Book of Hours, use of Paris (DS6337) (Q26511)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Free Library of Philadelphia (Widener 5, Widener 5)
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Book of Hours, use of Paris (DS6337) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Free Library of Philadelphia (Widener 5, Widener 5) |
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Vrelant, Guillaume, -1481
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Rosenbach, A.S.W. (Abraham Simon Wolf), 1876-1952
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Widener, Joseph E. (Joseph Early), 1872-1943
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1425-1470
15. century
1425Gregorian
1470Gregorian
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Extent: iv+187+iv; 193 x 141 mm bound to 200 x 150 mm; parchment
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Calendar and prayers on fols. 240r-248v in French
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Binding: Red velvet over pasteboard, gilt edges, circa 1900
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Layout: One column of fifteen lines, frame-ruled in red ink; written area: 110 x 68 mm
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Script: Gothic--textualis semi-quadrata
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Decoration: Seven full-page miniatures (fols. 13v, 19v, 24v, 37v, 46r, 52v, 65v) by Willem Vrelant, a Flemish artist from Bruges, and dated to circa 1470 have been inserted into the book, probably at a later date; fourteen large miniatures with foliate borders at each major section of text original to the manuscript by an anonymous artist; small decorated initials, line fillers, and vertical...
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Related resource: Ricci, Seymour de, with the assistance of W. J. Wilson, Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada, vol. 2 (New York,: H. W. Wilson, 1935-40), p. 2116, n. 5.
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Related resource: Plummer, John, and Gregory Clark, The Last Flowering: French Painting in Manuscripts, 1420-1530, from American Collections, exh. cat. (New York: The Pierpont Morgan Library; London: Oxford University Press, 1982), p. 18
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Related resource: Philadelphia Museum of Art, Leaves of Gold: Manuscript Illumination from Philadelphia Collections, edited by James R. Tanis (Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2001), pp. 81-83, no. 20
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Related resource: König, Eberhard, Les Belles Heures du Duc de Berry: Begleitband zur Faksimile-Edition (Lucerne: Faksimile Verlag, 2003), pp. 53, 60, and fig. 21.
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Related resource: Dückers, Rob, and Pieter Roelofs, The Limbourg Brothers: Nijmegen Masters at the French Court, 1400-1416 (Nijmegen: Ludion, 2005), pp. 392-393, cat. no. 112 (entrey by Gregory T. Clark).
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Related resource: Husband, Timothy. The Art of Illumination: The Limbourg Brothers and the Belles Heures of Jean De France, Duc De Berry (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2008), p. 323, n. 9.
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Related resource: Delmira Espada, "A luz da grisalha. Arte, Liturgia e História no Livro de Horas dito de D. Leonor – Il165 da BNP," Medievalista [Online], 10 | 2011
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Related resource: Cecere, Marianna, Newberry Library MS 53: Unlocking the Secrets of a Late Medieval Book of Hours (2017). Theses and Dissertations, p. 1592.
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Related resource: Lexicon van Boekverlutchers
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Related resource: TELMA-Luxury Bound: A corpus of manuscripts illustrated in the Netherlands (1400-1550)
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Provenance: Morot family, parish of Notre Dame de la Dehour (?), circa 1648-60 (family notes on fol. 187r-v); A. S. W. Rosenbach, Philadelphia; P. A. B. Widener, Philadelphia, October 19, 1910; Joseph E. Widener, Philadelphia, 1915; given by his children, Josephine Widener Wichfeld and Peter A. B. Widener, to the Free Library of Philadelphia in 1944, in memory of their father
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Contributor: Diane Biunno
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Cataloger: Amey Hutchins
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Cataloger: Judith Weston
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Cataloger: Nicholas Herman
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Funder: Council on Library and Information Resources
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5 December 2023
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5 December 2023
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