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Book of hours (MS M.1055).

Accession number
MS M.1055
Object title
Book of hours (MS M.1055).
Created
Rouen, France, ca. 1465-1475.
Binding
French red morocco, spine gilt, ca. 1700.
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Roy O'Connor, 1984.
Description
113 leaves (1 column, 15 lines), bound : vellum, ill. 210 x 150 mm
Provenance
"Ex Libris Fleury Diaconi/1777" (partially obliterated inscription on second front flyleaf); Jakob Hirsch, Geneva; Herbert Straus; Therese K. Straus; Mrs. Roy O'Connor.
Notes
Ms. book of hours for the use of Rouen (Hours of the Virgin, Office of the Dead, calendar); written and illuminated in Rouen, France, ca. 1465-1475.
Decoration: 13 large miniatures, full illuminated borders on miniature pages, partial illuminated borders on text pages, numerous illuminated initials and line fillers; French Gothic style.
Artist: a follower of the Coëtivy Master.
Contents
fols. 1r-12v: Calendar in French -- fols. 13r-17v: Gospel Sequences -- fols. 17v-20r: Obsecro te -- fols. 20v-23r: O intemerata -- fols. 24r-64v: Hours of the Virgin -- fols. 65r-67v: Short Hours of the Cross -- fols. 68r-70v: Short Hours of the Holy Spirit -- fols. 71r-87r: Penitential Psalms and Litany -- fols. 87v-113r: Office of the Dead -- fol. 113v: Blank.
Script
textura
Language
Latin and Middle French
Classification