Book of Hours, Use of Rome, Heures Mixtes; Book of Hours (DS574) (Q2684)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Indiana University, Bloomington (Medieval and Renaissance 29)
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Book of Hours, Use of Rome, Heures Mixtes; Book of Hours (DS574) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Indiana University, Bloomington (Medieval and Renaissance 29) |
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Master of the Vienna Mamerot, in the style of
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Jean Fouquet, in the style of
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Damascène Morgand, Bulletin mensuel 29 (November 1891), no. 19790 (cutting inside upper cover); Elisabeth Ball (1897-1982); part of her bequest to the Lilly Library, 1982.
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s. XV(2); 1450-1499
15. century
1450Gregorian
1499Gregorian
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Binding: Bound in late sixteenth-century French dark brown morocco gilt, gilt edges, lacking 2 pairs of ties; in a fawn cloth case.
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Figurative details, ff. 219: 15 large miniatures, either full-page (sometimes incorporating a few words of text, as on fols. 13r and 29r) or in large arch-topped compartments above large illuminated initials and within full illuminated floral borders including birds and grotesques, showing Saint John on Patmos (fol. 13r, Gospel Sequences), the Virgin and Child, full-length, enthroned (fol...
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Other decoration, ff. 219: Calendar in alternating lines of red and blue with major entries in gold; small initials and line-fillers throughout in liquid gold on colored panels.
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Script, ff. 219: Ba^tarde.
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Layout, ff. 219: Collation: i–ii#^6#, iii–iv#^8#, v–xi#^8#, xii#^6+2# [fols. 89–90 are an inserted bifolium, for no obvious reason], xiii–xxvii#^8#, xxviii#^7# [of 8, blank vii canceled]; ruled in red ink, 12 lines, written-space 57 mm. by 40 mm.
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Bibliography: Stratford 2002, passim; Avril 2003, pp. 382-83, no. 49.
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ff. 219: Coat-of-arms, smudged but including azure a bend, apparently or, perhaps those of a member of the Burgundian family of Longwy (Rietstap 1884, II, p. 94). A possible candidate might be Philippe de Longwy (1447–1493), seigneur de Pagny, or his elder brother, Étienne de Longwy, bishop of Mâcon 1485–1511. Prayers in the manuscript are for male use.
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ff. 219: Latin.
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f.1r-210r: Use of Tours. The text comprises: a Calendar, in French (fol. 1r); the Gospel Sequences (fol. 13r); the Obsecro te (fol. 21r); the Hours of the Virgin [Use of Tours] (fol. 29r) mixed with the Hours of the Cross and of the Holy Ghost; the Penitential Psalms (fol. 117r) and Litany; the Office of the Dead (fol. 143r); verses on the Arms of Christ (fol. 207v) and the Instruments of the...
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28 June 2023
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28 June 2023
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