Book of hours, use of Salisbury (DS18104) (Q74005)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Newberry Library (998194758805867, VAULT Case MS 35, https://i-share-nby.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_NBY/i5mcb2/alma998194758805867)
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Book of hours, use of Salisbury (DS18104) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Newberry Library (998194758805867, VAULT Case MS 35, https://i-share-nby.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_NBY/i5mcb2/alma998194758805867) |
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Gonstone, William
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Mildmay, Thomas
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Illumination of books and manuscripts, Gothic--Belgium--Bruges
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Illumination of books and manuscripts, Gothic
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Catholic Church--Prayers and devotions
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Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)
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approximately 1455
15. century
1455Gregorian
1455Gregorian
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Extent: 170 leaves : parchment, illustrations ; 204 x 140 (105 x 70) mm
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Manuscript codex.
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Title from printed catalog.
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Collation: Parchment, fol. iii + 166 + 1 ; collation impracticable ; alphabetical leaf signatures mostly trimmed.
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Layout: Written in 19 long lines, calendar in 33 lines; ruled in violet ink.
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Script: Written in gothic textura.
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1. Decoration: 27 full-page miniatures on inserted leaves accompanied by two different border schemes: Border A: blue, green orange acanthus spray with gold ivy stem frame (English in appearance); Border B: blue, gold, violet acanthus spay with floral decoration including thistles, violets, and strawberries, very similar to the Bruges borders associated with Willem Vrelant. Each border...
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2. Decoration: 27 full-page miniatures: fol. 7v, border A (Christ with angles playing music on an instrument belonging to the lute family and a harp on either side); fol. 14v, border B (Gnadenstuhl Trinity); fol. 17v, border B (John the Baptist); fol. 19v, border B (George); fol. 21v, border B (Christopher); fol. 23v, border B (Martyrdom of Thomas à Becket); fol. 25v, border B (Anne,the Virgin...
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3. Decoration: 9 historiated initials 5 lines high: fol. 91r, border B (three crosses); fol.91v, 2 initials, border B (Jesus and the stigmata on right hand accompanied by a bracket left type B border); fol 92r, two initials, border B (stigmata on left hand and the wounds of Christ accompanied by a bracket left type B border); fol. 92v, two initials (stigmata on the left foot and stigmata on...
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4. Decoration: Gold, blue, and magenta dentelle initials throughout; guides for the insertion of miniatures written in lower margins of the verso of the preceding folio; that on fol. 18v indicates a miniature of Saint John the Evangelist, now lacking.
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Origin: Written and decorated in Bruges, approximately 1455, for the English market as indicated by the phrase, "secundum consuetudiem Anglie" in fol. 36r. Saints and selections of texts are typically English. Texts 11, 12, 14, and 20 in masculine form.
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Former owners: William Gonstone and Thomas Mildmay.
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Former owner's inscription: "The namys of the children of Wilham Gonstone and Benet his wif of the perisshe of Saincte Donistones in the est as hereafter ffolowith"; list on flyleaf i, first entry: "Friday the xxiiii day of November being Saincte Clementis Day and the xxiiii yere of King Henry VIIthe ...", last entry written in the "Sixt yere of our sayde souuerayne lorde King Henry the Eight."
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Former owner's inscription listing the children of Tomas Mildmay; births recorded in various hands to 1607 including the name of Walter Mildmaye.
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Heraldic ownership mark drawn in pen in lower margin of fol. 8r, possibly that of Mildmay.
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Stubbs following fol. 166 indicate traces of other ownership notes, now removed.
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Erasures, maskings, and scratching out of references to Thomas à Becket and indulgences date from English Reformation.
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Ownership attributed to Baron Fitzwalter (-1608) by Kessler, French and Flemish illuminated manuscripts from Chicago collections, not confirmable from the manuscript.
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14 February 2025
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14 February 2025
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