Book of hours : use of Rome : in Latin

Item Information

Title:
Book of hours : use of Rome : in Latin
Description:
Though illuminated in Flanders (possibly Bruges) in the last quarter of the 15th century, this manuscript was made for the use of a patron in the Champagne region in northeast France. The calendar includes St. Desiderius of Langres (23 May) and Nicasius of Reims (14 December, in red) as well as Arnulphus of Metz (16 August). The final two Saints honored in the suffrages, St. Onuphrius and St. Eularia (presumably actually St. Eulalia, or Eulalie), each have a connection to this region.
Former owner:
Bernard Quaritch (Firm)
Creator:
Catholic Church
Date:
[1475–1499]
Format:
Books
Manuscripts
Genre:
devotional calendars
Gothic scripts
Books of hours
Manuscripts, Medieval--France
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--France
Illuminations
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Medieval and Early Renaissance Manuscripts (Collection of Distinction)
Places:
Belgium
Extent:
205 leaves : parchment, ill. ; 193 x 145 (105 x 70) mm bound to 20 cm, in box 22 cm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/th83qp103
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Place of origin:
[Belgium]
Language:
Latin
Table of Contents:
1. fol. 1-2: blank.
2. fol. 2v-14: calendar (approximately 1/4 full), use indicates Champagne region of NE France (saints from Langres, Reims, and Metz of importance). Zodiac on rectos, Labors of the month on versos.
3. fol. 14v: blank.
4. fol. 15-15v: Salutation to the Holy Face.
5. fol. 16-20v: Hours of the Cross.
6. fol. 21-24v: Hours of the Holy Spirit.
7. fol. 25-27: Mass of the Virgin.
8. fol. 27-32: Gospel nativity readings.
9. fol. 33-85: Hours of the Virgin.
10. fol. 86-93v: Gradual Psalms.
11. fol. 94-101v: Penitential Psalms.
12. fol. 101v-109: Litany and prayers.
13. fol. 109v: blank.
14. fol. 110-141: Office of the Dead (Use of Rome)
15. fol. 141v: blank.
16. fol. 142-153v: prayers.
17. fol. 154-158v: suffrages.
18. fol. 159-161v: Athanasian creed (Quicunque vult)
19. fol. 162-201: Gospel Passion readings.
20. fol. 202-205: blank.
Notes:
Ms. codex.
Bibliographic record created by BPL staff based on description by Dr. Lisa Fagin Davis.
Origin: Illuminated in Flanders (possibly Bruges) in the last quarter of the 15th century for the use of a patron in the Champagne region in Northeast France.
Notes (ownership):
Provenance: Pencil notes in Flemish, front pastedown and flyleaf.
Notes (acquisition):
Immediate source of acquisition: Bought from Quaritch, December 1939 (see tipped-in description on front flyleaf, from Catalogue of Illuminated and Other Mss, 1931, no. 49).
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Notes (citation):
Bond, W.H. Supplement to the Census of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in the United States and Canada, 208
Notes (object):
Collation: Parchment, fol. i (current pastedown) + 205 ; 1⁶ (first leaf is pastedown) 2⁶⁺¹ (fol. 6 is singleton) 3-25⁸ ; some signatures preserved in brown cursive in the lower right corner, e.g. fol. 73. Catchwords in brown cursive, lower right last verso of most quires. Modern pencil foliation in arabic numerals.
Layout: Single column, 19 lines. Bounding lines in red plummet, full-length top to bottom.
Script: Written in a gothic textualis formata in black ink with red rubrics.
Decoration: Each suffrage begins with a seven-line initial in gold and colors with 3/4 border of scrolling acanthus with flowers on gold or colors. Initials historiated as follows: fol. 154, 154v, 155, 155v, 156, 157, 157v, 158, 158v, 162, 174, 184, 194. One- to two-line initials throughout in lavender with white filigree on red with gold background, or vice versa. Calendar: borders, zodiac, and labors in gold "grisaille," with hunters and birds in margin.
Binding: Late 19th-century red velvet over pasteboards, heavily rubbed and worn. Parchment pastedowns front and back, all edges gilt. Housed in a gilt-fillet red morocco case, spine gilt-stamped in compartments, lined with red watered silk.
Notes (bibliography):
Bibliography: Nancy Netzer, ed., Secular/Sacred 11th-16th Century Works from the Boston Public Library and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Boston College, 2006), no. 11; W.J. Coe, "A Flemish Book of Hours," BPL Quarterly III (Jan. 1951): 35-43.
Notes (language):
In Latin.
Identifier:
06_01_018668
Call #:
RARE BKS MS q Med.88
MS 1515 (no longer used)
Barcode:
39999091846418