Book of Hours, Use of Bayeux — c. 1450–60; French, Bayeux
MS. Douce 268
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Book of Hours, Use of Bayeux — c. 1450–60; French, Bayeux
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 268
Place of origin
French, Bayeux
Date
c. 1450–60
Language
Middle French (ca. 1400-1600)
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
vi + 158leaves
Decoration
Good miniatures.
Good borders.
Good historiated initials.
Good other initials.
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 Bayeux (fol. 31)
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 268
Summary
Preceded by:
(fol. 1) a French calendar
(fol. 11) Capitula from the Gospels
(fol. 27: beg. 'Aue glorieuse pucelle') a French hymn to the Virgin
Followed by:
(fol. 71) the Penitential Psalms with 'Letania'
(fol. 91) prayer, suffrages
(fol. 104) 'La vie sainte Marguerite' (a French poem, beg. 'Apres la sainte Passion')
(fol. 123) the Office for the Dead.
The Hours of the Cross and of the Holy Spirit are worked in at fols. 47, 48v, etc. The miniatures are numerous and peculiar in style (e.g. fols. 11, 71, 103, 123). In the calendar 'Les reliques de Baieux' occurs on July 1, and ' Saint Rauen & saint Rasiph' in red on July 23.
'A. Cheffault, 1639': 'Canonicorum regularium Ordinis Præmonstratensis venerabilis Sacramenti Parisiensis. Ex dono domini Bonauenturae de Theuenot Parisiensis Sacerdotis et Doctoris 1685.'.
Date
written in about the middle of the 15th cent. in France
Language
Latin
French
Physical facet
On parchment, with characteristic miniatures, borders and capitals
Physical extent
158 Leaves
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Collection contents
Hours of the Virgin Mary, according to the use of Bayeux (fol. 31)
