(Q10779)
Statements
Book of Hours : Use of Paris.
0 references
Marlborough, George Spencer Churchill, Duke of, 1766-1840
0 references
Patrick, Albert M
0 references
Fisher, Otto Orren
0 references
Manuscripts, Middle French--16th century
0 references
Manuscripts, Latin--16th century
0 references
Latin, with calendar (f. 1r-12v), the Fifteen joys (f. 72v-75r), and a suffrage of Saint Bernard (f. 106r-106v) in Middle French
0 references
[circa 1500]
16. century
1500Gregorian
1500Gregorian
0 references
Extent: 115 leaves : parchment ; 183 x 135 (118 x 80) mm bound to 192 x 144 mm.
0 references
Origin: Written in France, possibly Paris, in the early 16th century.
0 references
Binding: Early 19th-century Dutch morocco, gilt-tooled with fillets, dentelle, and centerpieces on covers; gilt spine in 6 compartments with spine title Latyns geschreven getyde boe[k]; marbled paper endpapers; two ribbon bookmarks.
0 references
Decoration: 3 completed large arched miniatures above four lines of text with four-line initials, with full floral borders of flowers and acanthus leaves (Annunciation, f. 13r; King David at Prayer, f. 56r; Pentecost, f. 92r); 1 completed large miniature above four lines of text with a three-line initial, with a full floral border of flowers and acanthus leaves (Crucifixion, f. 80r); 5...
0 references
Ms. codex.
0 references
Layout: Written in 14 long lines, with sections in 17 long lines (calendar, quires 1-2), and 16 long lines (f. 29r-32v, 37r-55r, the outer four bifolia of quire 5; f. 64r-79r, quires 9-10); ruled in faint red ink with double upper horizontal bounding lines.
0 references
Collation: Parchment, iii (19th-century paper) + 115 + iii (19th-century paper); 1-2⁶ 3-4⁸ 5¹² 6⁸ 7⁸ (-1) 8-11⁸ 12¹² 13-14⁸; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto for text pages, lower right recto for pages with illuminated borders. Occasional catchwords (quire 4, f. 28r, horizontal lower center last verso; quire 6, f. 48v, vertical lower right last verso; quire 9, f. 71, horizontal...
0 references
Title supplied by cataloger.
0 references
Script: Written in Gothic textualis script of varying size (for example, f. 50v).
0 references
Formerly owned by Otto Orren Fisher (bookplate for Otto Oren Fisher, inside upper cover).
0 references
Sold at auction at Swann Galleries (New York), 3 November 1983, lot 103.
0 references
Sold at auction in the collection of A. M. Patrick at Sotheby's (London), 1 June 1943, lot 137 (description from sale pasted in, f. iii recto)
0 references
Formerly owned by Albert M. Patrick (Sutton Grange, 15 Farquhar Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham; description from sale pasted in, f. iii recto).
0 references
Formerly owned by J. Kendall (stamp, f. ii recto, 13r).
0 references
Sold at auction at Christie's (New York), 7 October 1994, lot 11.
0 references
Sold at auction at Skinner (Boston, Massachusetts), 23 July 2019, lot 51.
0 references
Sold at auction by R. H. Evans (London) as part of the White Knights Library sale (George Spenser-Churchill (1766-1840), 5th duke of Marlborough, formerly Marquess of Blandford), Part 2, 22 June 1819, lot 2926, to bookseller Thomas Rodd (London, 1763-1822).
0 references
21 September 2023
0 references
21 September 2023
0 references