Book of Hours, Use of Rome, Calendar in French, Pericopes from the gospels, Obsecro te, O intemerata, Stabat mater dolorosa, Office of the Virgin, Prayers, Office of the Cross, Office of the Holy Ghost, Penitential Psalms, Penitential Psalms with litany, Office of the Dead, Prayers to the Virgin, Prayer to Our Lord — c. 1500; France, Paris (?)

Title

Book of Hours, Use of Rome, Calendar in French, Pericopes from the gospels, Obsecro te, O intemerata, Stabat mater dolorosa, Office of the Virgin, Prayers, Office of the Cross, Office of the Holy Ghost, Penitential Psalms, Penitential Psalms with litany, Office of the Dead, Prayers to the Virgin, Prayer to Our Lord — c. 1500; France, Paris (?)

Shelfmark

MS. Canon. Liturg. 55

Associated place

French

Place of origin

France, Paris (?)

Date

c. 1500

Language

Latin

Contents

Form

codex

Support

parchment

Physical extent

2 + 160 + 2 + 2fol.

Decoration

Good miniatures, e.g. fols 15r, 16vand 18r. Small miniatures occur at the beginnings of the gospels, with a full-page miniature on fol. 30. On the other pages, an empty space is left where decoration should have been added

Good borders, on fols 13-20 and 30-36, e.g. fol. 18r

Good initials

Binding

16th century, French?: pasteboards; brown leather, tooled with blind and gilt lines and an all-over design of gilt interlaced ribbon-work; at the centre of each cover, gilt letters ‘I B’; spine with gilt lines and a small gilt pattern at the centre of each panel, no title or label; no traces of clasps or ties; edges gilt, gauffered. Rebacked in lighter leather, 20th century, Bodleian, original spine re-laid

Acquisition

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

Provenance

Owned by the 'Marchese Alessandro Fiaschi' (17th century)

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 Rome

Shelfmark

MS. Canon. Liturg. 55

Summary

Hours of the Virgin, according to the use of Rome, preceded by a French Calendar, the Capitula from the Gospels, etc., and followed by:

The Hours of the Cross (fol. 83)

The Hours of the Holy Spirit (fol. 87)

The Penitential Psalms with Litany (fol. 91)

The Office for the Dead (fol. 114) and prayers

There are illuminated borders, miniatures, etc., which cease at fol. 36.

Date

Written late in the 15th century in France

Language

Latin

Physical facet

On parchment, illuminated, binding, dark leather with gold tooling and 'I. B.' (French, 16th cent. ?)

Physical extent

164 Leaves

Custodial history

Owned by the 'Marchese Alessandro Fiaschi' in the 17th cent.