Book of Hours, Use of Paris — c. 1500; French
MS. Gough Liturg. 12
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Book of Hours, Use of Paris — c. 1500; French
Shelfmark
MS. Gough Liturg. 12
Date
c. 1500
Language
Latin
Middle French (ca. 1400-1600)
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
1 + 171 (170) + 1 fol.
Decoration
Good miniatures.
Good borders.
Good initials.
Binding
Brown leather with fine gilt tooling (French, 17th cent.).
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Title
Hours of the Virgin Mary
Shelfmark
MS. Gough Liturg. 12
Summary
Hours of the Virgin Mary, according to the use of Paris, in Latin: preceded by a French calendar, and followed by:
The Penitential Psalms with litany (fol. 87)
The Hours of the Holy Cross (fol. 104v)
The Holy Spirit (fol. 108)
The Office for the Dead (fol. 111)
the 15 Joys of the Virgin, in French (fol. 149)
The 7 Requests, in French (fol. 154)
some Suffrages (fol. 156)
At fol. 161 are added some later prayers, the last in verse (beg. 'Glorieuse vierge Marie')
Two illuminations have been cut out, after fols. 73, 75: but eleven large ones are left (at fols. 14, 26, 59v, 65v, 70, 81v, 87, 104v, 108, in, 149), and some smaller
Date
Written in the 15th century in France
Language
Latin
French
Physical facet
On parchment, with miniatures, etc., binding, brown leather with fine gilt tooling (French, 17th century)
Physical extent
172 Leaves
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Collection contents
Liturgies
Liturgies MSS.
Hours of the Virgin Mary
