Book of Hours, Sarum use (DS9731) (Q43197)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens (.b18619599, https://catalog.huntington.org/record=b1861959, mssHM 19913)
- Book of hours (Diocese of Salisbury, England)
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| English | Book of Hours, Sarum use (DS9731) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens (.b18619599, https://catalog.huntington.org/record=b1861959, mssHM 19913) |
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Book of hours (Diocese of Salisbury, England)
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Scheerre, Herman, active 1405-1425
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Illuminations (paintings)--England--15th century
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Books of hours--England--15th century
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Miniatures (Painting)--England\y15th century
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between 1400 and 1415
15. century
1400Gregorian
1415Gregorian
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Extent: ff. iii + iv + 142 + iv + vii : parchment ; 82 x 110 mm
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Book of Hours, Sarum use, written in England and dated to approximately 1405 by C. Kuhn based upon the miniatures (cf. C. Kuhn, "Herman Scheerre and English Illumination of the early Fifteenth Century," Art Bulletin 22 (1940) 138-56).
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Span folios: ff. 1-142v. Support: Parchment. Layout: 16 2-58 64(through f. 42) 7-88 96(through f. 64) 10-188 1910(? ff. 137-142, one leaf missing before f. 138, stitching between ff. 140-141, at least one leaf missing after f. 142). Catchwords in lower right margin, sometimes on a scroll. Ruled space, 63 x 38 mm; 19 long lines through f. 42, thereafter 18 long lines, ruled in pale red ink with...
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Decoration: Four miniatures, 13- or 12-line, enclosed by painted illusionistic frames in orange, blue or pink decorated with clusters of 3 white dots; the frame on f. 65 consists of alternating orange and green ribbons twined around a blue rod. Three of the miniatures are attributed to followers of Herman Scheerre (ff. 43, 65, and 104); the last miniature, f. 122, is attributed to Scheerre...
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Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 11/25/2009.
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In the lower margin of f. 1 are the initials "I.G." in a late sixteenth or early seventeenth century hand. Acquired by Dr. Eric G. Millar (1887-1966) from James Thorp in London, 1934; his notes, ff. i-ii, and on file; his sale, Sotheby's, 15 June 1959 lot 190 with a plate of all 4 miniatures. Acquired by the Huntington Library at that time.
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22 July 2024
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22 July 2024
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