Book of Hours, use of Langres (DS9715) (Q43149)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens (.b18619435, https://catalog.huntington.org/record=b1861943, mssHM 1169)
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Book of Hours, use of Langres (DS9715) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens (.b18619435, https://catalog.huntington.org/record=b1861943, mssHM 1169) |
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Hoe, Robert, 1839-1909
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Illuminations (paintings)--France--15th century
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Books of hours--France--15th century
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between 1485 and 1499
15. century
1485Gregorian
1499Gregorian
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Extent: ff. ii + 113 (with 14 bis and 49 bis) + iii : parchment ; 136 x 196 mm
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Book of Hours written at the end of the fifteenth century in France, for use in Langres, as indicated by the liturgical forms of the hours of the Virgin and the office of the Dead, and by the saints of the calendar and the litany.
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Span folios: ff. 1-113v (with 14 bis and 49 bis). Support: Parchment. Layout: 1-26 38(through f. 19) 4-58 68(-3, after f. 37) 7-88 92(through f. 59) 10-158 166. Ruled space, 110 x 69 mm; 20 long lines, ruled in pale red ink; pricking occasionally visible along the outer margin. Written in two sizes of a bâtarde script, according to liturgical function.
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Decoration: Eleven large miniatures above 4 lines of text, enclosed by simple painted gold frames; the outer borders usually compartmentalized. 4-line initials in white-patterned blue or orange-tinged pink on a burnished gold ground with trilobe leaf infilling; 2- and 1-line initials in burnished gold on alternating dark pink or blue grounds with infilling of the other color; ribbon line...
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Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 10/13/2009.
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Belonged to Robert Hoe, Grolier Club (1892) n. 22; Cat. (1909) pp. 71-72; his sale, Anderson, New York, 1912, pt. IV, n. 2346 to G. D. Smith. Precise 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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