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Book of Hours, use of Rome : [manuscript]

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Description: ff. 1-229v. [Book of hours]: [f. 1, blank], f. 1v, almanac for 1513-1530. ff. 2-13v, calendar with standard entries in red and major feasts signified by blue or gold. ff. 14-19v, pericopes of the Gospels. ff. 20-54v, prayers (some in French) for various occasions (many related to the morning) and suffrages of Michael, John the Baptist, James the Greater, Christopher, Claude, Anne, Catherine of Alexandria, Barbara, Mary Magdalene. ff. 55-127, Incipiunt hore intemerate dei genitricis marie secundum usum romanum, with suffrages of All Saints, hours of the Cross and of the Holy Spirit worked in [f. 127v blank]. ff. 128-147, prayers (many related to the evening). ff. 147-154v, weekly variations of the psalms at matins for the hours of the Virgin. ff. 155-163v, Advent office for the hours of the Virgin. ff. 164-168v, prayers relating to the names of God and of Christ. f. 169, image, verses and prayer in French on the Memento Mori theme. ff. 170-174v, 10 commandments, 7 sacraments, 7 virtues and vices, 7 gifts of the Holy Spirit, 7 beatitudes, 10 virtues of the Virgin, all in French. ff. 175-193, penitential meditations in French. ff. 193v-194v, images and verses in French, contemplating death. ff. 195-205v, devotional meditations in French. ff. 206-217, narratives in Latin and in French pertaining to prayers of a certain pope, of St. Albert, of Master James of Pavia. ff. 217-221v, the standard three prayers in French to God the Father, two to Christ. ff. 222-224v, devotional readings in French and in Latin about fasting and other virtuous behaviors. [f. 225 blank], ff. 225v-226, image across the opening of Christ carrying the cross with the help of the poor, the ill, the thieves and so forth [f. 226v, blank]. ff. 227-229v with a final note apparently relating the years by Golden Number to agriculture.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: [just before 1513].
Call number: mssHM 1088
Creator: Catholic Church(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: The first owner's portrait appears repeatedly throughout the volume, and on f. 193 before a saint, possibly Peter. Belonged to the Vicomte de Morel-Vindé (Charles Gilbert Morel de Vindé); his sale, Paris, 1823, n. 94; in the sales of the Comte H. de La Bedoyère, Paris, 1837, n. 17 and 1862, n. 24; later in the Leboeuf de Montgermont sale, Paris, 1876, n. 58 to Léon Techener; his sale, Paris, 1887, pt. II, n. 17 to Fontaine. Belonged to Robert Hoe: Grolier Club (1892) n. 54 ; Bierstadt (1895) p. 28 ; Cat. (1909) pp. 110-13 ; his sale, Anderson, New York, 1912, pt. III, n. 2079 with plate of f. 175v to G. D. Smith. Precise source and date of acquisition by Henry E. Huntington unknown.
Restrictions: RESTRICTED. Available with curatorial approval. Requires extended retrieval and delivery time.
Dimensions: 183 x 255 mm
Associated people: Morel de Vindé, Charles Gilbert Terray, (1759-1842,); Hoe, Robert, (1839-1909,)
Associated organization: Henry E. Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.
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ff. 1-205v [Book of Hours]: ff. 1-12v: Calendar in French; f. 13r-v, ruled as for a calendar, but blank; ff. 14-22: [f. 14, blank], Short hours of the Cross; f. 22v, ruled, but blank; ff. 23-29v: [f. 23, blank], Short hours of the Holy Spirit; f. 30r-v, ruled, but blank; ff. 31-102: [f. 31, blank], Hours of the Virgin, use of Rome; f. 102v, ruled, but blank; ff. 103-121: [f. 103, blank], Penitential psalms and litany; f. 121v, ruled, but blank; ff. 122-166: Office of the Dead, use of Rome; f. 166v, ruled, but blank; ff. 167-190: Obsecro te, O Intemerata and other prayers; ff. 190v-200: Suffrages of the Trinity, Peter and Paul, Sebastian, Anthony abbot, Adrianus, Piatus, Mary Magdalene, Julianus, Catherine of Alexandria, Barbara, Holy Spirit, Roch; ff. 200-204v: Prayers especially for the Eucharist. f. 205r-v, blank.
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ff. 1-209v; [Book of Hours]: ff. 1-12v: Full calendar; ff. 13-25v: Pericopes of the Gospels and Passion according to John; ff. 26-34v: Obsecro te, O Intemerata and other prayers to the Virgin; ff. 35-79: Hours of the Virgin, use of Rome; f. 79v ruled, but blank, except for rubric to the Hours of the Cross; ff. 80-83v: Short hours of the Cross; ff. 84-87: Short hours of the Holy Spirit; f. 87v, ruled, but blank; ff. 88-103v: Penitential psalms and litany; ff. 104-135: Office of the Dead, use of Rome; ff. 135v-144: Suffrages of Michael, John the Baptist, John the Evangelist, Peter and Paul, Christopher, George, Adrian, Sebastian, James the Greater, Bernard, Catherine of Alexandria, Mary Magdalene, Martha, Apollonia, Barbara; ff. 144v-155: Prayers, including one in French; ff. 155v-186v: Psalter of St. Gregory; ff. 187-194v: Psalter of St. Augustine; ff. 195-207v: Psalter of St. Jerome. ff. 208-209v, blank.
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ff. 1-217v (and ff. 87a, 88a). [Book of Hours]: ff. 1-12v: Calendar in red and black; ff. 13-14v: Prayer to the face of Christ; ff. 15-22v: [f. 15, blank], Short hours of the Cross; ff. 23-29v: [f. 23, blank], Short hours of the Holy Spirit; ff. 30-37: [f. 30, blank], Mass of the Virgin; ff. 37-42v: Pericopes of the Gospels; ff. 43-120v: [f. 43, blank], Incipiunt hore beate marie virginis secundum usum Romanum; ff. 121-144v: Obsecro te, O Intemerata, two other prayers and suffrages of John the Baptist, Peter and Paul, James, Adrianus, Sebastian, Michael, Francis, Anthony abbot, Nicholas, Anne, Mary Magdalene, Catherine of Alexandria, Barbara, Margaret; ff. 145-167v: [f. 145, blank], Penitential psalms and litany; ff. 168-213: [f. 168, blank], Office of the Dead, use of Rome; ff. 213v-217v: Athanasian Creed, and added prayer of the Verses of St. Bernard.
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