Book of Hours, Use of Ghent — c. 1480; Flemish
MS. Douce 223
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Book of Hours, Use of Ghent — c. 1480; Flemish
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 223
Place of origin
Flemish
Date
c. 1480
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
i + 198leaves
Decoration
Important miniatures.
Borders.
Initials. By the Master of Mary of Burgundy. (Pächt and Alexander i. 360, pl. XXVIII)
Binding
Contemporary, dark brown leather on boards with 'ora pro nobis sancta dei genetrix vt digni efficiamur promissione xpristi' and emblems, as in Weale's 'South Kensington Bookbindings' ii. (1894) p. 166, mutilated; the back is later, and the clasp broken..
Acquisition
Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1834
Provenance
Francis Douce, 1757–1834
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Title
'Hore beate Marie Virginis', according to the use of Ghent
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 223
Summary
Preceded by:
(fol. 1) a manuscript calendar
(fol. 8) suffrages and prayers
(fol. 27) the eight verses of St. Bernard
(fol. 30) 'Hore de Sancto Spiritu'
(fol. 34) 'Hore sancte Crucis'
Followed by:
(fol. 90) the 'Septem psalmi penitenciales' with litany
(fol. 107) 'Vigilie Mortuorum'
(fol. 134v) more prayers and suffrages
(fol. 155) benedictions
Ten fine miniatures remain, but others are lost after fols. 13, 33, 48, 63, 69, 74, 79 at least: there are also many illuminated borders and capitals: see Waagen, Treasures, iii. 85. The internal evidence proves that the volume was written for some one connected with the Benedictine abbey of St. Peter's at Blandin near Ghent, see especially fol. 151v. The contemporary binding is dark brown leather on boards with ' ora pro nobis sancta dei genitrix vt digni efficiamur promissione xpristi' and emblems, exactly as no. 316 in Weale's South Kensington Bookbindings ii. (1894), p. 166, which he connects with Bruges: the back is later, and the clasp broken. A coat of arms is erased on fol. 107, see 6v, 22v.
Date
written in about A.D. 1500 in the Netherlands
Language
Latin
Physical facet
with fine illuminations, binding: dark brown leather on boards, mutilated
Physical extent
198 Leaves
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Collection contents
'Hore beate Marie Virginis', according to the use of Ghent
