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Book of Hours : [manuscript]

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Description
ff. 1-168v: [Book of Hours]: f. 3v: Rubric for the Hours of the Virgin although the text itself is no longer present; ff. 4-50v: Hours of the Passion; f. 51r-v, blank; ff. 52-74: Hours of the Holy Spirit; f. 74v, blank; ff. 75-114v: Long hours of the Trinity; ff. 115-136v: Suffrages of Michael, All Angels, John the Baptist, Peter and Paul, John the Evangelist, Andrew, James the Greater, All Apostles, Stephen, Denis, Lawrence, Christopher, All Martyrs, Martin, Nicholas, Anthony abbot, Godo, Maurus, All Confessors, Mary Magdalene, Anne, Catherine of Alexandria, Margaret, All Virgins, All Saints, for peace; ff. 137-139: Prayers to Jesus and to the Trinity; ff. 139v-152v: 64 short prayers for the Sundays of the year and major feasts; ff. 153-154v: Prayers for various occasions; ff. 155-166v: Prayers including one to William (O Guillerme pastor bone). ff. 167-168v, blank.
Type
Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date
[between 1400 and 1415]
Call number
mssHM 1179
Creator
Catholic Church(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
The first owner was apparently named William, and may have been connected with Bourges. Belonged to E. M. Bancel; his sale, Paris, 8 May 1882, n. 9 to Ellis. In the collection of E. Dwight Church, and in his Catalogue . . . of English Literature (1909) vol. 1, n. 399 with a plate of f. 41. The Church collection was acquired by Henry E. Huntington in 1911.
Restrictions
RESTRICTED. Available with curatorial approval. Requires extended retrieval and delivery time.
Dimensions
137 x 195 mm
Associated people
Master of Troyes, (active 1390-1415,)
Bancel, É.-M., (1808-1893,)
Church, Elihu Dwight, (1835-1908,)
Associated organization
Henry E. Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.
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