Book of Hours, Use of Paris, Additional Easter table for the period 1579-1626, Calendar, Pericopes from the Gospels, Obsecro te, O intemerata, Office of the Virgin, Penitential Psalms, Penitential Psalms with litany, Hours of the Cross, Office for the Dead, The Fifteen Joys, The Seven Requests, Prayers (verse), Prayer to the Holy Trinity, Prayer to the Virgin, Prayer to St Margaret, Commemorations — 15th century, beginning; France, Paris

Title

Book of Hours, Use of Paris, Additional Easter table for the period 1579-1626, Calendar, Pericopes from the Gospels, Obsecro te, O intemerata, Office of the Virgin, Penitential Psalms, Penitential Psalms with litany, Hours of the Cross, Office for the Dead, The Fifteen Joys, The Seven Requests, Prayers (verse), Prayer to the Holy Trinity, Prayer to the Virgin, Prayer to St Margaret, Commemorations — 15th century, beginning; France, Paris

Shelfmark

MS. Canon. Liturg. 93

Place of origin

France, Paris

Date

15th century, beginning

Language

Middle French (ca. 1400-1600)

Latin

Contents

Form

codex

Support

parchment

Physical extent

i + 2+ 182 (183) + 1 fol.

Decoration

Fine (ivy-sprig) borders

Fine initials

Acquisition

Bought by the Bodleian Library in 1817 from Giovanni Perissinotti. On the purchase, see Digital Bodleian

Provenance

The volume was written for a lady (21v and 24v)

On fol. ii, Jehanne wife of Sir Edmund Joudon: 'Ces presentes heures sont a honneste dame Jehanne, femme du sire Edmond Joudon, autrement nomine monsieur de la Borde, elle prie a ceulx qui les trouverront de les rendre et elle paiera', etc. (1579)

Matteo Luigi Canonici (1727– c. 1806)

Following Canonici's death, the collection passed to his brother, Giuseppe Canonici, and then to Canonici's nephew, Giovanni Perissinotti, in 1807 following Giuseppe Canonici's death

Title

Hours of the Virgin, according to the use of Paris

Shelfmark

MS. Canon. Liturg. 93

Summary

Hours of the Virgin, according to the use of Paris, in Latin: preceded by a Calendar (fol. 2), and Capitula from the Gospels (fol. 14), and followed by:

The Penitential Psalms with Litany (fol. 75)

The Hours of the Cross (fol. 91)

The Hours of the Holy Spirit (fol. 94)

The Office for the Dead (fol. 97)

The xv Joyes (fol. 127)

The vii Requestes (fol. 132)

Long French hymns (fol. 134)

Suffrages (fol. 166), including one for St. Opportuna

The Calendar points to Paris or its neighbourhood. Nearly every part has lost its first leaf, presumably bearing an illumination, leaves being torn out after fols. 27, 38, 48, 53, 60, 63, 69, 74, 89, 90, 93, 96, 126, 131, 133.

Date

Written in the 15th century in France

Language

French

Latin

Physical facet

On parchment, with illuminated borders, imperfect

Physical extent

185 Leaves