Hours, use of Paris
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2014402
Description
- Title
- Hours, use of Paris
- Published / Created
- [between 1500 and 1515]
- Publication Place
- France
- Abstract
-
Manuscript on parchment (fine) of a Book of Hours with full calendar including the major Franciscan and Dominican feasts
- Description
-
In Latin.
Script: Written by a single scribe in a precise humanistic script similar in style to that of Geoffroy Tory (1480-1533).
Fifteen full-page miniatures in camaieu-gris with gold accents in narrow frames of gold in form of a rope. Twelve smaller miniatures in narrow gold frames with the occupations of the months in the Calendar. Signs of the zodiac appear in the sky or in the background. In addition there are three miniatures, 8-line, f. 14v (Gospel Sequences) St. Luke; f. 15r (Gospel Sequences) St. Matthew; and f. 20v (Stabat mater) the two Marys at the cross. All text pages with elaborate borders consisting of solid panels in gold or grey divided by knotted cords, black with white or gold highlights enclosing the letters E, F, G.
Initials, 4- and 3-line, blue, grey, or pink with white highlights, filled with knotted cords or flowers against gold grounds flecked with black. Initials, 2- and 1-line, and KL monograms, gold, on red and blue grounds with gold filigree. Line fillers gold on red and blue grounds with gold filigree, or gold logs. Rubrics in gold and blue.
Binding: Nineteenth century. Tortoise shell sides with two gold-plated (?) clasps. Pale blue watered silk doublures. - Provenance
- Belonged to Marie-Caroline de Bourbon, Duchesse de Berry (1798-1870) and to Baron Edmond de Rothschild. Acquired from H. P. Kraus in 1969 by Edwin J. Beinecke for the Beinecke Library.
- Extent
- ff. i + i + 97 + i + i : 125 x 85 (83 x 50) mm.
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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Latin
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Beinecke MS 375
- Related Resource Online
- View a detailed description.
- Container / Volume
- Box
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Prayers and devotions
Manuscripts, Renaissance France 16th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library - Material
- parchment ;
- Resource Type
- unspecified
- Subject (Geographic)
-
Connecticut
New Haven. - Subject (Name)
- Catholic Church
- Subject (Topic)
-
Books of hours
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscripts, Medieval
Monasticism and religious orders - Subjects
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Catholic Church > Prayers and devotions
Books of hours
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Monasticism and religious orders
France > 16th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
- Hours, Use of Paris. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9780776
- Object ID (OID)
- 2014402
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