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[MANUSCRIT] Leaves from a book of hours (Paris usage).
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[MANUSCRIT] Leaves from a book of hours (Paris usage).
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Lot no. 26
[MANUSCRIT]
Leaves from a book of hours (Paris usage).
In Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment.
France, circa 1440-1460.
6 ff, preceded by 3 endpapers and followed by 6 ff. endpapers, gothic script in brown ink, headings in blue, small initials in burnished gold on pink and blue backgrounds with white highlights, endpapers in the same style, larger initials painted in blue with white highlights, decoration of coloured vine leaves on gold backgrounds, three-quarter borders on reserved backgrounds with blue and gold acanthus leaves, burnished gold vine leaves, coloured flowers and foliage, large coloured and liquid gold baguettes vertically separating the text from the border. Modern full vellum binding, smooth spine.
Dimensions: 195 x 137 mm
A moving relic that survived the destruction of the Holy Chapels of Bourbon l'Archambault. This Book of Hours was certainly a luxurious and meticulous manuscript. The style of the borders and the layout of these leaves suggest that it was produced in Paris between 1440 and 1460, by artists such as the Master of Dreux Budé and the Master of Coëtivy.
Text: ff. 1-6v, extracts from a book of hours (Hours of the Virgin). On fol. 5 we find the antiphon "Benedicta tu"; capitula "Te laudant angeli" [sic, for "laud"]; hymn, "Virgo dei genitrix". This corresponds to the Lauds of the Hours of the Virgin for use in Paris.
Provenance:
1. Inscription dated 1831 copied on fol. 1, horizontally in the margins: "These leaves were part of a prayer book which had served the princes of the House of Bourbon, and which was carefully kept among the precious objects contained in the treasury of the Sainte Chapelle de Bourbon L'Archambault. This book remained with Mr Duchet, treasurer of this church at the time of its destruction in 1791, and from him I have these leaves which I have given to Mr Auguste Grasset to form part of the precious collection contained in his cabinet. [Signed] Contant, parish priest of Raveau. 18 October 1831.
Raveau is a commune and parish in the Nièvre department. Raveau has a church, Saint-Gilles-et-Saint-Leu. The commune of Bourbon l'Archambault (Allier) is located 23 km west of Moulins. Nothing remains of the two holy chapels in Bourbon l'Archambault, which were destroyed during the French Revolution. One of the holy chapels at Bourbon l'Archambault was completed in 1508, commissioned by Duke Jean II de Bourbon (1427-1488). Duke Louis I de Bourbon had another Sainte Chapelle built around 1315 on the eastern flank of the château-fort.
2. Auguste Grasset (1799-1879), French collector, inspector of historic monuments in Nièvre and curator of the Varzy museum and library. Provenance established according to the inscription signed "Contant, prêtre de Raveau". Since 1822, Auguste Grasset had begun to collect objects in his home, which he showed to visiting friends, antique dealers and other enthusiasts. He also built up a large collection of autographs, mainly thanks to his brother who had become French consul. See Alain Raisonnier, "Les frères Grasset", De la Nièvre au Pont-Neuf, no 9 2016, pp. 10-18.
3. Vignette ex-libris pasted on the upper flyleaf: "Ex libris R. Cassou".
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