(Q43035)

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Book of Hours, use of Besançon[?
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Illuminations (paintings)--France--15th century
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Books of hours--France--15th century
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between 1400 and 1450
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Extent: ff. iii + i + 115 (f. 1 is a flyleaf) + ii : parchment ; 165 x 216 mm
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Book of Hours written during the first half of the fifteenth century perhaps for use in Besançon, to judge from the Office of the Dead, and the saints in the litany.
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Span folios: ff. 1-115v. Support: Parchment. Layout: 16(from f. 2) 26 3-148(through f. 109) 158(-6, 8). Ruled space, 115 x 81 mm; 16 long lines ruled in pale red ink. Written in a gothic book hand of varying size according to liturgical function.
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Decoration: Sixteen large illuminations above 3 lines of text within arched compartments by more than one artist; some of the miniatures are based upon compositions of the Boucicaut Master. Borders in 2 styles, the division occurring after quire 3 between ff. 29-30. 3-line initials in white-patterned blue or pink with colored trilobe leaf infilling against a cusped gold ground; 2- and 1-line...
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Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 9/15/2009.
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The arms of early owners on ff. 1v and 115 were identified by A. Van de Put, as those of Jacques d'Archiac, lord of Aveilles (on f. 1v) and of his wife, Louise d'Aumont (on f. 115): his arms, encircled by a laurel wreath, gules two pales vair a chief or; her arms, also encircled by a laurel wreath, per pale, I, gules one [for two] pales vair a chief or (Archiac; similar to Rietstap, vol. 1...
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22 July 2024
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22 July 2024
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