(Q17144)
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Book of hours : use of Metz : in Latin and French].
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Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--France
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Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Massachusetts--Boston
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Christian women--Prayers and devotions
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Manuscripts, Medieval--Massachusetts--Boston
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between 1375 and 1399
14. century
1375Gregorian
1399Gregorian
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Extent: 155 leaves : parchment, ill. ; 137 x 100 (87 x 63) mm bound to 15 cm in box 17 cm
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Ms. codex.
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In Latin, with some French in calendar.
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Bibliographic record created by BPL staff based on description by Dr. Lisa Fagin Davis.
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Secundo folio: Febrier a xxvii iours ...
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Collation: Parchment, fol. ii (parchment) + 155 + ii (parchment) ; binding precludes collation ; modern arabic pencil foliation in the lower left corner of each recto, begins with "1" on folio 13, uses "73" twice, so reaches 142 instead of 155, those numbers used in this record for reference.
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Layout: Single column, 13 lines. Bounding and writing lines in brown plummet.
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Script: Written in a gothic bookhand, rubrics in gold leaf.
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Decoration (primary): Ten half-page miniatures with gilt full-bar borders of colored vines and leaves, with three-line initials in gold and colors, some bas-de-page or marginal illustrations and drolleries, gold scroll or diapered backgrounds in gold and colors, these miniatures original to the manuscript: Virgin and child (fol. 9, Matins, Hours of the Virgin) -- The Betrayal (fol. 21, Lauds...
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Decoration (secondary): Four full-page miniatures with vines and gold leaves at corners and in margins, diapered backgrounds in colors, added with fol. 13-18 in the early 15th century: The Annunciation (fol. 1v) -- The Trinity (fol. 2v) -- The Crucifixion (fol. 4v) -- St. John the Baptist and St. John the Evangelist (fol. 6v). One-line initials throughout in gold on colors; two-line initials...
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Binding: Bound in 1854 in blind-stamped dark-green calf over boards, spine gilt in compartments, metal clasps with tortoise-shell inlays, gilt filigree turn-ins, marbled paper pastedowns and conjugate flyleaves, all edges gilt, blue ribbon bookmark, by Duru (signed "Duru 1854" on fol. i verso), gilt fillet board edges.
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Origin: Written in northern France in the third quarter of the 14th century, for the use of a female patron (see portait in the margin of fol. 9). For the use of Metz. The calendar includes numerous Metz feasts in blue or gold: Felice (21 Feb., in blue), the Translation of Clement (2 May, in blue), Arnulphus (16 August, in blue), Terentius (29 October, in blue), and Clement, Bishop of Metz (23...
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Immediate source of acquisition: Purchased by the BPL from the estate of Gabrielle Wells in 1947 (SDBM 57050).
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Call number: MS q Med.105.
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Former call number: MS 1533.
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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. 43.
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28 November 2023
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28 November 2023
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