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Fragment from a Book of Hours : [manuscript]

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Description: ff. 1-3v: [Three non-consecutive leaves, respectively from the Office of the Dead, from the Hours of the Virgin, and from the Short Hours of the Cross]
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: [between 1450 and 1499]
Call number: mssHM 47544
Creator: Catholic Church(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: A label on the front pastedown, "D 113." On f. 1, modern pencil foliation, "152"; on f. 3, with the same numbering, "18." Faint pencil marks on the lower margin of f. 3 resemble the price code of Dawson's Book Shop, Los Angeles. Given to the Huntington Library in 1975 by Mrs. Edward J. Loftus.
Restrictions: RESTRICTED. Available with curatorial approval. Requires extended retrieval and delivery time.
Dimensions: 70 x 98 mm
Associated organization: Henry E. Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.
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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. 1-121v: [Book of Hours] ff. 1-6v: Full calendar; ff. 7-14: Pericopes of the Gospels and the Obsecro te; f. 14v, ruled, but blank; ff. 15-66v: Hours of the Virgin of undetermined use with hours of the Cross and of the Holy Spirit worked in; ff. 67-79v: Penitential psalms and litany; ff. 80-118: Office of the Dead of undetermined use. ff. 118v-121v, blank.

mssHM 1250

Book of Hours, use of Paris : [manuscript]

Manuscripts

ff. 1-200 [Book of Hours]: ff. 1-12v: full calendar in French; ff. 13-28v: Pericopes of the Gospels with the Obsecro te and the O Intemerata; ff. 29-98v: Hours of the Virgin, use of Paris; ff. 99-119: Penitential psalms and litany; ff. 119v-123v: Short hours of the Cross; ff. 124-128: Short hours of the Holy Spirit; ff. 128v-186: Office of the Dead, use of Paris; ff. 186v-198: Prayers in French. [ff. 198v-200v, blank].

mssHM 1128

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

Manuscripts

ff. 1-115v. [Book of Hours]: ff. 1-12v: Full calendar in French; ff. 13-15: [f. 13, blank], Pericope from John; ff. 15v-63: Hours of the Virgin, possibly in the use of Sens; ff. 63v-66: Short hours of the Cross; ff. 66v-69: Short hours of the Holy Spirit; ff. 69v-84: Penitential psalms and litany; ff. 84v-106: Office of the Dead, 3 lessons; ff. 106v-115v: Obsecro te and suffrages of Michael, James, Andrew, George, Adrian, Martin, Nicholas, Eligius, Maturinus, Anne, Mary Magdalene, Catherine of Alexandria.

mssHM 1153

Book of Hours, in Dutch : [manuscript]

Manuscripts

ff. 1-142v. [Book of Hours]: f. lr-v: Computistic texts; ff. 2-13v: Full calendar; f. 14r-v, blank, except for notes; ff. 15-45: Hours of the Virgin (this text and others in the compilation of Geert Grote); ff. 45v-65v: Long hours of the Cross; ff. 65v-83: Hours of the Eternal Wisdom; ff. 83-97v: Penitential psalms and litany; ff. 97v-106v: Prayers to the Virgin, one's guardian angel, Michael, Andrew, Lawrence, Jerome, Agnes, Dorothy, Catherine, Barbara, Mary Magdalene, Cecilia, Margaret, the 11,000 Virgins, Agatha, Gertrude, Lucia and Scholastica; f. 107r-v: Christmas hymn; ff. 108-110v: Communion prayers; f. 110v: Sayings attributed to Augustine; ff. 111-142v: Office of the Dead.

mssHM 1155

Book of Hours, use of Paris : [manuscript]

Manuscripts

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

Fragment from a Book of Hours : [manuscript]

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