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26 - [MANUSCRIT]. [HOURS] Hours for the use of Rome.
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[MANUSCRIT]. [HOURS] Hours for the use of Rome. In Latin and French, illuminated manuscript on parchment. France, Centre ? Pays de la Loire ? circa 1470-1480. With 3 large illuminations (probably 5). 126 ff, preceded by one endpaper and followed by two endpapers, several missing (see Text below) [collation: i11 (of 12, lacking vii; vi detached from seam), ii6 (of 8, lacking i and ii), iii8, iv8, v8, vi8, vii7 (of 8, lacking i), viii8, ix8, x8, xi6, xii8, xiii8, xiv8, xv8, xvi7 (of 8, lacking viii, probably blank)], bastard script in brown ink, 13 lines of text per page (justification: 45 x 30 mm), headings in pale red ink, initials painted red and blue, initials in liquid gold or silver on dark red or blue backgrounds (1 to 3 lines high), three large miniatures in curved format, inscribed in illuminated frames with coloured acanthus leaves, flowers and grotesques or zoomorphic hybrids on reserved backgrounds (ff. 88, 117, 122). Bound in nineteenth-century havana calf, spine with 3 bands, cloisonné and fleuronné, "Manuscript" in gilt lettering, gilt framing on covers (fleurons and wavy motifs formed of small gilt dots), gilt fleuron in centre of covers, gilt dots on edges, gilt inner garland, turned marbled paper endpapers and flyleaves). Upper spine dulled, corners dulled, some rubbing. Parchment damaged and missing on f. 66, ff. 74-78 and the last three leaves, without affecting the text. Dimensions: 90 x 65 mm Text ff. 1-11v, Calendar (July missing; June leaf detached from seam), in French, composite calendar of Paris, with Octave of St John on 3 January, for use outside Paris (see Drigsdhal, The Composite Paris Calendar). ff. 12-65v, Hours of the Virgin, according to Roman usage: matins, hymn, Quem terra ponthus (ff. 12-25); lauds, antiphon, Pulcra es; capitula, Viderunt eam (ff. 25-41); prime, antiphon, Assumpta es; capitulum, Que est ista (ff. 41-46v); tierce, antiphon, Maria virgo; capitulum, Et sic in Syon (ff. 46v-51); sexte, antiphon, In odorem; capitulum, Et radicavi (ff. 51v-55v); none, antiphon, Pulcra es; capitulum, In plateis (ff. 55v-60); vespers, antiphon, Dum esset (ff. 60-65v) [missing the beginning of matins of the Hours of the Virgin (most likely due to a miniature); missing the end of vespers of the Hours of the Virgin and all complines of the Hours of the Virgin, certainly missing one or two quires]. ff. 66-79v, Office of the Dead (missing at the beginning and end; most likely missing a miniature). ff. 80-85, Suffrages to the Saints (missing at beginning and end). ff. 85v-87v, ruled blank leaves. ff. 88-110v, Penitential psalms, followed by litanies and prayers (ff. 105v-110v). ff. 111-116v, Prayer, Obsecro te. ff. 117-121v, Hours of the Cross. ff. 122-126v, Hours of the Holy Spirit. Illustration f. 88, Fight between David and Goliath - f. 117, Crucifixion. - f. 122, Pentecost.
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