Book of Hours, Use of Besançon — c. 1470; French, Besançon
MS. Douce 267
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Book of Hours, Use of Besançon — c. 1470; French, Besançon
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 267
Place of origin
French, Besançon
Date
c. 1470
Language
Middle French (ca. 1400-1600)
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
160leaves
Decoration
Good miniatures.
Fine historiated borders.
Fine initials.
Binding
Dark leather with a stamp of the Crucifixion on each side (early 17th cent.?).
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 Besançon, preceded by Capitula from the Gospels (fol. 5)
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 267
Summary
Followed by:
(fol. 65) Penitential Psalms with litany
(fol. 87) Office for the Dead
(fol. 114) the Hours of the Cross
(fol. 126) suffrages
(fol. 142) the Fifteen Joyes (in french)
(fol. 158) Seven Requestes (in french)
prayers.
The illumination of the book was never finished, and in some cases the outlines of the design are left, but leaves presumably bearing miniatures are lost after fols. 4, 7, 8, 9, 26, 121, 141, only one (on fol. 6) being left finished. There are many illuminated borders and capitals. The rubrics are in French. Ferreolus, Ferrutius and Antidius, in the litany, are special Besançon saints.
Date
written in about the middle of the 15th cent. in France
Language
French
Latin
Physical facet
On parchment, illuminated, binding: dark leather with a stamp of the Crucifixion on each side (early 17th cent.?)
Physical extent
160 Leaves
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Collection contents
Hours of the Virgin Mary, according to the use of Besançon, preceded by Capitula from the Gospels (fol. 5)
