Book of Hours, use of Amiens (DS9713) (Q43143)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens (.b18619411, https://catalog.huntington.org/record=b1861941, mssHM 1167)
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Book of Hours, use of Amiens (DS9713) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens (.b18619411, https://catalog.huntington.org/record=b1861941, mssHM 1167) |
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Heredia, Ricardo de, conde de Benahavis, 1831-1896
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Books of hours--France--16th century
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Illuminations (paintings)--France--16th century
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between 1490 and 1510
15. century
16. century
1490Gregorian
1510Gregorian
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Extent: ff. i + 120 + i : parchment ; 132 x 190 mm
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Book of Hours written at the turn of the fifteenth century for use in Amiens.
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Span folios: ff. 1-120v. Support: Parchment. Layout: 16(-1) 26 38 44(through f. 23) 58 68(-4, before f. 35) 78 88(-7, before f. 53) 98(-5, before f. 58) 10-168 174. Some evidence of signatures on ff. 12-14 (?). Ruled space, 115 x 83 mm; 16 long lines, ruled in brown-black ink; some pricking visible in the outer margin. Written in a bâtarde script.
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Decoration: Sixteen miniatures of mechanical execution remain, usually enclosed by square painted gold strips; outer border around the text and miniature of white and colored acanthus leaves, and various flowers on a thin wash of gold. 4-, 3- and 2-line initials as shaded ribbons or white branches against painted gold grounds infilled with naturalistic flowers; 1-line initials in painted gold...
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Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 10/13/2009.
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From the collection of Ricardo Heredia y Livermore, Count of Benahavis, whose book label with the monogram R. H. is on the front pastedown; according to a note in Spanish on f. i, Heredia believed the book to have come from the library of the Marques of Isasi; Heredia sale, Paris, 22 May 1891, pt. I, n. 85 to Tumin. Source and date of acquisition by Henry E. Huntington unknown.
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22 July 2024
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22 July 2024
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