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Illuminated book of hours for the use of Paris.
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Medieval and Renaissance Mediterranean Manuscripts
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Metadata
- Publisher
- [Tours?], [between 1475 and 1500]
- People
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- Author
- Catholic Church
- Related Name
- Princeton University Library. Manuscript. Garrett MS. 55.
- Language
- Latin
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Item Summary
Illuminated book of hours for the use of Paris.
Descriptive Information
- Title
- [Book of hours : use of Paris].
- Call Number
- Garrett MS. 55
- Identifier
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/2514nt64t
- Publisher
- [Tours?], [between 1475 and 1500]
- Language
- Latin
- Date Created
- 1475-1500
- Format
- Manuscript
- Extent
- 124 leaves : parchment, illustrations ; 175 x 120 (110 x 70) mm bound to 182 x 130 mm.
- Provenance
- Intermediate provenance unknown. Owned by André Pottier who passed it on to Charles Sauvageot. Sold from his collection in 1860. Later owned by Ambroise Firmin-Didot. Sold from his collection in 1882 to Adolphe Labitte, then to Marcel Thévenin. Sold from his library in 1903 to Bernard Quaritch, who resold it to Robert Garrett, Class of 1897. 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 96-99.
- Rights Statement
- No Known Copyright
- Contents
- 1. fol. 1v: [Hymn to the Virgin]
- 2. fol. 3r-14v: [Calendar, use of Paris]. In French.
- 3. fol. 15r-20r: [Gospel sequences]
- 4. fol. 20r-20v: [Joys of the Virgin]
- 5. fol. 21r-70v: [Office of the Virgin, use of Paris]
- 6. fol. 72r-85v: [Seven penitential Psalms]
- 7. fol. 86r-112v: [Office of the dead, use of Paris]
- 8. fol. 113v-115v: [Unidentified prayer to Christ]
- 9. fol. 115v-116r: [Suffrage to the Trinity]
- 10. fol. 116r-119r: [Prayer to the Virgin]
- 11. fol. 119r-124r: [Suffrages to the Virgin Mary, etc.]
- Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title devised by cataloger.
- Collation: Parchment ; fol. i + 124 + iiii (2 modern) ; modern foliation in pencil.
- Layout: 18 lines per page ; ruled.
- Decoration: Late French Gothic. 1 full-page miniature, 14 three-quarter parge arched miniatured with decorated borders and 2 historiated initials. Major divisions marked with 3-line gold and/or gray initials on colored fields, smaller divisions marked with 1- to 2-line similarly-decorated initials. 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: Written and illuminated for Margaret of Rohan, Countess of Orleans, possibly in Tours in the 1480s by an artist trained in the style of Jean Bourdichon.
- Binding Note
- Later binding. French, 17th-century. Brown morocco over pasteboard. Gold-tooled panel with fleurs-de-lis. Marble paper pastedowns. Multi-colored endbands. Gilt edges. Remnants of 2 fasteners.
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 258
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Medieval and Renaissance Mediterranean Manuscripts
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/f6a341fc-f54e-4bb5-9550-fbe9778c26b2/manifest