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Book of Hours, use of Rome : [manuscript]

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Description: ff. 1-206v. [Book of Hours]: ff. 1-13: calendar in red and black including, in red, the feasts of Basilius (14 June), Remigius and Bavo (1 October) and Donatianus (14 October); f. 13v, blank; ff. 14-21: Short hours of the Cross; f. 21v, ruled, but blank; ff. 22-28: Short hours of the Holy Spirit; f. 28v, ruled, but blank; ff. 29-35v: Mass of the Virgin; ff. 36-41v: Pericopes of the Gospels; ff. 42-121v: Incipiunt hore beate marie virginis secundum usum Romanum (weekly variations of the psalms at matins set into the text before the lessons; suffrages of All Saints and prayers for peace from lauds to compline; Advent office begins on f. 114); f. 122r-v, ruled, but blank; ff. 123-143: Penitential psalms and litany (including Victor, Quentin, Eustachius, Maurice and Denis, all with companions, among the martyrs; among the confessors Bavo, Remigius, Eligius, Aegidius, Audomar, Livin and Amand; among the virgins Bridget, Genevieve and Apollonia); f. 143v, ruled, but blank; ff. 144-188v: Office of the Dead, use of Rome; ff. 189-206v: Quicumque vult, Obsecro te, O Intemerata, Stabat mater dolorosa and suffrages of Sebastian, James, Anthony of Padua, Michael, Francis, Jerome, Peter and Paul.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: [between 1485 and 1499]
Call number: mssHM 1174
Creator: Catholic Church(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Belonged to Robert Hoe: Grolier Club (1892) n. 35; Cat. (1909) pp. 67-68 (at that time kept in a cloth case with brass clasps, lined with blue satin); his sale, Anderson, New York, 1912, pt. III, n. 2076, with a plate of f. 29v, 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: 117 x 165 mm
Associated people: Hoe, Robert, (1839-1909,)
Associated organization: Henry E. Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.
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ff. 1-205v [Book of Hours]: ff. 1-12v: Calendar in French; f. 13r-v, ruled as for a calendar, but blank; ff. 14-22: [f. 14, blank], Short hours of the Cross; f. 22v, ruled, but blank; ff. 23-29v: [f. 23, blank], Short hours of the Holy Spirit; f. 30r-v, ruled, but blank; ff. 31-102: [f. 31, blank], Hours of the Virgin, use of Rome; f. 102v, ruled, but blank; ff. 103-121: [f. 103, blank], Penitential psalms and litany; f. 121v, ruled, but blank; ff. 122-166: Office of the Dead, use of Rome; f. 166v, ruled, but blank; ff. 167-190: Obsecro te, O Intemerata and other prayers; ff. 190v-200: Suffrages of the Trinity, Peter and Paul, Sebastian, Anthony abbot, Adrianus, Piatus, Mary Magdalene, Julianus, Catherine of Alexandria, Barbara, Holy Spirit, Roch; ff. 200-204v: Prayers especially for the Eucharist. f. 205r-v, blank.
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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. 1-180; [Book of Hours]: ff. 1-12v: Calendar in red and black; ff. 13-21v: [f. 13, blank], Short hours of the Cross; ff. 22-29: [f. 22, blank], Short hours of the Holy Spirit; f. 29v, ruled, but blank; ff. 30-37v: [f. 30, blank], Mass of the Virgin; ff. 38-44: Pericopes of the Gospels; f. 44v, ruled, but blank; ff. 45-106v: [f. 45, blank], Incipiunt hore beate marie virginis secundum usum romanum; ff. 107-126v: [f. 107, blank], Penitential psalms and litany; ff. 127-162: [f. 127, blank], Office of the Dead, with 3 lessons; ff. 162-180: Obsecro te and O intemerata, and suffrages of Michael, Peter and Paul, John the Baptist, Sebastian, Nicholas, Anthony abbot, Mary Magdalene, Catherine of Alexandria, Barbara, Agnes, Genevieve. [f. 180v, blank].
mssHM 1136
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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.
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ff. 1-209v; [Book of Hours]: ff. 1-12v: Full calendar; ff. 13-25v: Pericopes of the Gospels and Passion according to John; ff. 26-34v: Obsecro te, O Intemerata and other prayers to the Virgin; ff. 35-79: Hours of the Virgin, use of Rome; f. 79v ruled, but blank, except for rubric to the Hours of the Cross; ff. 80-83v: Short hours of the Cross; ff. 84-87: Short hours of the Holy Spirit; f. 87v, ruled, but blank; ff. 88-103v: Penitential psalms and litany; ff. 104-135: Office of the Dead, use of Rome; ff. 135v-144: Suffrages of Michael, John the Baptist, John the Evangelist, Peter and Paul, Christopher, George, Adrian, Sebastian, James the Greater, Bernard, Catherine of Alexandria, Mary Magdalene, Martha, Apollonia, Barbara; ff. 144v-155: Prayers, including one in French; ff. 155v-186v: Psalter of St. Gregory; ff. 187-194v: Psalter of St. Augustine; ff. 195-207v: Psalter of St. Jerome. ff. 208-209v, blank.
mssHM 1143
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mssHM 1148