Book of Hours, Use of Rome — 1507; Italian, Florence
MS. Douce 9
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Book of Hours, Use of Rome — 1507; Italian, Florence
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 9
Date
1507
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
ii + 291 + ii fols.
Decoration
Fine miniatures.
Borders.
Initials. Related to the style of Monte di Giovanni di Miniato (del Fora). (Pächt and Alexander ii. 993, pl. LXXXI)
Acquisition
Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1834
Provenance
Francis Douce, 1757–1834
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Title
Book of Hours:'... Officium beate Marie Virginis secundum consuetudinem Romane Curie', preceded by a calendar (fol. 1)
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 9
Summary
Also comprises prayers and the following:
(fol. 142) Penitential Psalms with Litany
(fol. 183) 'Officium Mortuorum'
(fol. 270) 'Officium Sancte Crucis'
At end, 'Laus Deo, pax uiuis, & requiesque defunctis. Die xva Januarij 1507.'
There are six full-page illustrations in pairs (at fols. 13v, 14r, 141v, 142r, 182v, 183r, 269v, 270r), very elaborately and finely painted, and coloured capitals, etc.
On fol. 13v are the arms, party per bend argent and azure, a bend divided lengthways counterchanged, in chief an angel (?) displaying a scroll gules: on fol. 14r are the arms of Guicciardini of Florence: on fol. 182v is 'M. N.'.
Date
written in 1507 in Italy
Language
Latin
Physical facet
On parchment, in a cardboard case slightly larger, illuminated
Physical extent
294 Leaves
Custodial history
This was no. 2556 in the second part of the P. A. Hanrott sale, Aug. 1833.
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Collection contents
Book of Hours:'... Officium beate Marie Virginis secundum consuetudinem Romane Curie', preceded by a calendar (fol. 1)
