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36 - Book of Hours for use in Rome.
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Book of Hours for use in Rome. Bruges-Ghent, third quarter of the 15th century, c. 1460. Illuminated manuscript on parchment, 108 folios, Latin text, 35 miniatures (19 large and 16 small) and numerous decorated borders. Pastiche binding in cold-stamped calfskin on wooden boards, gilded metal corners, cold-stamped ribbed spine, gilt edges A lacuna after f. 73 deprives us of the end of the Office of the Virgin for Advent and the beginning of the penitential psalms (Small stains and very slight rubbing on a few leaves. Headpiece slightly rubbed. Dimensions: 200 x 137 mm. Description f. 1–6: Calendar f. 7: Gospel of St John St John on Patmos f. 8: Gospel of St Luke St Luke writing f. 9: Gospel of St Matthew St Matthew writing f. 10: Gospel of St Mark St Mark writing f. 11: Hours of the Holy Cross Crucifixion f. 14v: Hours of the Holy Spirit Pentecost f. 17v: Mass of the Blessed Virgin Mary Virgin and Child f. 21: Prayer to Our Lady Virgin and Child f. 23 v: Prayer to Saint Mary and Saint John the Evangelist Pietà with Saint John f. 25: Prayer to Saint John the Baptist Saint John the Baptist with the Lamb f. 25v: Prayer to St Peter St Peter f. 26: Prayer to St Paul St Paul f. 26v: Prayer to St John St John f. 27: Prayer to St Andrew St Andrew f. 27v: Prayer to St James St James f. 28: Prayer to St Stephen St Stephen f. 28v: Prayer to St Lawrence St Lawrence f. 29: Prayer to St Vincent St Vincent f. 29v: Prayer to St Victor St Victor f. 30: Prayer to St Anthony of Padua St Anthony of Padua f. 30v: Prayer to St Agatha St Agatha f. 31: Prayer to St Barbara St Barbara f. 31v: Prayer to St Margaret St Margaret f. 32: Prayer to St Mary Magdalene St Mary Magdalene f. 32 v: Prayer to St Anne St Anne f. 33: Hours of the Virgin f. 33: Matins Annunciation f. 44: Lauds The Visitation f. 51: Prime Nativity f. 54: Terce Annunciation to the Shepherds f. 57: Sext Adoration of the Magi f. 59 v: None Presentation in the Temple f. 62: Vespers Massacre of the Innocents f. 66v: Compline Flight into Egypt f. 70–73: Office of the Blessed Virgin for Advent (incomplete) Coronation of the Virgin f. 74: Penitential Psalms and litanies (the beginning of the psalms is missing) f. 84v–108: Vigils for the dead Funeral rites Decoration Book of Hours decorated with 35 miniatures, including the cycle of the Virgin’s life, the four Evangelists and numerous saints. Many leaves feature a rich border of plant-motif interlacing. It should be noted that the angel announcing the Nativity to the shepherds was added in ink by a later hand (f. 54). Provenance The presence of certain non-Roman saints in the calendar (Aldegonde, Amand and Landoald) suggests that the patron was from Flanders. Edwige L. Guyot (bookplate) George Wendling (bookplate and ink stamp) An elegant and very beautiful Ghent-Bruges book of hours, decorated with 35 miniatures in very vivid colours.
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