Book of Hours, Use of Tournai — 1480 and c. 1500; Dutch (?)
MS. Douce 266
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Book of Hours, Use of Tournai — 1480 and c. 1500; Dutch (?)
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 266
Place of origin
Dutch (?)
Date
1480 and c. 1500
Language
Middle Dutch (ca. 1050-1350)
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
i + 107leaves
Hands
Written with calligraphic flourishes.
Decoration
Good miniatures.
Fine historiated and other borders in two styles.
Fine initials.
Acquisition
Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1834
Provenance
Francis Douce, 1757–1834
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Title
Hours of the Virgin Mary, according to the use of Tournay (fol. 19)
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 266
Summary
Preceded by:
(a calendar now lost?)
(fol. 1) the Hours of the Cross
(fol. 6) the Hours of the Holy Spirit
(fol. 12) the Mass of the Virgin
Followed by the Penitential Psalms with litany (fol. 57), the Office for the Dead (fol. 79), etc.
Every part is mutilated, leaves presumably bearing miniatures having been cut out in modern times after fols. i, 5, 11, 18, 27, 36, 40, 43, 46, 48, 53, 56, 78: fol. 10 should follow fol. 5. A rather later addition bears the date '1480', on fol. 106.
Date
written in about the middle of the 15th cent. in the Netherlands
Language
Latin
Physical facet
On parchment, mutilated
Physical extent
107 Leaves
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Collection contents
Hours of the Virgin Mary, according to the use of Tournay (fol. 19)
