(Q1265)

Statements

[Book of hours (Use of Rouen)].
0 references
Book of hours (Smith College Ms. 274)
0 references
0 references
Catholic Church--Prayers and devotions--Latin.
0 references
Books of hours--France.
0 references
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Massachusetts--Northampton.
0 references
0 references
Manuscript note: ff. [1] - [12v]: Calendar [Use of Rouen: Ansbertus (9 Feb.), Honorine (10 Feb.), Martialus (3 July), Turinus (11 August), Ursinus (30 Dec.)]; ff. 1-4v: Selections from the Gospels of John, Matthew and Mark; ff. 5-9: Prayers to the Virgin (Obsecro te -- O intemerata); f. 9v: originally blank, with a s. XVII addition, "O lord in the is al my trust/Gife eare unto my wofulle cry...
0 references
Manuscript note: Minatures are: Annunication (f. 11) -- David in Prayer (f. 34) -- Funeral Service (f. 52).
0 references
168 x 118 (102 x 54) mm.: Ms.
0 references
168 x 118 (102 x 54) mm.: In Latin; calendar in French; use of Paris.
0 references
168 x 118 (102 x 54) mm.: Three 3/4-page miniatures; five 3/4 floral borders and numerous decorated initials.
0 references
168 x 118 (102 x 54) mm.: Textura script in black; red, blue and gold initials (1 and 2 lines); red, blue and gold line endings; rubrics in red.
0 references
168 x 118 (102 x 54) mm.: Numerous marginal notes by early English owners, including: Robert Birnie (1647, inside front cover), John Bones of Wellhall and Iddlewood (verso of first flyleaf), Thomas Baillie, Henry Marshall Ney (donor's grandfather). Armorial bookplate of W.F.H. Fletcher inside front cover.
0 references
168 x 118 (102 x 54) mm.: Inscription by unknown hand on last leaf: "By tracing of the year with new ink I take it to be 1442 tho by the painting I think it much older."
0 references
168 x 118 (102 x 54) mm.: Bound in modern quarter-leather with oak boards, metal clasp (leather strap lacking) and bosses.
0 references
22 June 2023
0 references
22 June 2023
0 references