Volume one of Hours of the Virgin Mary, according to some Netherland use
MS. Douce 219
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Volume one of Hours of the Virgin Mary, according to some Netherland use
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 219
Summary
Hours of the Virgin Mary, according to some Netherland use, in Latin (fol. 98), preceded by a calendar in French (fol. 1v) prayers (fol. 14), suffrages (fol. 33), and Hours of the Passion (fol. 45): and followed by the Penitential psalms and litany (fol. 182), the Office for the Dead (fol. 214), and the Gradual and other psalms (fol. 265).
Another prayer-book, written for him rather later, is Now MS. 1907 in the Hofbibliothek at Vienna. With the arms of Paris Le Meyzieu (about A.D. 1770-75).
'De la bibliotheque de Charles Adrien Picard, 1767': then owned by Jean Baptiste Paris Le Meyzieu, see above: in the Paris sale (1791) no. 15, and bought by -- Turner for £110 5s.
Date
written in about 1480 in the Netherlands
Language
Latin
Physical facet
On parchment with very fine illuminations, , binding: dark green morocco with gold tooling by Derome le Jeune
Physical extent
159 Leaves
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Collection contents
Volume one of Hours of the Virgin Mary, according to some Netherland use
