textLang
Latin (LA, LAT)French (FR, FRE)
note (text)
HeuresBook of hours produced in Rouen and illuminated for a local woman, including calendar, Office of the Virgin, Seven Penitential Psalms, Litany, Hours of the Cross, Hours of the Holy Spirit, Office of the Dead, and two accessory texts.
leaf dimensions : height (mm)
184
leaf dimensions : width (mm)
120
justification : height (mm)
98
justification : width (mm)
61
note (deco)
15 arched miniatures above three lines of text with three-line initials, with full borders; 24 calendar miniatures in side borders alternating between labors and Bible stories
binding
16th century binding; brown calf over wooden boards, blind-stamped with a panel of St. Barbara on the upper cover between the inscription Sancta Barbara/ora pro nobis and a panel of John the Baptist on the lower cover between the inscription Ung dieu sancte Johannes ung roy une foy/ora pro nobis une loy; attachments for two clasps; joints restored (Fogg)
origDate : proposed date
ca. 1475.
provenance
Madame Lespect (Rouen, 16th century, inscription, f. 13); Jacques-Annibal Claret de La Tourette (Lyons, 1692-1776, engraved armorial bookplate dated 1719 inside upper cover); Daniel-Marie, duc de Montfort (inscription, f. i); Dionysiĭ Vasilevich (modern inscription, f. i). Sold by Sam Fogg Ltd. (London), 2007
HORAE_1200pxmin (1815 mss)
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Digitization-type
single page
