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Book of Hours and Psalter : [manuscript]

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Description
ff. 1-199; ff. 199v-200v, blank. [Book of Hours and Psalter]. Latin; French. f. 1, drawing; f. 1v, blank; ff. 2-12, Hours of the Passion; ff. 12v-13v, blank; ff. 14-18, Short Hours of the Cross; f. 18v, blank; ff. 19-26, Hours of the Virgin, Dominican use; ff. 26-35, Psalter of St. Jerome; f. 35v, blank; ff. 36-41v, Calendar; ff. 42-175v, Psalter; ff. 175v-187v, Ferial canticles; ff. 188-192v, Litany; ff. 193-199, Office of the Dead, use of Rome.
Type
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Date
[between 1300 and 1350]
Call number
mssEL 9 H 17
Creator
Catholic Church(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
The woman in the historiated initial on f. 175v may be intended to represent the first owner of the book. Of the 15 coats of arms in the borders, 2 may be associated with a Vernon family of Harlaston, Staffordshire and Haddon, Derbyshire; on f. 61, argent, a fret sable, a quarter gules; and, also on f. 61, the same but on the quarter a martlet argent. For a description of all the coats of arms, see The New Palaeographical Society ser. 2 pt. 3 (1915) text and plate 69, with reproductions of ff. 15 and 61. On f. 36, the first leaf of the calendar, s. XIVmed: "Domina Issabella de vernun dedit istud psalterium conventui de hanpul qui alienaverit excomunicatus est" referring to the Priory of the Virgin Mary of Cistercian nuns in Hampole, Yorkshire; see Ker, MLGB, 95 . On f. 1, "N:1" in the hand of John Egerton (1579-1649), 1st Earl of Bridgewater, corrected to "N:1./6" by the second Earl (1622-86). The current Bridgewater pressmark and ex libris on the front pastedown.
Restrictions
RESTRICTED. Available with curatorial approval. Requires extended retrieval and delivery time.
Dimensions
180 x 270 mm
Associated organization
Henry E. Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.
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