Book of Hours, Use of Paris — 15th century, beginning; French
MS. Canon. Liturg. 75
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Book of Hours, Use of Paris — 15th century, beginning; French
Shelfmark
MS. Canon. Liturg. 75
Associated place
Italian
French
Place of origin
French
Date
15th century, beginning
Language
Middle French (ca. 1400-1600)
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
1 + 193 + 1 fol.
Decoration
Fine miniatures.
Fine historiated borders.
Fine initials. By the Boucicaut Master and the Egerton Master. (Pächt and Alexander i. 642, pl. L)
Binding
16th century, late, or 17th century, French or Italian: pasteboards; light brown leather, tooled all in gilt with double lines forming a panel on each cover with floral corner-pieces, around a central wreath of thick, small leaves in an upright oval; spine also gilt (damaged); traces of two sets of brown fabric ties, lost. 192 135–138 c. 48 (book closed).
Edges gilt, gauffered (very worn), probably inherited from a previous binding along with the present front paste-down which bears an inscription dated 1500.
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Title
Hours of the Virgin, according to the use of Paris
Shelfmark
MS. Canon. Liturg. 75
Summary
Hours of the Virgin, according to the use of Paris: preceded by a French Calendar and Capitula from the Gospels, and followed by:
The Penitential Psalms with Litany (fol. 97)
Hours 'de Sancta Cruce' (fol. 116)
Hours 'de Sancto Spiritu' (fol. 124v)
'Les quinze yoyes [sic]' (fol. 130v)
'Les cinq playes' similar to the vii Requestes (fol. 137)
The 'In Vigilia Mortuorum' (fol. 140)
There are some fine illuminations (in which Waagen detects a Flemish and a French artist, Treasures of Art in Great Britain (1854), iii. 73), borders, etc. The volume seems to belong to Northern France (Stt. Ivo of Chartres and Lupus (Leu) of Sens are in gold in the Calendar, and the former also is in the Litany). A leaf is lost after fol. 12.
Date
Written in the 15th century in France
Language
Latin
Physical facet
On parchment, illuminated
Physical extent
193 Leaves
Custodial history
'De peu assez recourt 1.5.0.0' is on the inside front cover.
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Collection contents
Canonici Liturgical
Hours of the Virgin, according to the use of Paris
