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Book of hours for Rome use (calendar removed). The litany lists Gudula, one of the two patron saints of Brussels, along with Gertrude of Nivelles, who was widely venerated in the Netherlands. The list of virgins is longer than those of the martyrs and confessors. Franciscan saints are prominent in the litany, as is customary of Rome use.
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- Related Name
- Princeton University Library. Manuscript. Garrett MS. 49.
- Language
- Latin
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Item Summary
Book of hours for Rome use (calendar removed). The litany lists Gudula, one of the two patron saints of Brussels, along with Gertrude of Nivelles, who was widely venerated in the Netherlands. The list of virgins is longer than those of the martyrs and confessors. Franciscan saints are prominent in the litany, as is customary of Rome use.
Descriptive Information
- Title
- [Book of hours : use of Rome].
- Call Number
- Garrett MS. 49
- Identifier
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dcp5548571c
- Language
- Latin
- Date Created
- 1475-1499
- Format
- Manuscript
- Extent
- 77 leaves : parchment, illustrations ; 125 x 86 (75 x 45) mm bound to 132 x 95 mm.
- Provenance
- Likely produced for a bourgeois lay person. Intermediate provenance unknown. Owned by Luigi Gherardo (18th century), Italian surgeon. Later acquired by Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 at 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 82-83.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Contents
- 1. fol. 1r-3v: [Short hours of the Holy Cross]
- 2. fol. 4r-8v: [Mass of the Virgin Mary]
- 3. fol. 9r-13v: [Gospel sequences]
- 4. fol. 14r-52v: [Office of the Virgin, use of Rome]
- 5. fol. 53r-64v: [Seven penitential Psalms]
- 6. fol. 65r-77r: [Office of the dead, use of Rome (short form)]
- Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title devised by cataloger.
- Collation: Parchment ; fol. i + 77 + i ; one catchword untrimmed (fol. 16v) ; modern foliation in pencil.
- Layout: 17 lines per page.
- Decoration: Four pages with full foliate and floriate borders. Main texts open with 5- to 7-line initial on gold field. Smaller sections open with 2- to 5-line champide initials. 1-line gold, blue and/or red initials throughout.
- Origin: Written and illuminated in the third quarter of the 15th century in South Netherlands, possibly for a Brabant patron.
- Binding Note
- Later binding. 16th-century?, France or Benelux Countries. Blind-tooled edging over wooden boards (4 mm thick). Endbands. Edges gilt and gauffered. Binding in poor condition.
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 162
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Medieval and Renaissance Mediterranean Manuscripts
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/a988ea4e-388e-4b8f-bfd3-df0553dfe5c1/manifest