saints that also point to both locations: St. Sansonis, Bishop of Dôl (in red, 28 July), and St. William, Bishop of St-Brieuc (in red, 29...
Property / note: Origin: Produced in Brittany for the use of a woman around the year 1425. The Hours of the Virgin suggests the use of St-Brieuc (on the northern coast of Brittany), while the Office of the Dead points to Dôl, some 50 miles to the east. The calendar includes saints that also point to both locations: St. Sansonis, Bishop of Dôl (in red, 28 July), and St. William, Bishop of St-Brieuc (in red, 29... / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / note
 
Provenance: Bound in the Grolier style in the mid-sixteenth century for an unidentified patron, presumably with the initials "A.M." as found on both covers. Belonged to Dutch Reformed minister Petrus Hofstede (1716-1803), according to a description pasted inside the front cover written by the next (unidentified) owner in 1804: "Plenitudo legis dilectio sine anno mss splendidissimi in membr...
Property / note: Provenance: Bound in the Grolier style in the mid-sixteenth century for an unidentified patron, presumably with the initials "A.M." as found on both covers. Belonged to Dutch Reformed minister Petrus Hofstede (1716-1803), according to a description pasted inside the front cover written by the next (unidentified) owner in 1804: "Plenitudo legis dilectio sine anno mss splendidissimi in membr... / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / note
 
Immediate source of acquisition: Purchased from Quaritch in December 1939.
Property / note: Immediate source of acquisition: Purchased from Quaritch in December 1939. / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / note
 
Call number: MS q Med.90.
Property / note: Call number: MS q Med.90. / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / note
 
Former call number: MS 1517.
Property / note: Former call number: MS 1517. / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / note
 
Bibliography: Howard M. Nixon, Sixteenth-century gold-tooled bookbindings in the Pierpont Morgan Library (New York, 1971); 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. 42.
Property / note: Bibliography: Howard M. Nixon, Sixteenth-century gold-tooled bookbindings in the Pierpont Morgan Library (New York, 1971); 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. 42. / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / date last updated
 
4 December 2023
Timestamp+2023-12-04T00:00:00Z
Timezone+00:00
CalendarGregorian
Precision1 day
Before0
After0
Property / date last updated: 4 December 2023 / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / IIIF manifest
 
Property / IIIF manifest: https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/rv046j33x/manifest / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / dated
 
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 (8444921, MS q Med.90)
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Book of hours : use of St-Brieuc or Dôl : in Latin and French]. (DS3554)
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Boston Public Library (8444921, MS q Med.90)

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    28 November 2023
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    Book of hours : use of St-Brieuc or Dôl : in Latin and French].
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    Manuscripts, French--France
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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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    Christian women--Prayers and devotions
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    In Latin, with some French
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    between 1425 and 1430
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    Extent: 150 leaves : parchment, ill. ; 190 x 135 (90 x 60) mm bound to 20 cm, in box 23 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.
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    Collation: Parchment, fol. iii (first flyleaf 16th-century paper, second and third are parchment) + 150 + iii (first and second flyleaves parchment, final leaf 16th-century paper ; 1-1510 ; modern arabic pencil foliation, upper, outer corner of each recto.
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    Layout: Single column, 13 lines. Bounding and writing lines in red plummet.
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    Script: Written in a northern gothic textualis formata (textus quadratus) in black ink with red rubrics.
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    Decoration (primary): Thirteen three-quarter-page miniatures with gold-scroll or diapered backgrounds: The Annunciation (fol. 21, Matins) -- The Visitation (fol. 42, Lauds) -- The Crucifiction (fol. 52v, Matins, Little Hours of the Holy Cross) -- The Trinity (fol. 54, Matins, Little Hours of the Holy Spirit) -- The Nativity (fol. 55v, Prime) -- The Annunciation to the Shepherds (fol. 61...
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    Decoration (secondary): 1-line gold initials on red and blue throughout; 2-line initials throughout alternating salmon or blue with white filigree highlighting on gold with gold bar extensions filling inner margin, leafy extensions into upper and lower margins with black tracery vines and gold leaves, 3-lines high with full border in similar style on leaves with miniatures.
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    Binding: 16th-century calf over pasteboard, elaborately gilt and tooled in Grolier style, possibly by Claude de Picques or Jean Picard (see Nixon, #25, pp. 95-97), spine gilt in compartments, all edges gilt, mottoes on front and back with initials: "Plenitudo legis dilectio/A.M." (front, Romans 13:10) and "A.M./Humilitas exaltat/FOL.I." (back); clasps lacking; formerly housed in a custom blue...
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    Origin: Produced in Brittany for the use of a woman around the year 1425. The Hours of the Virgin suggests the use of St-Brieuc (on the northern coast of Brittany), while the Office of the Dead points to Dôl, some 50 miles to the east. The calendar includes saints that also point to both locations: St. Sansonis, Bishop of Dôl (in red, 28 July), and St. William, Bishop of St-Brieuc (in red, 29...
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    Provenance: Bound in the Grolier style in the mid-sixteenth century for an unidentified patron, presumably with the initials "A.M." as found on both covers. Belonged to Dutch Reformed minister Petrus Hofstede (1716-1803), according to a description pasted inside the front cover written by the next (unidentified) owner in 1804: "Plenitudo legis dilectio sine anno mss splendidissimi in membr...
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    Immediate source of acquisition: Purchased from Quaritch in December 1939.
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    Call number: MS q Med.90.
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    Former call number: MS 1517.
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    Bibliography: Howard M. Nixon, Sixteenth-century gold-tooled bookbindings in the Pierpont Morgan Library (New York, 1971); 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. 42.
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    4 December 2023
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