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summary
Book of Hours, use of Rouen
note (text)
This richly illuminated Book of Hours of the Use of Rouen includes fifteen full-page miniatures, most of which are framed by elaborate architectural frames painted in shell gold. The calendar contains twenty-four vignettes representing the scenes of the zodiac and the labors of the month. The unusual miniature on fol. 14v represents an allegory known as the "Procès du Paradis," with female figures in grisaille representing Ecclesia, Justice, Pity, and Wisdom flanking an angel and overseen by the Trinity. An apparently original inscription above the miniature on fol. 35v mentions "Louis King of the French," presumably a reference to Louis XII (r. 1498–1515). The arms of the first owners, a man from the Quinard of Languedoc and a woman from the Venot-de-Noisy are included on a roundel on fol. 37v. A miniature on fol. 69r shows the couple who originally owned the book in prayer before the Virgin and Child. The remaining text pages are decorated with imaginatively varied panel borders. The calendar is of the Use of Rouen, with Saint Romain appearing in gold (23 October, fol. 5v). The Litany includes local Rouen Saints Mello, Romanus, Audoen, Ausbert, Wandregisil, and Wulfran.
extent
076 ff. (CCLL)i+76+i
leaf dimensions : height (mm)
160
leaf dimensions : width (mm)
112
justification : height (mm)
116
justification : width (mm)
75
note (deco)
lateral borders on every page, each different, formed of leafy sprays and baroque decorations in geometric divisions, in camaïeu d'or, camaïeu gris, and colors, decorated and illuminated initials and line-fillers throughout.
binding
S. XVI light brown morocco, gilt stamp with image of the instruments of the Passion on the covers with "INRI" inscribed on the crosses, gilt edges.
origDate : proposed date
circa 1500
note (history)
Arms of the first owners on 37v: Coatofarms in a wreath, wit the arms of the husband and wife impaled, identified by A. Van de Put (see Wolf, pp. 140141), are those of Quinard of Languedoc, and Venot de Noisy of Burgundy and Lyonnais.
provenance
Members of the families of Quinard of Languedoc and Venot de Noisy of Burgundy and Lyonnais; Thomas F. Richardson, Boston; John Frederick Lewis, Philadelphia.
bibl
De Ricci et Wilson 1935-1937, II, p. 2038-2039 n° 83Wolf 1937, p. 140-141 n° 126De Ricci et Wilson 1935-1937, 2038-2039, no. 83Wolf 1937, 140-141, no. 1262001, Philadelphia, 118, n. 5 ID Arkindex
6a665dee-773e-4a12-800c-9319307e14b5
HORAE_1200pxmin (1815 mss)
Philadelphia_Free_Library_of_Philadelphia_Lewis_E_126.tar.gz
Digitization-type
single page
