Accession number
MS M.971
Object title
Book of hours (MS M.971).
Created
Northeastern France, between 1425 and 1450.
Binding
19th-century imitation of a medieval binding, with enameled silver relief plaques, inset with false gems, front, back, and spine.
Credit line
Bequest of Miss Tessie Jones, 1976.
Description
126 leaves (1 column, 18 lines), bound ; 194 x 145 mm
Notes
Ms. book of hours for the use of Arras (Hours of the Virgin); written and illuminated in northeastern France, in the second quarter of the 15th century.
Texts: fols. 1-12v - Calendar in French; 13-16 - Hours of the Cross; 16v-19v - Hours of the Holy Spirit; 20-23 - Gospel sequences; 24-74 - Hours of the Virgin; 74v-75v - blank; 76-89 - Seven Penitential Psalms and the Litany; 90-119v - Office of the Dead; 120-123v - Fifteen Joys of the Virgin, in French; 124-126 - Seven Requests, in French.
Decoration: 4 miniatures, illuminated initials and borders.
Texts: fols. 1-12v - Calendar in French; 13-16 - Hours of the Cross; 16v-19v - Hours of the Holy Spirit; 20-23 - Gospel sequences; 24-74 - Hours of the Virgin; 74v-75v - blank; 76-89 - Seven Penitential Psalms and the Litany; 90-119v - Office of the Dead; 120-123v - Fifteen Joys of the Virgin, in French; 124-126 - Seven Requests, in French.
Decoration: 4 miniatures, illuminated initials and borders.
Script
textura
Language
Latin and French
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