Book of Hours, Use of Sarum; Flanders (?Bruges), 15th century, second quarter
MS. Laud Misc. 204
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Book of Hours, Use of Sarum; Flanders (?Bruges), 15th century, second quarter
Shelfmark
MS. Laud Misc. 204
Associated place
Norwich
Place of origin
Flanders, probably Bruges
Date
15th century, second quarter
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
ii (early paper) + 140 + i (later paper) leaves
Hands
Formal textualis quadrata.
Decoration
Miniatures on inserted leaves in the style of the 'Gold Scrolls Group'. Miniatures for St George, St Mary Magdalen, Nones, Vespers presumably missing, miniatures perhaps also missing before fols. 60 and 115. (fol. 4v) St John the Baptist (misplaced) (fol. 10v) Murder of St Thomas of Canterbury (suffrage) (fol. 14v) St Margaret (suffrage) (fol. 16v) St Katherine with Maxentius (suffrage, misplaced) (fol. 18v) St Christopher (suffrage) (fol. 21v) St Barbara (suffrage) (fol. 23v) Annunciation(Matins) (fol. 30v) Betrayal(Lauds) (fol. 41v) Christ before Pilate (Prime) (fol. 45v) Flagellation(Terce) (fol. 48v) Carrying the Cross (Sext) (fol. 55v) Entombment(Compline) (fol. 83v) Last Judgement(Penitential psalms) (fol. 96v) Funeral service (Office of the Dead) (fol. 127v) Christ as the Man of Sorrows (Psalms of the Passion) (fol. 132v) St Jerome in his Study (Psalter of St Jerome)
Full borders of ivy leaf and luxuriant acanthus, with occasional human figures or grotesques (e.g. fols. 60r, 81r, 96v-7r, 115r) across each opening with a miniature, also on fols. 12r, 13r, 20r, 51r, 53r, 51r, 60r where the corresponding miniatures are missing or misbound; half-borders (centre of top and bottom margins) on fols. 64r, 69r, 72r, 75r.
Typically 6-line decorated initials with gold at the beginning of major sections, 2-line at minor sections.
Flourished initials at the beginning of verses, dark blue flourished in red or gold flourished in light blue.
Space left for 1- and 2-line initials on fols. 142v-143v, not filled in.
Binding
Mid-16th century blind-stamped binding by L. W. of Norwich; Oldham rolls 698 and 612. Rebacked.
Acquisition
Part of his first donation to the Bodleian, 1635.
Provenance
Executed in Flanders for the English market as suggested by the script, decoration, and spellings in the litany; in England by the late fifteenth century as indicated by the additions on fols. 142v-143v. Suffrage for Thomas of Canterbury and miniature not defaced.
16th-century Norwichbinding. Pertinet Augustini Styward ald' Norwici Maiori. anno 1556., back pastedown; Augustine Steward, 1491-1571 of Norwich , on whom see History of Parliament.
William Laud, 1634 (fols. 5r, 12v)
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Title
Book of Hours, Use of Sarum
Shelfmark
MS. Laud Misc. 204
Date
15th century, second quarter
Language
Latin
Physical facet
Mid-16th century blind stamped binding by 'L. W.' of Norwich, rebacked
Physical extent
143 Leaves
Custodial history
Manuscript 1832 acquired by the Bodleian Library
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Collection contents
Book of Hours, Use of Sarum
