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Book of Hours, use of Paris : [manuscript]

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Description
ff. 1-142; [Book of Hours]: ff. 1-12v: Full calendar in French; ff. 13-22v: Pericopes of the Gospels, with the Obsecro te and the O Intemerata; f. 23r-v, ruled, but blank; ff. 24-77v: Hours of the Virgin, use of Paris; ff. 78-92v: Penitential psalms and litany; f. 78 was originally the opening leaf of the Hours of the Cross, the first text has been erased and the beginning of the Penitential psalms written in, in an imitative gothic script (17th cent.?); ff. 93-94v, 96-97v, 98r-v, 95r-v: Prayers in French, missing leaves; ff. 99-100: Short hours of the Cross, with the offices for none, vespers and compline only; ff. 100v-137v: Office of the Dead, use of Paris; f. 100v was originally the opening leaf for the Hours of the Holy Spirit, as indicated by the rubric, de sancto spiritu, on f. 100; the first text was erased and the beginning of the Office of the Dead written in, in an imitative gothic script (17th cent.?); ff. 138-139: Suffrage of Christopher, added in a different hand. ff. 139v-142v, blank.
Type
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Date
[between 1400 and 1415]
Call number
mssHM 1142
Creator
Catholic Church(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
Belonged to E. Dwight Church and is described in his Catalogue . . . of English Literature (1909) vol. 1, n. 407 with a plate of f. 43v. The Church collection was acquired by Henry E. Huntington in 1911.
Restrictions
RESTRICTED. Available with curatorial approval. Requires extended retrieval and delivery time.
Dimensions
128 x 186 mm
Associated people
Boethius Illuminator, (active 1414-1420,)
Church, Elihu Dwight, (1835-1908,)
Associated organization
Henry E. Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.
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