Book of Hours, use of Paris (DS9710) (Q43134)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens (.b18619381, https://catalog.huntington.org/record=b1861938, mssHM 1163)
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | Book of Hours, use of Paris (DS9710) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens (.b18619381, https://catalog.huntington.org/record=b1861938, mssHM 1163) |
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Church, Elihu Dwight, 1835-1908
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Illuminations (paintings)--France--15th century
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Grotesques--France--15th century
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Books of hours--France--15th century
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between 1450 and 1499
15. century
1450Gregorian
1499Gregorian
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Extent: ff. ii + 201 + ii : parchment ; 106 x 162 mm
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Book of Hours, use of Paris, written in France circa 1480 for a member of the family of Malet de Graville, whose coat of arms appears in the margins of f. 62.
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Span folios: ff. 1-201v. Support: Parchment. Layout: 1-26 3(ff. 13-16, of unclear structure; f. 13 almost certainly a singleton) 4-58 64(through f. 36) 78 88(-8, excised) 98 108(-1 and 2, excised) 11-158 164(through f. 109) 17-228 2312(through f. 169) 24-278. Most catchwords are present, written in the script of the text across the center of the lower margin, on f. 51v written vertically along...
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Decoration: Fifteen large miniatures, usually above 3 lines of text in arched compartments, surrounded by full borders of blue and gold acanthus, flowers, green pears, strawberries, and a particularly large number of grotesques, frequently obscene. The miniatures are in the style of Jean Fouquet (cf. Claude Schaefer, "Recherches sur l'iconologie et la stylistique de l'art de Jean Fouquet...
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Other decoration: 3-line initial on f. 22v as pink acanthus leaves against a golden acanthus leaf ground with a coat of arms as infilling; the initial on f. 97 formed of white acanthus leaves; that on f. 110 contains an image of David. Other 3-line, and the 2- and 1-line initials in maroon or blue decorated with gold leafy swirls against backgrounds of the other color, also decorated with...
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Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 10/13/2009.
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Written for a member of the family of Malet de Graville, whose coat of arms appears in the margin of f. 62 (Rietstap, vol. 4, pl. 127); added to the initial on f. 22v are the arms of the Balzac family, seigneurs d'Entragues (Rietstap, vol. 1, pl. 116); the original owners may have been Louis Malet and his wife, Jeanne de Balzac; their daughter, Anne, married Pierre de Balzac in 1505. The book...
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22 July 2024
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22 July 2024
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