Book of Hours, Use of Rome — 15th century, end; French
MS. Douce 31
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Book of Hours, Use of Rome — 15th century, end; French
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 31
Place of origin
French
Date
15th century, end
Language
Latin
Middle French (ca. 1400-1600)
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
i + 242leaves
Decoration
Fine and good miniatures.
Borders.
Initials. By the atelier of Jean Colombe. (Pächt and Alexander i. 779, pl. LVIII)
Binding
Purple velvet (18th cent. ?).
Acquisition
Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1834
Provenance
Francis Douce, 1757–1834
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Title
Hours of the Virgin according to the use of Rome, preceded by a French calendar (fol. 3), Capitula and prayers
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 31
Summary
Followed by:
the Penitential Psalms with litany (fol. 123)
Hours of the Holy Spirit (fol. 154)
Office for the Dead (fol. 162)
Suffrages (fol. 224)
prayers, one in French
All the rubrics in French.
There are seven good full-page miniatures, but an equal number of leaves bearing them are missing after fols. 29, 77, 87, 92, 102, 122, 161, making the text imperfect. Every page also has a border.
On fols. 1v, 2, are the illuminated arms of Fremin and of Fremin quartering others: no doubt the volume was written for a member of that family.
Two armorial 18th cent. book-plates, one 'ex libris de Belissen eques', the other apparently of the branch of the Orleans family who were marquises of Rothelin, are in the volume.
Date
written in the 15th cent. in France
Language
French
Latin
Physical facet
On parchment, illuminated, binding: purple velvet (18th cent. ?)
Physical extent
242 Leaves
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Collection contents
Hours of the Virgin according to the use of Rome, preceded by a French calendar (fol. 3), Capitula and prayers
