Accession number
MS M.947
Object title
Prayer book and life of St. Margaret (MS M.947).
Display Date
ca. 1390.
Created
France, ca. 1390.
Binding
Previously in 19th-century red velvet over boards with gilt clasp; rebound in full red morocco, no clasp, by Deborah Evetts in 1971; the present order of gatherings was introduced at this time and the manuscript was refoliated.
Credit line
Gift of Sherman Post Haight, 1970.
Description
75 leaves (1 column, 16 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 134 x 95 mm.
Provenance
Purchased in Paris by Mr. Sherman Post Haight, in January, 1915; gift of Sherman Post Haight in 1970.
Notes
Ms. prayer book and life of St. Margaret, perhaps a fragment of a book of hours; written and illuminated in France, about 1390.
Collation: I1-II1, III8-IV8, V4-VI4, VII6, VIII8, IX4, X7, XI8-XIII9.
Texts: fols. 3-21 - Prayer in French verse, beginning Quatre coses couvient au vrai religieus.. ; fols. 21v-22v - The Seven Verses of St. Bernard, in Latin; fols. 23-32v - Prayer, in French verse, beginning Sai[n]te Marie dame glorieu[se] de puciele fo[u]taine de doucour..; fols. 33-38v - Fifteen Joys of the Virgin, in French; fols. 38v-44v - The Seven Requests of our Lord, in French; fols. 45-66 - Life of St. Margaret, in French verse; fols 66-68 - Prayer in French, beginnining Cetons son fil ense[I]gne et dist..; fols. 68v-74 - Prayer on the Lord's Prayer, in Latin and French; fols. 74-75 - Prayer, in French, beginning Ave dame saincte Marie ton gloire.
Decoration: 2 full-page miniatures (inserted) with borders, 1 half-page miniature, 6 historiated initials, 7 full-page borders, numerous gold and blue intials.
Collation: I1-II1, III8-IV8, V4-VI4, VII6, VIII8, IX4, X7, XI8-XIII9.
Texts: fols. 3-21 - Prayer in French verse, beginning Quatre coses couvient au vrai religieus.. ; fols. 21v-22v - The Seven Verses of St. Bernard, in Latin; fols. 23-32v - Prayer, in French verse, beginning Sai[n]te Marie dame glorieu[se] de puciele fo[u]taine de doucour..; fols. 33-38v - Fifteen Joys of the Virgin, in French; fols. 38v-44v - The Seven Requests of our Lord, in French; fols. 45-66 - Life of St. Margaret, in French verse; fols 66-68 - Prayer in French, beginnining Cetons son fil ense[I]gne et dist..; fols. 68v-74 - Prayer on the Lord's Prayer, in Latin and French; fols. 74-75 - Prayer, in French, beginning Ave dame saincte Marie ton gloire.
Decoration: 2 full-page miniatures (inserted) with borders, 1 half-page miniature, 6 historiated initials, 7 full-page borders, numerous gold and blue intials.
Script
textura
Language
Latin and French
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