Item Summary

Illuminated book of hours for use of Paris.

Descriptive Information

Title
[Book of hours : use of Paris].
Call Number
Garrett MS. 51
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dc8k71nx438
Publisher
[France], [between 1475 and 1500]
Language
Latin
Date Created
1475-1499
Format
Manuscript
Extent
108 leaves : parchment, illustrations ; 187 x 133 (110 x 72) mm bound to 195 x 140 mm.
Provenance
Early provenance unknown. Apparently in English by the 18th century. Acquired by Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 at an unknown date. His gift to Princeton University Library in 1942.
Source Acquisition
Gift of Robert Garrett, 1942.
References
Medieval & Renaissance manuscripts in the Princeton University Library, volume 1, pages 86-87.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Contents
1. fol. 1r-12v: [Calendar, use of Paris]. In French.
2. fol. 13r-17r: [Gospel sequences]
3. fol. 17r-20r: [Prayer to the Virgin]
4. fol. 21r-56v: [Office of the Virgin]
5. fol. 47r-59v: [Short hours of the Cross]
6. fol. 60r-62r: [Short hours of the Holy Ghost]
7. fol. 63r-76r: [Seven penitential Psalms]
8. fol. 77r-88v: [Office of the dead, use of Paris]
9. fol. 89r-106r: Vie de Sainte Barbe.
10. fol. 106v-107r: [Seven verses, St. Bernard of Clairvaux]
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title devised by cataloger.
Collation: Parchment ; fol. ii (paper; first is gold-stamped) + 108 + iii (paper; last is gold-stamped) ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil.
Layout: 18 lines per page ; ruled.
Decoration: Late Gothic, French. Thirteen arched miniatures of three-quarter page surrounded by borders of foliate and floral ornament. 1- to 3-line champide initials. Line-endings in blue and pink embellished with white filigree and gold interstices. See the Index of Christian Art or the entry in Medieval & Renaissance manuscripts in the Princeton University Library for detailed descriptions of the miniatures.
Origin: Probably produced in the last quarter of the 15th century in France.
Binding Note
Later binding. French, 18th century. Red morocco. Gold-stamped border and turn-ins. Gold-stamped paper pastedowns and flyleaves. Gilt edges. Multi-colored endbands.

Discovery Information

Subject
Books of hours—France—Early works to 1800
Catholic Church—Prayers and devotions—Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)—New Jersey—Princeton
Manuscripts, French—New Jersey—Princeton

Physical Characteristics

File Count
250

Institutional Information

Collection
Medieval and Renaissance Mediterranean Manuscripts
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/e7d80d06-be9e-4a84-ae3e-2ed0c9bb80cc/manifest