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Book of Hours, use of Paris[?] : [manuscript]

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Description: ff. 1-141v [Book of Hours]: ff. 1-11v: Full calendar in French; ff. 12-22v: Pericopes of the Gospels, the Obsecro te, the O Intemerata, and a prayer to Jesus; ff. 23-69: Hours of the Virgin, possibly of the use of Paris; f. 69v, ruled, but blank; ff. 70-75: Short hours of the Cross, missing the opening leaf; ff. 75v-80v: Short hours of the Holy Spirit; ff. 80v-84v: Catena mainly from John 19, 1-34 sparsim, and prayers; ff. 85-98: Penitential psalms, beginning defectively, and litany; f. 98v, ruled, but blank; ff. 99-138v: Office of the Dead, use of Paris, beginning and ending defectively; ff. 139-141: Prayer to the Virgin and suffrage of Christopher. f. 141v, blank.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: [between 1400 and 1415]
Call number: mssHM 1156
Creator: Catholic Church(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Source and date of acquisition by Henry E. Huntington unknown.
Restrictions: RESTRICTED. Available with curatorial approval. Requires extended retrieval and delivery time.
Dimensions: 126 x 178 mm
Associated organization: Henry E. Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.
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Book of hours, use of Paris, in French : [manuscript]

Manuscripts

ff. 1-160 (+ 142 bis): [Book of Hours]: ff. 2-13v: full calendar; ff. 14-19: Pericopes of the Gospels; f. 19v, ruled, but blank; ff. 20-77: Hours of the Virgin, use of Paris, in French verse; ff. 78-80v: Short hours of the Holy Spirit; ff. 81-83v: Short hours of the Cross; ff. 84-101: Penitential psalms and litany; f. 101v, ruled, but blank; ff. 101-137v: Office of the Dead, use of Paris; ff. 136-159v: Prayers in French. [f. 160r-v, blank].

mssHM 1129

Book of Hours, Sarum use : [manuscript]

Manuscripts

ff. 1-80v: [Book of Hours]: ff. 1-3v: misbound leaves, now with suffrage of Christopher, illegible erased notes, miniature of Christopher, blank leaf, and a miniature of the Annunciation; ff. 4-6v: Calendar, beginning defectively at July; ff. 7-8v: misbound leaves, now a blank leaf, miniature of Veronica, suffrage of John the Baptist, and a blank leaf; ff. 9-27v: Hours of the Virgin, apparently Sarum use, with the hours of the Cross worked in and with suffrages after lauds of the Holy Spirit, the Trinity, the Cross, Michael, John the Baptist, John the Evangelist, Peter and Paul, Andrew, Stephen, Lawrence, Thomas of Canterbury, Nicholas, Mary Magdalene, Catherine of Alexandria, Margaret, All Saints, for peace, and other prayers; ff. 28-35v: Prayers to the Virgin; ff. 36-40: Prayers to Christ; f. 40v, blank except for the added note, ""O cupid I graunt thy might is much for sure thou loveth thy dart to shent at such""; ff. 41-49: Penitential psalms, gradual psalms and litany; f. 49v, blank except for an ownership note; f. 50, blank; ff. 50v-61v: Office of the Dead, Sarum use; f. 62, blank; ff. 62v-69v: Commendation of souls; added on f. 69v, ""blessed is he that keppethe godes commandemente and so is he that"" (ending here), and an invocation to Christopher; ff. 70-72v: Psalter of the Holy Cross; f. 73, blank; ff. 73v-80v: Psalter of St. Jerome; f. 80v, added in a cursive hand, prayer against the plague.

mssHM 28175

Book of Hours, undetermined use : [manuscript]

