Book of Hours, Use of Rome — 15th century, third quarter; Flemish
MS. Canon. Liturg. 233
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Book of Hours, Use of Rome — 15th century, third quarter; Flemish
Shelfmark
MS. Canon. Liturg. 233
Associated place
French
Flemish
Place of origin
Flemish
Date
15th century, third quarter
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
1 + 132 + 1 fol.
Decoration
Good borders.
Good initials. (Pächt and Alexander i. 336)
Binding
17th century?, French or Flemish?: thin pasteboards; polished red leather, elaborate all-over gilt tooling on covers and outside edges but central oval on each cover left unfilled (for coat of arms?); spine flat, with similar gilt tooling but no title; traces of two clasps, roughly removed; edges gilt, not gauffered, done after some trimming (slightly cropping the illuminated borders). Fragments of Jacopo Soranzo’s decorative label, 18th century, at top of spine. A miniature book, 91 c. 67–68 c. 28 (book closed).
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Title
'...Hore beate Marie Virginis secundum vsum Romane [ecclesie]'
Shelfmark
MS. Canon. Liturg. 233
Summary
'...Hore beate Marie Virginis secundum vsum Romane [ecclesie]', preceded by:
A Calendar (fol. 1)
'Hore sancte Crucis' (fol. 13)
'Hore de Sancto Spiritu' (fol. 17)
'Missa beate Marie' (fol. 21)
Followed by:
The Penitential Psalms with Litany (fol. 88)
'Vigilie Mortuorum' (fol. 108), etc.
Some leaves have been cut out, as after fols. 16, 34, 47, 107, cf. 13. The Calendar points to the Netherlands, having Amandus (Feb. 6), Eligius (June 25 and Dec. 1), Bavo (Oct. 1), and Donatian (Oct. 14) in red.
Date
Written in the 15th century in the Netherlands (?)
Language
Latin
Physical facet
On parchment, binding, red leather with gold tooling (17th cent.?), with illuminated borders, etc.
Physical extent
133 Leaves
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Collection contents
Canonici Liturgical
'...Hore beate Marie Virginis secundum vsum Romane [ecclesie]'
