Book of hours; use of Poitiers (DS12678) (Q53844)

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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from University of California, Berkeley (991047685349706532, BANC MS UCB 117, https://search.library.berkeley.edu/permalink/01UCS_BER/1thfj9n/alma991047685349706532)
  • Book of hours (Ms. UCB 117)
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Book of hours; use of Poitiers (DS12678)
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from University of California, Berkeley (991047685349706532, BANC MS UCB 117, https://search.library.berkeley.edu/permalink/01UCS_BER/1thfj9n/alma991047685349706532)
  • Book of hours (Ms. UCB 117)

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Book of hours; use of Poitiers
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Book of hours (Ms. UCB 117)
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Illuminated initials (Layout features)
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Manuscrits médiévaux--Californie--Berkeley
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Manuscrits latins médiévaux et modernes--Californie--Berkeley
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Manuscripts, Medieval--California--Berkeley
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Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)
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Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--California--Berkeley
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between 1425 and 1475
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Extent: 135 leaves : parchment, col. ill. ; 153 x 120 (90 x 58-64) mm. bound to 160 x 122 mm.
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parchment, col. ill.
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Formerly owned by Florence S. Walter. Gift of her daughter, Mrs. Paul Bissinger, to The Bancroft Library.
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The name "Charles" appears on fol. 3v, 4r, 43r; the name "Cahots" on fol. 107v; notes in French on fol. 3v (with date of 1593) fol. 4v (with date of 1589), and on fol. 49r.
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Ms. codex.
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Title supplied by cataloger.
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Collation (largely conjectural, based on physical evidence and on amount of missing text): Parchment, fol. vi (modern parchment) + 135 + vi (modern parchment); (one quire of 6 leaves missing initially) 1⁶ 2⁸ ( -1 before fol. 7) 3⁸ 4⁶ ( -an added leaf before fol. 6) 5⁸ ( -an added leaf before fol. 33) 6⁸ 7⁶( -2 center bifolia between fol. 44-45) 8⁸ ( -5 before fol. 50) 9⁶ ( -an added leaf...
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Layout: 13 long lines ruled in pale red ink.
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Script: Written in a formal gothic book hand in 2 sizes according to liturgical function. Fol. 133v-135 by a different scribe.
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Decoration: 4- and 3-line initials in white-patterned blue or pink on burnished gold ground with border the length of the text in sprays of gold leaves, acanthus, flowers, and strawberries. 2-line initials in gold on alternating white- patterned pink or blue grounds with border extensions 1/2 length of text; 1-line initials in similar style but lacking extensions. Ribbon line fillers in...
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Binding: Stiffly bound (ca. 1930-1940 in San Francisco by Florence S. Walter) in tan calf inlaid with red, blue, and green morocco; stamped in gold to form central panel of tree resting on half-moon ground; binder's stamp on inner back cover. Pink silk doublures; gilt edges over red.
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Origin: Written in France towards the middle of the fifteenth century for use in Poitiers, as shown by the liturgical use of the Hours of the Virgin, and by the use of the Office of the Dead; in the calendar and in the litany are saints of local veneration in Poitiers.
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Shelfmark: Berkeley, CA, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, MS UCB 117.
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Former shelfmark: Berkeley, CA, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 2MS BX2080 1450.
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1. fol. 1r-6v: calendar in red and black, beginning defectively in July and including feasts of Generosus (16 July), Junianus (12 August), Radegundis (13 August, in red), Philibert (20 August), Gelasius and Justinus (26 August), Flavia (5 October), Benedict (23 October), Martin of Vertou (24 October), Florentia (1 December), [Venantius] Fortunatus "episcopos pictavensis" (14 December).
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3. fol. 15r-21v: Pericopes of the Gospels, that of John followed by the prayer, Protector in te sperantium ... [Perdrizet, 25].
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5. fol. 60v-63r: Passion according to John, followed by the prayer, Deus qui manus tuas ...
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8. fol. 92r-133r: Office of the Dead, use of Poitiers, beginning defectively.
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20 September 2024
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20 September 2024
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