Book of hours, Use of Châlons
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Description
- Title
- Book of hours, Use of Châlons
- Published / Created
- approximately 1525-approximately 1549.
- Publication Place
- Châlons?, France and France
- Abstract
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Manuscript, on parchment, incomplete, of a book of hours, probably Use of Châlons. It contains a calendar (1r-12v); the Hours of the Virgin in the Use of Châlons (13r-70v); Hours of the Cross and Hours of the Holy Spirit (71r-78v); Seven Penetential Psalms (79r-98v); and the Office of the Dead (99r-138v).
- Description
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In Latin.
Bookseller description available.
Script: gothica textualis semi-quadrata.
Layout: single column, 14 lines.
Decoration: Many small decorated initials, gilt, or with contrasting red and blue penwork; some two-line decorated initials, also gilt. Nearly all pages have one margin filled with an ivyleaf border with gold leaves and colored blossoms. Nine large miniatures accompanied by large gold initials and full gold borders: Annunciation (13r); Nativity (40v); the angel and the shepherds (47r); Presentation in the temple (55v); Coronation of Mary (66r); Crucifixion (71r); Pentecost (76r); David repenting (79r); Mass for the dead with mourners and clerics (99r).
Binding: eighteenth-century full blind-tooled brown leather, rebacked: spine title "HORAE" on modern spine. Marbled endpapers. - Provenance
- Nineteenth-century ownership inscription of "Monsieur Bagnall." Formerly owned by James Stevens-Cox. Purchased from Maggs Brothers, Ltd. on the Herman W. Liebert Book Fund, 2020.
- Extent
- ii + i + 136 + ii leaves : 140 mm x 100 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 1264
- Container / Volume
- Box
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Books of hours
Manuscripts, Medieval France 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library - Material
- parchment ;
- Resource Type
- text
- Subject (Geographic)
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France.
France
Connecticut
New Haven. - Subject (Name)
- Catholic Church
- Subject (Topic)
-
Books of hours
Manuscripts, Medieval - Subjects
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Catholic Church > France
Books of hours > France > 16th century
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
France > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Stevens-Cox, James > Ownership
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
- Book of Hours, Use of Châlons. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 16131210
- Object ID (OID)
- 32345488
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