Book of Hours, Use of Sarum — 14th century, second quarter (?) (c. 1325–30 (?)); England
MS. Douce 231
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Book of Hours, Use of Sarum — 14th century, second quarter (?) (c. 1325–30 (?)); England
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 231
Date
14th century, second quarter (?) (c. 1325–30 (?))
Language
Latin
Middle French (ca. 1400-1600)
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
1 + 111 (113) + 2 + i fol.
Decoration
Fine miniatures. Before the calendar are six miniatures of saints (fols. 1-6), except fol. 1 where two warriors are represented: the elder bears the arms of England with a label of five points azure each charged with a fleur-de-lis which may stand for Thomas, earl of Lancaster (1278-1322); the younger bears the arms of St George of England. Half-page miniatures with scenes from the Life of Our Lady and Christ; not from His Passion.
Fine borders (fols. 19, 29v, 49, 54v, 58, 61, 72, 73) with animals, birds and some grotesques
Fine historiated initials.
Fine other initials.
Binding
English, c. 1700, red morocco, gilt, with initials 'R. G.' on both covers.
Acquisition
Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1834
Provenance
Made for use in the diocese of Lincoln: liturgical evidence.
The two warriors on fol. 1 bear, one the arms of St. George of England, and the other the arms of England with a label of five points azure each charged with a fleur-de-lys (?), the arms of Edmund Crouchback, earl of Lancaster, (d. 1296) but is probably intended to represent his son Thomas, earl of Lancaster, executed in 1322.
Comte Justin MacCarthy-Reagh, 1744–1811: his sale, May 1789; bought for £2 7s. by:
Francis Douce, 1757–1834
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Title
Hours of the Virgin Mary, according to the use of Sarum
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 231
Summary
Preceded by a calendar (fol. 7), and followed by the Penitential and Gradual psalms with litany (fols. 73, 88)
Before the calendar are six miniatures, of saints (fols. 1-6), in Lauds are suffrages (fol. 42, cf. 71v): the rubrics are in French. There are several good miniatures within capitals, grotesques and borders. The two warriors on fol. 1 bear, one the arms of St. George of England, and the other the arms of England with a label of five points azure each charged with a fleur-de-lys (?), which may be the arms of Edmund Crouchback earl of Lancaster, 2nd son of Henry III (d. 1296).
Date
written perhaps in the last quarter of the 13th cent. in England
Language
Latin
Physical facet
On parchment, illuminated, binding: 18th cent., red morocco, bears 'R. G.'
Physical extent
116 Leaves
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Collection contents
Hours of the Virgin Mary, according to the use of Sarum
