(Q26505)
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Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ("The John Browne Hours")
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Browne, John, d. 1476
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Widener, Joseph E. (Joseph Early), 1872-1943
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Lady Margaret Ayloffe, 1704?-1797
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Topham, John, 1746-1803
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St. John-Mildmay, Henry St. John Carew, Sir, 1791-1845
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Widener, P.A.B. (Peter Arrell Brown), 1834-1915
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1450-1475
15. century
1450Gregorian
1475Gregorian
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Extent: 153; 225 x 165 mm bound to 241 x 172 mm; parchment
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In Mass of Saint Gregory, his papal tiara has been rubbed out on f. 8v; rubrics (an indulgence?) erased on facing page, f. 9r. text is crossed out on ff. 20r-20v (Suffrage of Saint Thomas Becket). Saint Margaret's face has been effaced on f. 35v
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This manuscript was made for the wealthy English merchant John Browne and his wife Agnes; the fifteenth century binding was done by Anthony de Gavere, a member of a prominent family of Flemish bookbinders active from 1459 to 1505; his name is recorded in the inscriptions stamped into the borders of the four decorative panels on the front and back covers; the two clasps that contain miniatures...
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Binding: Original fifteenth-century dark brown calfskin; by Flemish bookbinder Anthony de Gavere; blind-stamped panels with birds and animals in vines, peasants dancing, angels; inscribed "ANTHONIUS DE GAUERE OB LAUDEM XPISTI LIBRUM HUNC RECTE LIGAUI"; silver clasps inlaid with miniatures on vellum behind rock crystal windows, showing Virgin and Child and Saint Veronica, etched on reverse are...
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Layout: One column of twenty lines; ruled in red ink; evidence of pricking; written area: 125 x 85 mm
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Script: Gothic--textualis quadrata
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Decoration: Twenty-four full-page miniatures, eight large miniatures, twenty-one historiated initials, all with partial or full spray borders; numerous smaller initials and line-fillers in red, blue, and gold throughout
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Related resource: De Ricci, Seymour, 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. 2115-2116, no. 3.
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Related resource: Supplement to the Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada, originated by C. U. Faye, continued and edited by W. H. Bond (New York: The Bibliographical Society of America, 1962), p. 453.
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Related resource: Free Library of Philadelphia. Saints, Scribes, and Scholars: An Exhibition of Illuminated Manuscripts and Early Printed Books from the Collections of the Rare Book Department of the Free Library of Philadelphia. Compiled by Satoko I. Parker, Walter A. Frankel, and Marie E. Korey (Philadelphia: The Free Library of Philadelphia, 1988), p. 18.
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Related resource: Lillian M.C. Randall et al., Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Walters Art Gallery, vol. 3, Belgium, 1250-1530 (Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press with The Walters Art Gallery, 1997), p. 131.
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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. 106-108, cat. no. 33.
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Related resource: Rogers, Nicholas. "Patrons and purchasers: evidence for the original owners of books of hours produced in the Low Countries for the English market," in B. Cardon, J. Van der Stock and D. Vanwijnsberghe (eds.), "Als Ich Can": Liber Amicorum in Memory of Professor Dr. Maurits Smeyers. Leuven, 2002, vol. II, 1165-1181 (see pp. 1167, 1173, 1177, and 1178).
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Related resource: TELMA-Luxury Bound: A corpus of manuscripts illustrated in the Netherlands (1400-1550)
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Related resource: The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, The History of Bookbinding, 525-1950 A.D., exh. cat. (Baltimore: The Walters Art Gallery, 1957), pp. 54-55, no. 127, pl. 28.
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Provenance: Made for John Browne the Younger (d. 1476) and Agnes Browne of Stamford, Lincolnshire, England, 1460-1470; "Tho. Rosary," on flyleaf, c. 1720; "The gift of [Margaret] Lady Ayloffe [1704(?)-1797] to John Topham [1746-1803], Esq. May the 9th 1783," inside front cover; Sir Henry St. John Mildmay of Dogmersfield, Hampshire, England (bookplate of Dogmersfield Library on front flyleaf...
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Contributor: Diane Biunno
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Cataloger: Oliver Mitchell
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Cataloger: Amey Hutchins
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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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