Book of Hours, Use of Bourges — c. 1500; French, Bourges
MS. Canon. Liturg. 99
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Book of Hours, Use of Bourges — c. 1500; French, Bourges
Shelfmark
MS. Canon. Liturg. 99
Associated place
French
Place of origin
French, Bourges
Date
c. 1500
Language
Latin
Middle French (ca. 1400-1600)
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
iii (paper, fols. i-iii) + 130 + iv (paper, fols. 127b-130) leaves
Decoration
Good miniatures. (At the beginning of each part, and Hours of the Lady office; in the calendar the labours of the months)
Good borders.
Good initials.
Binding
16th century?, French?, perhaps not the original binding since the edges are trimmed too close to and badly cropping the major illuminations: wood boards with inside bevel. Re-covered with new red velvet, late 19th or 20th century, Bodleian; the earlier plain red velvet covering and worn spine are preserved inside, showing traces of two lost fore-edge clasps (filigree?). Edges gilt, with possible faint traces of gauffering; paste-downs and endleaves of coarse, 16th-century paper. 216 c. 135–6 c. 45 (book closed).
Acquisition
Bodleian Library: bought in 1817 from Canonici’s nephew Giovanni Perissinotti.
Provenance
On fol.72 a coat of arms: azure, on a fess argent, between three staves raguly or, three roses gules (?).
Matteo Luigi Canonici of Venice (1727 – c. 1806), but not from the libraries of Soranzo or Trevisan.
Giuseppe Canonici , -1807
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Title
Hours of the Virgin, according to the use of Bourges
Shelfmark
MS. Canon. Liturg. 99
Summary
Hours of the Virgin, according to the use of Bourges, in Latin: preceded by a French Calendar (fol. 5) and Capitula from the Gospels (fol. 17), and followed by :
Hours 'de Cruce' (fol. 66)
Hours of the Holy Spirit (fol. 69)
The Penitential Psalms with Litany (fol. 72)
The Office for the Dead (fol. 85)
Prayers and suffrages (fol. 108v)
On fol. 72 is a coat of arms:--azure, on a fess argent, between three staves raguly or, as many roses gules (?).
Date
Written in the second half of the 15th century in France
Language
Latin
Physical facet
On parchment, with many fine miniatures, illuminated borders, etc.
Physical extent
134 Leaves
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Collection contents
Canonici Liturgical
Hours of the Virgin, according to the use of Bourges
