Book of Hours, Use of Rome — 16th century, second quarter; Italian, Rome
MS. Douce 19
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Book of Hours, Use of Rome — 16th century, second quarter; Italian, Rome
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 19
Place of origin
Italian, Rome
Date
16th century, second quarter
Language
Middle French (ca. 1400-1600)
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
iii + 168leaves
Decoration
Fine miniatures.
Borders.
Initials. By Vincenzo Raimondi. Humanistic script written in French style. (Pächt and Alexander ii. 1012, pl. LXXXIII)
Binding
Stamped gold designs on leather, with fleurs de lys (17th cent.), double, the outer sides renewed later.
Acquisition
Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1834
Provenance
Francis Douce, 1757–1834
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Title
'Officium parvum beatæ Mariæ', according to the use of Rome, preceded by a Calendar and Capitula
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 19
Summary
Followed by:
the Penitential Psalms with litany (fol. 85)
'Officium Deffunctorum' (fol. 102)
Suffrages (fol. 138)
prayers.
Some rubrics and calendarial verses are in French. The Hours of the Cross and Holy Spirit are worked in at fols. 49, 50v, etc.
Date
written in the first half of the 16th cent. in France
Language
French
Latin
Physical facet
On parchment, with fine miniatures, borders, etc., of a florid type, binding, stamped gold designs on leather, with fleurs de lys (17th cent.), double, the outer sides renewed later
Physical extent
168 Leaves
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Collection contents
'Officium parvum beatæ Mariæ', according to the use of Rome, preceded by a Calendar and Capitula
