Book of Hours, use of Rome (DS309) (Q1699)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from General Theological Seminary (10 Western)
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Book of Hours, use of Rome (DS309) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from General Theological Seminary (10 Western) |
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Gold Scrolls Group, school of
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Written in Flanders in the second quarter of the fifteenth century. A clipping accompanying the book from the GTS(?) Bulletin June 1968 says that Dr. John Plummer of the Pierpont Morgan Library identified the book.
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as being from the School of the Master of the Golden Scrolls, active in Belgium, probably Bruges in the decade 1420-30, and suggests the addition of Saint Rupert in the calendar connects the book to Salzburg. Purchased by General Theological Seminary in 1968. Inhouse call number: LIT 1200 1420-1430.
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s. XV(2/4); 1425-1450
15. century
1425Gregorian
1450Gregorian
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Binding: Bound, s. XIX#^1# in sheepskin finished to look like morocco with gold tooling, retaining earlier sewing structure with alum tawed thongs.
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Figurative details, ff. 1-70: Five full-page miniatures on the versos of inserted singletons, blank on the rectos.
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Other decoration, ff. 1-70: Major initials, 5- or 6-line, white-patterned dark pink or blue on a ground of the opposite color outlined in gold, infilling of red and blue flowers; 4- or 5- line initials in gold on white-patterned dark pink and blue grounds with the same infilling; for the Hours of the Virgin, these initials are accompanied by a C-shaped text frame in thin gold and colored bars...
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Script, ff. 1-70: Gothic.
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Layout, ff. 1-70: 1#^8#(-1, 2) 2#^8#(+1, 4, ff. 7, 10) 3#^10#(+4, f. 20; -10) 4#^6#(through f. 32) 5#^8# 6#^8#(+6, f. 46) 7#^8#(+8, f. 57) 8#^8# 9#^4#.
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ff. 1-70: An inserted full page miniature is likely missing before f. 13.
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ff. 1-70: Latin.
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ff. 1-70v: ff. 1-6v: Calendar; ff.7v-9v: Short Hours of the Cross; ff. 10v-12v: Short Hours of the Holy Spirit; ff. 13-20: Mass of the Virgin; ff.20v-45v: Hours of the Virgin; ff. 46v-56: Penitential Psalms and litany; ff. 67-70v: Obsecro Te, O intemerata (masculine forms).
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We thank Gania Barlow for her description of this manuscript.
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28 June 2023
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28 June 2023
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