Book of Hours, use of Rouen (DS9758) (Q43278)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens (.b18619861, https://catalog.huntington.org/record=b1861986, mssHM 1145)
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Book of Hours, use of Rouen (DS9758) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens (.b18619861, https://catalog.huntington.org/record=b1861986, mssHM 1145) |
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Illuminations (paintings)--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 + i + 194 + i + ii : parchment ; 135 x 178 mm
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Book of Hours, use of Rouen, written in France, and probably first owned by a woman to judge by the miniature on f. 182v, although the prayers are copied in the masculine forms; the area was Rouen, as indicated by the liturgical use and the saints in the calendar, suffrages and litany.
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Span folios: ff. 1-194v. Support: Parchment. Layout: 112 28(through f. 20) 3-68 712(with 1, now a singleton, bound below as f. 70) 8 (ff. 64-71, of which ff. 64-66 apparently constitute the first half of the quire; a leaf missing after f. 66; f. 67 should be bound after f. 102; f. 68 in its correct position; f. 69 should be bound after f. 111; f. 70 should be bound above, before f. 53; f. 71...
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Decoration: Thirteen large miniatures usually above 3 lines of text in arched compartments with serrated tops. 4- and 3-line initials in white-patterned blue or dark pink against a ground of the other color or against a gold ground, with colored trilobe leaf infilling against a gold ground; except in the presence of full borders, these initials produce marginal extensions of black ivy spray...
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Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 9/16/2009.
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Modern pencil note on front pastedown, "Lovejoy Library." In the R. H. Charlton collection; sale by Anderson, New York, 12 November 1914, n. 263 to G. D. Smith. Precise source and date of acquisition by Henry E. Huntington unknown.
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22 July 2024
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22 July 2024
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