Book of Hours, use of Paris (DS9669) (Q43011)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens (.b18618947, https://catalog.huntington.org/record=b1861894, mssHM 1128)
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Book of Hours, use of Paris (DS9669) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens (.b18618947, https://catalog.huntington.org/record=b1861894, mssHM 1128) |
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Church, Elihu Dwight, 1835-1908
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Illuminations (paintings)--France--15th century
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Historiated initials--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. i + ii + 200 + i : parchment ; 130 x 185 mm
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Book of Hours, use of Paris, written in France during the second half of the fifteenth century.
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Span folios: ff. 1-200v. Support: Parchment. Layout: 112 2-38(through f. 28) 48 58(+4, f. 40, text) 68 78(+4, f. 57) 86(ff. 63-72; +2, 3, ff. 64-65, a bifolium; + 8, 9, ff. 70-71, two singletons) 9-118 122(ff. 97-98) 13-248 254 262. Occasional catchwords, in the script of the text on ff. 36v, 45v and 106v, and in a bâtarde script on ff. 62v, 72v and 138v. Ruled space, 82 x 58 mm; 13 long...
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Decoration: Fifteen large illuminations usually above 3 lines of text, with full borders of blue and gold acanthus leaves, flowers and various other figures. The miniatures are attributed to an associate of Maître François. Two historiated initials, with bracket borders of blue and gold acanthus leaves on f. 19v and f. 24. In the calendar, roundels at the foot of the recto depict the monthly...
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Holes in the upper margins above some of the full page miniatures from protective cloths once sewn in.
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Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 9/12/2009.
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Priced 6,500 fr. as n. 2555 in a French bookseller's catalogue (Belin?). Belonged to E. Dwight Church; in his Catalogue . . . of English Literature (1909), vol. 1, n. 404, with plate of f. 128v. The Church collection was acquired by Henry E. Huntington in 1911.
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22 July 2024
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22 July 2024
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