Book of hours, Franciscan use
Found In:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Book of hours, Franciscan use
Description
- Title
- Book of hours, Franciscan use
- Published / Created
- approximately 1460.
- Publication Place
- France (Savoy?)
- Abstract
-
Illuminated manuscript on parchment of a book of hours, Franciscan Use, created for a clergyman. Contains 1) Calendar, ff. 1r-12v; 2) Mass of the Virgin, ff. 13r-15v; 3) Gospel extracts, ff. 15v-19v; 4) "Obsecro te," "O intemerata," and other prayers, ff.19v-28v; 5) Office of the Dead, use of Rome, ff. 29r-61v; 6) Fifteen Gradual Psalms, ff. 61v-70r; 7) Hours of the Virgin, ff. 70r-121v; 8) Hours of the Cross, ff. 121v-127v; 9) Hours of the Spirit, ff. 127v-132v; 10) Office of the Dead, ff. 132v-134r; 11) Seven Penitential Psalms and Litany, ff. 134r-153r; 12) Preparation for the Mass, ff. 153r-164v. Items 5-6 belong after f. 132v; text on f. 29r continues from f.133v
Bound with contemporary illuminated manuscript on parchment containing 13) Benedictions, ff. 165r-173v; 14) Pontifical ordos, ff. 173v-180. Benedictions open with 3-line historiated initial. Rubrication. 2-line initials excised at f. 166 and f. 179
- Description
-
In Latin.
Title devised by cataloger.
Layout: single columns of 17-19 lines.
Script: gothica textualis.
Decoration: Forty historiated initials of approximately 6 lines. Inhabited full borders. Rubrication.
Binding: nineteenth-century full brown calf. Covers framed with gilt and blind ornament; spine gilt and lettered. Spine title: Missale.
Bookseller description available. - Provenance
- Ex libris Henry Francis Lyte. Southgate and Barrett, London sale, 1849 July 4 and subsequent days, lot 2764. Ex libris James Stevens-Cox. Purchased from Maggs Bros. on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2020.
- Extent
- 1 volume (ii + 180 + ii leaves) : 130 mm x 106 mm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
-
Latin
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Beinecke MS 1255
- Container / Volume
- Box
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Prayers and devotions
Early works to 1800
Books of hours France 15th century
Illuminated manuscripts France 15th century
Manuscripts, Medieval France 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library - Material
- parchment ;
- Resource Type
- text
- Subject (Geographic)
-
France.
Connecticut
New Haven. - Subject (Name)
- Catholic Church
- Subject (Topic)
-
Books of hours
Devotional literature, Latin
Manuscripts, Medieval - Subjects
-
Catholic Church > Prayers and devotions
Books of hours > Early works to 1800
Books of hours > France
Devotional literature, Latin > Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
France > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Lyte, Henry Francis, 1793-1847 > Bookplate
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, Franciscan Use. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 15651837
- Object ID (OID)
- 33187894
Manifest Link
