Item Summary

Illuminated book of hours for use of Rome.

Descriptive Information

Title
Book of hours : use of Rome].
Call Number
Garrett MS. 54
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dcsf268h08f
Publisher
[France?], [between 1460 and 1465?]
Language
Latin
Date Created
1460-1465
Format
Manuscript
Extent
98 leaves : parchment, illustrations ; 231 x 165 (123-128 x 80) mm bound to 246 x 181 mm.
Provenance
Intermediate provenance unknown. In the possession of Librairie Damascene Morgand around 1890. 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 93-96.
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Contents
1. fol. 2r-13v: [Calendar of Lyons?]
2. fol. 14r-18v: [Gospel sequences]
3. fol. 19r-22v: [Prayer to the Virgin]
4. fol. 23r-75r: [Hours of the Virgin, use of Rome]
5. fol. 76r-79r: [Short hours of the Cross]
6. fol. 79v-83r: [Short hours of the Holy Ghost]
7. fol. 84r-96v: [Seven penitential Psalms]
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title devised by catalgoer.
Collation: Parchment ; fol. i (paper) + 98 + iii (parchment and paper) ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil.
Layout: 19 lines per page ; ruled.
Description: Watermarks on later endpapers (bird on three hills; star in circle surmounted by a cross).
Decoration: Late French Gothic, from the Savoy region. 11 three-quarter page, arched miniatures. 10 historiated initials. 24 calendar illustrations in medallions. 1- to 4-line initials, larger initials on gold grounds. Outer borders of foliate patterns. Line-endings in rectangles of pink and blue with white and gold geometric patterns and with gold balls, in texts colors of royal blue, carmine red, rose pink, emerald green and chalky green. 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 in France, probably for a woman in Lyons, or Duchy of Savoy in the mid 15th century.
Binding Note
Later binding. French, early 18th century. Red morocco over pasteboard. Gold-stamped dentelle. Endbands. Edges gilt and gauffered. Remnants of two silver? and leather clasps; one section stored separately in envelope.

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

Physical Characteristics

File Count
202

Institutional Information

Collection
Medieval and Renaissance Mediterranean Manuscripts
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/f65969f3-798a-42d9-8934-15caf8cf07ea/manifest