Manuscripts

ff. 1-162v [Book of Hours]: ff. 1-12v: Calendar, rather empty, in French; ff. 13-20: Pericopes of the Gospels and O Intemerata; f. 20v, ruled, but blank; ff. 21-25: [f. 21, blank], Short hours of the Cross; f. 25v, ruled, but blank; ff. 26-30: [f. 26, blank], Short hours of the Holy Spirit; f. 30v, ruled, but blank; ff. 31-85: [f. 31, blank], Hours of the Virgin; f. 85v, ruled, but blank; ff. 86-87: Salve sancta facies; f. 87v, ruled, but blank; ff. 88-106v: [f. 88, blank], Penitential psalms and litany; ff. 107-132: [f. 107, blank], Office of the Dead with only 3 lessons at matins; ff. 132v-134v, ruled, but blank; ff. 135-137v: Mass of the Virgin; f. 138r-v, ruled, but blank; ff. 139-149v: Prayers to the Virgin beginning with the Obsecro te, and including prayers to the Holy Spirit and to God the Father, followed by the Athanasian Creed; ff. 150-160v: Suffrages of the Trinity, Michael, John the Baptist, John the Evangelist, Peter and Paul, All Apostles, James the Greater, Christopher, Sebastian, Lawrence, Anthony abbot, Nicholas, Adrianus, Francis, Mary Magdalene, Catherine of Alexandria, Barbara, Margaret. ff. 161-162v, blank.

mssHM 1200

Book of Hours, use of Paris : [manuscript]

Manuscripts

ff. 1-136v [Book of Hours]: ff. 1-12v: Full calendar in French; ff. 13-22: Pericopes of the Gospels and the Obsecro te; f. 22v, ruled, but blank; ff. 23-66v: Hours of the Virgin, use of Paris; ff. 67-68v, ruled, but blank; ff. 69-86: Penitential psalms and litany; ff. 86v-89v: Short hours of the Cross; ff. 90-92v: Short hours of the Holy Spirit; ff. 93-121: Office of the Dead, use of Paris; ff. 121-135: Prayers in French and suffrages of Michael, John the Baptist, James the Greater, Christopher, Sebastian, Nicholas, Anthony abbot, Catherine of Alexandria, Margaret, Barbara. ff. 135v-136v, blank.

mssHM 1154

Book of Hours, use of Rome : [manuscript]

Manuscripts

ff. 1-238 v [Book of Hours]: ff. 2-13v: Calendar in red and black; ff. 14-102 [f. 14, blank]: Office of the Virgin, use of Rome; ff. 102v-104v, ruled, but blank; ff. 105-166v: [f. 105, blank], Office of the Dead, use of Rome; ff. 148v-166v: liturgical variations for All Souls and for a funeral; f. 167, ruled, but blank; f. 167v: Short Hours of the Cross (remainder misbound and is on ff. 232-236v); ff. 168-198 [f. 168, blank]: Long Hours of the Passion; f. 198v, ruled, but blank; ff. 199-229: [f. 199, blank], Penitential psalms and litany; ff. 229v-231v: ruled, but blank; ff. 232-236v: Short Hours of the Cross, misbound; [ff. 237-238v, ruled but blank].

mssHM 1132

Book of Hours, use of Rome : [manuscript]

Manuscripts

ff. 1-224v. [Book of Hours]: ff. 1-12v: Calendar in French in red and black; ff. 13-41v: Long hours of the Holy Spirit; f. 42r-v, ruled, but blank; ff. 43-51: Pericope from John, the Obsecro te, and the Seven Verses of St. Gregory; ff. 51-58v: Office of the Conception of the BVM; ff. 59-115v: Hours of the Virgin, use of Rome; ff. 116-120: Short hours of the Cross; ff. 120v-121v, ruled, but blank; ff. 122-141v: Penitential psalms and litany; ff. 142-187v: Office of the Dead, use of Rome; ff. 188-198: Suffrages of Barbara and of Christopher and other prayers; ff. 199-206: Passion according to John, and prayers; f. 206v, ruled, but blank; ff. 207-224v: prayers, suffrages of Michael, John the Baptist, John the Evangelist, Nicholas, Claude, Anthony abbot, Roch, Anne, Catherine of Alexandria, Margaret, Barbara, Mary Magdalene, Genevieve, and additional prayers.

mssHM 1134

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