Book of Hours, use of Rome (DS9665) (Q42999)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens (.b1861890x, https://catalog.huntington.org/record=b1861890, mssHM 1124)
- Book of hours (Usus Romanus)
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| English | Book of Hours, use of Rome (DS9665) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens (.b1861890x, https://catalog.huntington.org/record=b1861890, mssHM 1124) |
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Book of hours (Usus Romanus)
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Master of Morgan 85, active 1490-1520
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Crawford, William Horatio, 1815?-1888
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Hoe, Robert, 1839-1909
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Books of hours--France--16th century
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Illuminations (paintings)--France--16th century
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between 1500 and 1515
16. century
1500Gregorian
1515Gregorian
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Extent: ff. ii + 189 + i : parchment ; 133 x 200 mm
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Book of Hours, use of Rome, written in France at the beginning of the sixteenth century at the order of Franciscus de Mello for his sister, Maria Manuel.
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Span folios: ff. 1-189v. Support: Parchment. Layout: 18 24 38(through f. 20) 4-68 78(+7, f. 51) 8-118 126(through f. 91) 13-144 156(through f. 105) 168 178(+9, f. 122) 18-258 + 3 leaves; catchwords occasionally present in inner right corner. Ruled space, 123 x 70 mm; 20 long lines ruled in pale red ink. Written in a humanistic script varying in size according to liturgical function.
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Decoration: Twenty-five full page miniatures, set within painted gold architectural frames by the illuminator referred to as the Master of Morgan 85. Miniatures may derive from woodcuts of Albrecht Dürer (cf. his "Small Woodcut Passion," datable ca. 1509-11, as the source of the miniature on f. 65v). Those depicting sorrowful scenes are in grisaille, and tend to be on a somewhat larger scale...
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Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 9/10/2009.
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Written at the order of Franciscus de Mello for his sister, Maria Manuel, as stated in the colophon on f. 188v, where there is also a coat of arms: per pale: 1, gules two bars or and six roundels argent, 2, 2 and 2; 2, gules a lion rampant or; the dexter side is similar to the impaled shield for Mello e Castro in Rietstap, vol. 4, pl. 183, which is gules a double traverse cross and six...
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22 July 2024
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22 July 2024
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