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Description: The first of several prayer books produced by Elizabeth Senault for the French court, entirely engraved in an attempt to mirror the illuminated manuscripts of the Middle Ages.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: [approximately 1690?]
Call number: 653428
Creator: Catholic Church(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Frits Knuf Antiquarian Books, April 2021. Faded and crossed out autographs on title page and page [3] (dated 1714). Inscription on page [1]: Marie francoise ...[?].
Dimensions: 12 cm

Book of Hours, use of St. Quentin : [manuscript]

Manuscripts

ff. 1-78v: [Book of Hours]: ff. 1-6v: Calendar in French; ff. 7-32v: Hours of the Virgin presumably of the use of St. Quentin; ff. 33-35: Short hours of the Cross; ff. 35v-38v: Short hours of the Holy Spirit and suffrages of Anthony abbot and Sebastian; ff. 39-48v: Penitential psalms and litany; ff. 49-63v: Office of the Dead with 3 lessons at matins; ff. 64-69: Prayers and suffrages of Anne, Michael, Quentin and Adrian; ff. 69-70v and by tie mark to f. 74r-v: Prayer of confession and repentance in French added in a different hand; f. 71r-v: Prayer to the Virgin in French, added by a third hand; ff. 72-76: Obsecro te and O Intemerata, both added by a fourth hand; f. 76v, blank; f. 77r-v: Prayer to the Virgin in French, added by a fifth hand. f. 78r-v, blank.

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Book of Hours, use of Châlons-sur-Marne : [manuscript]

Manuscripts

ff. 1-77v. [Book of Hours]: f. i r-v [added 16th c.]: Prayer to the Virgin; ff. 1-6v: Calendar in French; ff. 7-8v, 10-11: Pericopes of the Gospels (and on f. 11r-v, continuation of the responsorial prayer from f. i verso); ff. 13-14v: Obsecro te; ff. 40, 39, 41-43, 23, 12, 20-22, 27, 15, one leaf missing, 30, 25-26, 34, one leaf missing, 9, 16, two leaves missing, 19, one leaf missing, 35-36, one leaf missing, 37-38, one leaf missing; 24, two leaves missing, 29: Hours of the Virgin, apparently use of Châlons-sur-Marne; ff. 44-54v: Penitential psalms and litany; f. 54r-v: prayer added, 16th c., in the same hand as on f. i r-v: [M]ediatrix ..., [A]uxiliatrix ..., [R]eparatrix ...; ff. 31-32, 17-18, 33, 28, 55-71v: Office of the Dead, use of Châlons-sur-Marne; ff. 72-77v: Prayers in Latin and French to the Virgin with a woman as suppliant; f. 77r-v: completion of prayer from f. 54v: [I]lluminatrix ..., [A]lleluiatrix ...

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Book of hours, use of Paris[?] : [manuscript]

Manuscripts

ff. 1-150v. [Book of Hours; portions of the text missing due to lost leaves, and other sections misbound]: ff. 1-12v: Full calendar; ff. 13-20v: Pericopes of the Gospels; ff. 21-25v, 30-44v, 49-54v, 26-27v, 28-29v, 55-62v: Hours of the Virgin, possibly of the use of Paris; ff. 63-74v: Obsecro te, O Intemerata and another prayer; ff. 75-90v: Penitential psalms and litany; ff. 91-92v: Short hours of the Holy Spirit; ff. 93-94v, 45-48v, 95-97v: Prayers in French; ff. 98-145: Office of the Dead; ff. 145v-150v: Prayer in French and in Latin, with a suffrage of Martin added.

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Book of Hours, use of Paris[?] : [manuscript]

Manuscripts

ff. 1-141v [Book of Hours]: ff. 1-11v: Full calendar in French; ff. 12-22v: Pericopes of the Gospels, the Obsecro te, the O Intemerata, and a prayer to Jesus; ff. 23-69: Hours of the Virgin, possibly of the use of Paris; f. 69v, ruled, but blank; ff. 70-75: Short hours of the Cross, missing the opening leaf; ff. 75v-80v: Short hours of the Holy Spirit; ff. 80v-84v: Catena mainly from John 19, 1-34 sparsim, and prayers; ff. 85-98: Penitential psalms, beginning defectively, and litany; f. 98v, ruled, but blank; ff. 99-138v: Office of the Dead, use of Paris, beginning and ending defectively; ff. 139-141: Prayer to the Virgin and suffrage of Christopher. f. 141v, blank.

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Book of Hours, use of Rome : [manuscript]

Manuscripts

ff. 1-177v. [Book of Hours]: ff. 1-12v: Full calendar in French; ff. 13-23v: Preparation for confession in French; ff. 23v-24v: Prayers in French added (17th c.); ff. 25-36v: Pericopes of the Gospels, Passion according to John and Salve Regina; f. 36r-v: Prayer in French added (17th c.); ff. 37-96v: [f. 37, ruled, but blank except for rubric], Hours of the Virgin, use of Rome, with the short hours of the Cross, the Holy Spirit and the Conception worked in; ff. 96-97: Prayers in French added (17th c.); ff. 97v-110: Penitential psalms and litany; ff. 110v-136: Office of the Dead, use of Rome; f. 136v, blank; ff. 137-144v: Suffrages of the Trinity, Obsecro te, O Intemerata, and Stabat mater; ff. 144v-154v: Suffrages of Michael, John the Baptist, John the Evangelist, Peter and Paul, James the Greater, All Apostles, Stephen, Lawrence, Christopher, Sebastian, Many Martyrs, Nicholas, Claude, Anthony abbot, Francis, Roch, Anne, Mary Magdalene, Catherine of Alexandria, Margaret, Barbara, Apollonia, Genevieve; ff. 154v-174v: Prayers and devotions to be said during the course of the day and at other occasions, including at mass, and for specific ends.

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Book of Hours, use of Paris : [manuscript]

Manuscripts

ff. 1-201v. [Book of Hours]: ff. 1-12v: Full calendar in French; ff. 13-22: [f. 13, blank; f. 13v, illuminated; f. 14, rubric only,] Catena mainly from John 19 and pericopes of the gospels; ff. 22v-36v: Obsecro te and O Intemerata (masculine forms) followed by other prayers to the Virgin with rubrics in French; ff. 37-107: Hours of the Virgin, use of Paris; ff. 110-129: Penitential psalms and litany; ff. 129v-161: Office of the Dead, use of Paris; ff. 161-169v: Prayers, often introduced by long rubrics or indulgences in French; ff. 170-201v: Suffrages of the Trinity, Michael, John the Baptist, Peter and Paul, John the Evangelist, Christopher, Martin, Nicholas, Mary Magdalene, Catherine of Alexandria, Margaret, All Saints, the Trinity, All Angels, Peter, Paul, Andrew, John the Evangelist, Thomas the Apostle, Many Apostles, Stephen, Lawrence, Gregory, Blasius, Sebastian, Denis, Gervasius and Protasius, Cosmas and Damianus, Many Martyrs, Anthony abbot, Augustine, Benedict, Maurus, Fiacre, Lazarus, Claude, Many Confessors, Cecilia, Agnes, Apollonia, Avia, Opportuna, Genevieve, Anne; De nostre dame par toute l'annee antienne, Salve regina misericordie (and antiphons for the days of the week), of the Cross, for peace, the Eucharist, Martha.

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