Book of Hours, Use of Bourges — c. 1470–1480; French
MS. Canon. Liturg. 43
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Book of Hours, Use of Bourges — c. 1470–1480; French
Shelfmark
MS. Canon. Liturg. 43
Place of origin
French
Date
c. 1470–1480
Language
Middle French (ca. 1400-1600)
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
ix + 1 + 235 + ix fol.
Decoration
Fine miniatures.
Fine borders.
Fine historiated initials.
Fine other initials.
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Title
Hours of the Virgin
Shelfmark
MS. Canon. Liturg. 43
Summary
Hours of the Virgin, apparently according to the use of Bourges, preceded by a French Calendar, etc., and followed by:
The Hours 'de la Croys' (fol. 99)
The Hours 'du Saint Esprit' (fol. 109)
The Penitential Psalms with Litany (fol. 116)
The Office for the Dead (fol. 139)
At fol. 190 are miniatures and leaves which appear to fill up gaps where leaves are wanting in the body of the book, as after fols. 16, 23, 51, 63, 69, 74, 77, etc.: so that the volume is perhaps perfect, but bound out of order. The many miniatures and borders are finely painted and noteworthy, as fols. 15, 99, 139. Fol. 113 is imperfect.
Date
Written in the second half of the 15th cent. in France
Language
Latin
Physical facet
On parchment, finely illuminated
Physical extent
241 Leaves
Custodial history
This is not certainly a Canonici volume. 'T. N. [16]92' is on fol. 1.
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Collection contents
Canonici Liturgical
Hours of the Virgin
