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Book of Hours, use of Amiens : [manuscript]

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Description
ff. 1-162v. [Book of Hours]: ff. 1-12v: full calendar in French; [f. 13r-v, blank], ff. 14-27: pericopes of the Gospels the Obsecro te and the O Intemerata [f. 27v, blank]; ff. 28-83v: Hours of the Virgin, use of Amiens; ff. 84-99v: Penitential psalms and litany, including Quentin, Firmin, Maurice and Fuscianus among the martyrs; Firmin, Honoratus, Romanus and Salvius among the confessors; Ulphia among the virgins; [f. 100r-v, blank], ff. 101-104v: Short hours of the Cross; [f. 105r-v, blank], ff. 106-109: Short hours of the Holy Spirit; [f. 110r-v, blank], ff. 111-154v: Office of the Dead, use of Amiens; ff. 155-162: prayers in French.
Type
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Date
[between 1450 and 1499]
Call number
mssHM 1126
Creator
Catholic Church(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
On the front pastedown is the 18th century bookplate of John Ragsdale. Belonged to Robert Hoe: Cat. (1909) p. 53; his sale, Anderson, New York, 1911, pt. I, n. 2132 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
146 x 196 mm
Associated people
Hoe, Robert, (1839-1909,)
Associated organization
Henry E. Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.
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