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Book of Hours, use of Rome : [manuscript]

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ff. 1-177v. [Book of Hours]: ff. 1-12v: Full calendar in French; ff. 13-23v: Preparation for confession in French; ff. 23v-24v: Prayers in French added (17th c.); ff. 25-36v: Pericopes of the Gospels, Passion according to John and Salve Regina; f. 36r-v: Prayer in French added (17th c.); ff. 37-96v: [f. 37, ruled, but blank except for rubric], Hours of the Virgin, use of Rome, with the short hours of the Cross, the Holy Spirit and the Conception worked in; ff. 96-97: Prayers in French added (17th c.); ff. 97v-110: Penitential psalms and litany; ff. 110v-136: Office of the Dead, use of Rome; f. 136v, blank; ff. 137-144v: Suffrages of the Trinity, Obsecro te, O Intemerata, and Stabat mater; ff. 144v-154v: Suffrages of Michael, John the Baptist, John the Evangelist, Peter and Paul, James the Greater, All Apostles, Stephen, Lawrence, Christopher, Sebastian, Many Martyrs, Nicholas, Claude, Anthony abbot, Francis, Roch, Anne, Mary Magdalene, Catherine of Alexandria, Margaret, Barbara, Apollonia, Genevieve; ff. 154v-174v: Prayers and devotions to be said during the course of the day and at other occasions, including at mass, and for specific ends.
Type
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Date
[between 1500 and 1515]
Call number
mssHM 1171
Creator
Catholic Church(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
The first owner of the manuscript appears kneeling before the Virgin, wearing his coat of arms, on f. 37v; the same coat of arms, ensigned with the collar of the Order of St. Michael, in the lower margins of ff. 29 and 61, argent 3 lions rampant sable, on an escutcheon azure a fesse or between 6 billets or. An English[?] book dealer's slip offset onto f. i verso.
Restrictions
RESTRICTED. Available with curatorial approval. Requires extended retrieval and delivery time.
Dimensions
140 x 195 mm
Associated organization
Henry E. Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.
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