Item Summary

Illuminated book of hours.

Descriptive Information

Title
[Book of hours : use of Rome].
Call Number
Garrett MS. 61
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dcw9505d795
Publisher
[Ferrara, Italy?], [between 1462 and 1500].
Language
Latin
Date Created
1462-1500
Format
Manuscript
Extent
239 leaves : parchment, illustrations ; 104 x 75 (60 x 40) mm bound to 108 x 80 mm.
Provenance
Unknown early and intermediate provenance. Sold by Wilfrid M. Voynich to Robert Garrett (1875-1961), of Baltimore, Maryland, Class of 1897 on 5 August 1926. His gift to the Princeton University Library, 1942.
Source Acquisition
Gift of Robert Garrett, 1942.
References
Medieval & Renaissance manuscripts in the Princeton University Library, volume 1, pages 115-117.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Contents
1. fol. 1r-12v: [Calendar]
2. fol. 13r-79r: [Office of the Virgin]
3. fol. 79r-89r: [Advent hours of the Virgin]
4. fol. 89v-90r: [Suffrage to St. Anthony of Padua]
5. fol. 93r-118r: [Seven penitential psalms]
6. fol. 120r-171r: [Office of the dead]
7. fol. 171r-201v: [Office of the passion (Long hours of the cross)]
8. fol. 201v-207r: [Short hours of the cross]
9. fol. 207r-209r: [Seven last words of Christ]
10. fol. 209r-235r: [Psalter of St. Jerome]
11. fol. 235r-237r: [Hymns to the Virgin]
12. fol. 237v-239v: [Five prayers of Pope Gregory I]
13. fol. fol. 239v: [Indulgenced rubric of a prayer attributed to St. Bernard of Clairvaux]
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from printed catalog.
Collation: Parchment ; fol. ii (modern parchment) + 239 + iii (modern parchment) ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil.
Layout: 14-16 lines per page ; ruled.
Decoration: Renaissance illumination from Ferrara, dated after 1462 with the miniatures attributed to Giorgio d'Alemagna (active 1441-1476). Thirteen 7- to 9-line historiated initials with full borders; subsequent Hours often have 6-line historiated initials with partial borders. Other sections decorated with 1- to 6-line gold and colored initials. 10 monochrome medallions depicting labors of the month. See the entry in Medieval & Renaissance manuscripts in the Princeton University Library, volume 1, pages 116-117 or the Index of Christian art for detailed descriptions of the decorations.
Binding Note
Modern binding. London, England, early 20th century by W. H. Smith & Son. Red morocco with gilt- and blind-tooling in fretwork design. Gold-tooled turn-ins. Endbands. Gilt edges.

Discovery Information

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

Physical Characteristics

File Count
492

Institutional Information

Collection
Medieval and Renaissance Mediterranean Manuscripts
IIIF Manifest URL

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