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Book of Hours, use of Paris : [manuscript]

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Description
ff. 1-170v. [Book of Hours]: ff. 1-6v: Full calendar; ff. 7-28v: Pericopes of the Gospels, followed by the Obsecro te and the O Intemerata (masculine forms); ff. 29-88v: Hours of the Virgin, use of Paris; ff. 89-96: Short hours of the Cross; ff. 96v-101v: Short hours of the Holy Spirit; ff. 102-118: Penitential psalms and litany; ff. 118v-160v: Office of the Dead, use of Paris; ff. 161-170v: Suffrages of Michael, John the Baptist, John the Evangelist, Peter and Paul, Lawrence, Eustachius, Fiacre, Nicholas, Claude, Anthony abbot, Maurus, Mary Magdalene, Catherine of Alexandria, Margaret, Genevieve.
Type
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Date
[between 1500 and 1550]
Call number
mssHM 1168
Creator
Catholic Church(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
An inscription on the front pastedown shows the manuscript to have belonged to J. G. Smyth, clerk, of St. Gregory's, Norwich in 1790, and to have been given by him on 3 August 1830 to Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex, in whose library it bore the shelf mark, VI.H.h.8 (not in the Bibliotheca Sussexiana, London 1827, because of the late date of acquisition), sale of the Duke of Sussex, Evans, London, 1844, pt. II, n. 188 to Thorpe. Belonged to Robert Hoe, Grolier Club (1892) n. 20, Cat. (1909) pp. 42-43, his sale, Anderson, New York, 1912, pt. III, n. 2073 to G. D. Smith. Precise source and date of acquisition by Henry E. Huntington unknown.
Restrictions
RESTRICTED. Available with curatorial approval. Requires extended retrieval and delivery time.
Dimensions
129 x 188 mm
Associated people
Augustus Frederick, (1773-1843,)
Hoe, Robert, (1839-1909,)
Associated organization
Henry E. Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.
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    mssHM 1100

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    Book of Hours, use of Paris : [manuscript]

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    ff. 1-195v [Book of Hours]: ff. 1-6v: Full calendar in French; ff. 7-20v: Passion according to John; ff. 21-39v: Pericopes of the Gospels, Obsecro te, O Intemerata, Stabat mater; ff. 40-113v: Hours of the Virgin, use of Paris; ff. 114-118: Short hours of the Cross; ff. 118v-121v: Short hours of the Holy Spirit; ff. 122-141v: Penitential psalms and litany; ff. 142-195v: Office of the Dead, use of Paris and prayers for Communion.

    mssHM 1160

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    mssHM 1129

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    mssHM 1151

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