(Q43104)

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Book of Hours, use of Sens[?
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Illuminations (paintings)--France--15th century
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Books of hours--France--15th century
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Latin, with the calendar in French
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between 1450 and 1499
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Extent: ff. ii + 115 + ii : parchment ; 108 x 155 mm
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Book of Hours written in the second half of the fifteenth century in France, possibly for use in the diocese of Sens, given the liturgical usage and the saints of the calendar and litany.
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Span folios: ff. 1-115v. Support: Parchment. Layout: 18 24 38(+1, f. 13) 48(+4, f. 25) 58 66(+1, f. 39 and 6, f. 44) 78(+1, f. 47 and 6, f. 52) 88(+3, f. 59) 94 10-138 148(+6, f. 107) 156(-6). Ruled space, 90 x 60 mm; 17 long lines, ruled in pale red ink. Written in a bâtarde script.
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Decoration: Fourteen full page miniatures, of which six are original (with some retouching), and the others are later additions by Caleb W. Wing (see J. Backhouse, "A Victorian Connoisseur and his manuscripts, The Tale of Mr. Jarman and Mr. Wing," British Museum Quarterly 32 (1967-68) 76-92). The original miniatures are part of the quire structure with text on the reverse side and they...
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Other decoration: Major initials, 5- or 4-line, in shaded pink or blue, with flowers on a gold infilling, the whole against a shaded ground of the other color; or, more commonly, as a shaded white ribbon with white flowers or leaves on the gold infilling, the whole set against a square of gold-patterned red. 2- and 1-line initials, in painted gold against alternating brown, blue or red square...
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Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 9/16/2009.
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Possibly lot 25 in the sale of John Boykett Jarman, Sotheby's, 13 June 1864 to de Bure, where it is said to be Flemish; Sir Frederic Madden's annotated copy, however, corrects the origin of lot 25 to French. French sale catalogue slip, n. 200 (pasted to f. i verso and dated by De Ricci "c.1885") describes the book as containing 14 miniatures, some slightly retouched, and with its present...
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22 July 2024
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22 July 2024
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