Book of Hours, Use of Rome — 16th century, beginning; French, North
MS. Douce 276
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Description
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Title
Book of Hours, Use of Rome — 16th century, beginning; French, North
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 276
Place of origin
French, North
Date
16th century, beginning
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
iv + 141leaves
Decoration
Good miniatures.
Borders.
Initials. By several different hands. (Pächt and Alexander i. 829, pl. LX)
Binding
Red leather with the arms of Le Fèvre de Caumartin (18th cent., French).
Acquisition
Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1834
Provenance
Francis Douce, 1757–1834
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Title
'Hore beate Marie Virginis secundum usum Romanum' Hours of the Virgin Mary for the use of Rome
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 276
Summary
The Hours are at fol. 18b, preceded by a calendar (fol. 1av), Capitula from the Gospels, etc. (fol. 3), and followed by:
(fol. 74) the Penitential Psalms with ' Letania'
(fol. 88v) 'Vigilie Mortuorum'
(fol. 117) Suffrages.
At fol. 132 is ' Oratio de tribus Regibus.' The Hours of the Cross and of the Holy Spirit are worked in at fols. 32v, 33v, etc. The occurrence of st. Gerematus (for Geremarus, Germer) on May 18 and Sept. 24 points to Beauvais or its neighbourhood. Besides the usual and appropriate miniatures, almost every leaf bears in the border an illustration of some household or outdoor occupation, sport or game, or caricature: among them are:
(fol. 12v) shooting with a gun
(fol. 93v) a white rabbit as bishop
(fol. 95) the Knight of the Swan
(fol. 116v) painters at work.
The style is often rough, and the taste coarse. Douce has drawn up a list of the subjects. On fol. 3 are the arms, gules three bars wavy or (Thoulongeon, or Or[n]aison ?).
An armorial bookplate of the 'Biblioteque de S. Ange' (Le Fèvre de Caumartin, marquis de S. Ange) is in the volume, corresponding with the binding.
Date
written in the second half of the 15th cent. in France
Language
Latin
Physical facet
On parchment, profusely illuminated, binding: red leather with the arms of Le Fèvre de Caumartin (18th cent., French)
Physical extent
141 Leaves
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Collection contents
'Hore beate Marie Virginis secundum usum Romanum' Hours of the Virgin Mary for the use of Rome
