Book of Hours, use of Troyes (DS9759) (Q43281)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens (.b18619873, https://catalog.huntington.org/record=b1861987, mssHM 1146)
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Book of Hours, use of Troyes (DS9759) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens (.b18619873, https://catalog.huntington.org/record=b1861987, mssHM 1146) |
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Chew, Beverly, 1850-1924
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Illuminations (paintings)--France--15th century
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Books of hours--France--15th century
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between 1485 and 1499
15. century
1485Gregorian
1499Gregorian
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Extent: ff. iii + 164 + iii : parchment ; 128 x 184 mm
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Book of Hours, use of Troyes, written at the end of the fifteenth century in France, for use in the area of Troyes, according to the use of the hours of the Virgin and the office of the dead, and according to the saints in the calendar and litany.
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Span folios: ff. 1-164v. Support: Parchment. Layout: 1-26 38(through f. 20) 48(through f. 28) 5-128 132(through f. 94) 14-218 224 232. Evidence of a catchword, now almost entirely cropped, on f. 134v, written in a cursive script in the center lower margin. Ruled space, 103 x 62 mm; 15 long lines, ruled in brownish ink. Written in a gothic book hand in two sizes according to liturgical function.
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Decoration: Thirteen large miniatures above 4 lines of text, in arched compartments; the outer borders usually geometric, enclosing spaces of dark background. 4-line initials in white-patterned blue against a burnished gold ground with colored trilobe leaf infilling, or as painted gold shaded branches against a maroon ground with naturalistic flowers in the infilling; 2-line initials in...
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Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 9/16/2009.
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Given on 19 May 1700 by the Reverend Father F. Rose, O.S.B., to P. Chalopin (the "P.C." lettered on the spine), according to notes on ff. 1 and 164v. Later belonged to Bronod, Avocat au Conseil, whose bookplate (ca. 1750) is on the front pastedown. Further notes on the lower margins of ff. 1-4 state that Bronod bequeathed the volume to his son who in turn left it to his relative, Charpentier...
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22 July 2024
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22 July 2024
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