(Q42831)
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Book of hours
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Firmin-Didot, Ambroise, 1790-1876
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Hoe, Robert, 1839-1909
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Books of hours--France--16th century
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Manuscripts (documents)--France--16th century
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Books of hours--Texts--Early works to 1800
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beginning of the 16th century
16. century
1500Gregorian
1515Gregorian
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Extent: 158 leaves : parchment ; 155 x 102 (96 x 57) mm
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Parchment, ff. ii (modern parchment) + 158 + ii (modern parchment). Quire structure difficult to determine as many leaves are singletons joined to "conjunct" leaves by tabs; collation often relies upon modern binders numbering of the quires. 1-26 34 46(through f. 22) 5-64 7-86 94 10 (ff. 47-53, but lacking 1 leaf before f. 51) 11 (ff. 54-63, but lacking 1 leaf before f. 62, and misbound: f. 57...
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Written in the early sixteenth century in France; the litany and the suffrages indicate Tours. Written in a bâtarde script, the main body of the text in one hand. A second scribe appears to have been responsible for most occurrences of the suffrage of All Saints (after each hour in the hours of the Virgin), and for the short hours of the Cross and the Holy Spirit; he often copies only one side...
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Three large miniatures apparently missing, for the openings of the hours of the Cross, of sext and of compline (before ff. 51, 62 and 77). Nine large miniatures survive, usually surrounding 5 (but occasionally 6 or 4) lines of text, enclosed by painted gold architectural or picture frames, and set against a rust-colored ground. The miniatures, with subjects in large scale in the foreground in...
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Sold in 1854 by Lamarche of Dijon to Ambroise Firmin Didot (1790-1876); his sale, Paris, 12 June 1882, n. 21 to Lortic. Belonged to Robert Hoe; his sale, Anderson, New York, 1912, pt. III, n. 2069 to G. D. Smith. Precise source and date of acquisition by Henry E. Huntington unknown.
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22 July 2024
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22 July 2024
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