note (deco)
24 Calendar miniatures of the occupations of the months and the signs of the zodiac; 11 large or full-page miniatures, showing the Nativity (fol. 40r, misbound, Prime of the Virgin, three-quarter-page), the Scourging of Christ (fol. 52v, Terce of the Cross, full-page, with border), the Magi (fol. 54v, Sext of the Virgin, three-quarter-page), Christ carrying the Cross (fol. 59v, Sext of the Cross, full-page, with border), the Presentation in the Temple (fol. 60v, None of the Virgin, three-quarter-page), the Flight into Egypt (fol. 66r, Vespers of the Virgin, three-quarter-page), the Deposition (fol. 70v, Vespers of the Cross, full-page, with border), the Coronation of the Virgin (fol. 72r, Compline of the Virgin, threequarter- page), the Entombment (fol. 78v, Compline of the Cross, full-page, with border), David in prayer in the wilderness (fol. 83r, Penitential Psalms, three-quarterpage) and a funeral service in a church (fol. 112r, Office of the Dead, three-quarterpage).Rubrics in red, Calendar in alternating lines of red and blue with major entries in gold; 1 and 2-line initials throughout and illuminated borders surrounding every page.
note (history)
Gregory Clark kindly reports that the artist or his workshop also contributed to two other Books of Hours illuminated in Rouen, the Oldhall Hours (London, BL, Harley MS 2900) and Cambridge, St. John’s College, MS 240, both made for the English market.
