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Title

Prieres de la messe.

Other related names

• Rousselet, Jean Pierre, active 1723, scribe
• Augustus Frederick, Prince, Duke of Sussex, 1773-1843, former owner
• Smets, A. A, former owner

Call number

Ms. Codex 2032
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206, University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9977523543903681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1132669472
• https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p34x54s1w

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

French, with a few words in Latin referring to parts of the Mass

Origin

Date

between 1677 and 1736

Place

France

Summary

Book of prayers for an aristocratic lay reader's private use during the Mass, decorated with watercolor and gold, with iconography drawn primarily from the Passion cycle used for the Hours of the Cross.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title from title page and caption title (f. 1r, 3r); spine title L'ord[re] de la messe.
   
• 1. f.3r-4r: [Introductory prayer] -- 2. f.4v-8v: Au Confiteor -- 3. f.8v-10v: Au Kyrie -- 4. f.11r-12r: Au Gloria -- 5. f.12v-14r: A l'Evangile -- 6. f.14v-17v: Au Credo -- 7. f.18r-22v: A l'Offertoire -- 8. f.23r-26r: Au Lavabo -- 9. f.26v-28r: Au Sanctus -- 10: f.28v-43v: Au Canon -- 11. f.44r-52v: Au Pater -- 12. f.53r-56r: A la Communion -- 13. f.56v-60r: Au dernier Evangile.
   

Extent

60 leaves : 167 x 100 (124 x 70) mm bound to 170 x 110 mm

Foliation

Paper, iii + 60 + iii; modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto, [i-iii, 1-60, i-iii].

Support

Paper

Binding

18th-century ox-blood morocco, gilt-stamped with coats of arms on covers (ducal coronet above a double coat of arms enclosed by a cordon, in front of crossed maces) and flowers in corners; gilt spine with title L'ord de la messe; leather pastedowns inside covers with gilt-stamped floral borders; fabric-backed marbled endpapers; two ribbon bookmarks; gilt edges.

Layout

Written in 12 long lines; box-ruled in lead; octavo format.

Decoration

2 full-page watercolors (Adoration of the Magi, f. 2v; Adoration of the Shepherds, f. 28v); 11 small watercolors in cartouches above section titles (Lamb on the Book of the Apocalypse with seven seals surrounded by cherubs, f. 3r; Arrest, f. 11r; Christ and Saint Veronica, f. 12v; Christ before Annas or Caiaphas, f. 14v; Flagellation, f. 18r; Pilate washing his hands, f. 23r; Christ carrying the Cross, f. 26v; Christ nailed to the Cross, f. 29r; Agony in the Garden, f. 44r; men spreading flowers on a cloth, f. 53r; Resurrection, f. 56v); 8 cartouches in watercolor with gold at section endings, the last with the Holy Spirit as a dove and an incense brazier (f. 10v, 14r, 17v, 22v, 28r, 52v, 56r, 60r); border in color and gold on title page (f. 1r); gold border on text pages; 10 4-line initials in color on gold ground; 2-line initials in color on gold ground throughout; rubrication in red.

Script

Written in italic script by royal calligrapher Jean Pierre Rousselet.

Provenance

• Formerly owned by Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex, son of George III (armorial bookplate inside upper cover), his number VI. H.h.13 (bookplate, f. i recto).
   
• Offered at auction at Messrs. Evans (London) in the collection of the late Duke of Sussex, 31 July-3 August 1844, lot 273.
   
• Formerly owned by Alexander A. Smets (Savannah, Georgia).
   
• Offered at auction at Levitt, Strebeigh & Co. (New York) in the collection of the late A. A. Smets, 25 May 1868, lot 1476.
   
• Sold by Second Story Books (Washington, DC, and Rockville, Maryland), 2019.
   

Subjects topical

• Catholic Church--Prayers and devotions
• Illumination of books and manuscripts--Specimens
• Catholic Church
• Illumination of books and manuscripts

Genres

• Manuscripts, European
• Manuscripts, French--17th century
• Manuscripts, French--18th century
• codices (bound manuscripts)
• prayer books
• illuminated manuscripts
• Prayers and devotions
• Specimens

Keywords

• Prayer book
• 17th century
• 18th century
• French
• Illumination
• Paper
• France
• Devotion

Licenses

• Text

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Table of contents

• fol. 3r — [Introductory prayer]
• fol. 4v — Au Confiteor
• fol. 8v — Au Kyrie
• fol. 11r — Au Gloria
• fol. 12v — A l'evangile
• fol. 14v — Au Credo
• fol. 18r — A l'offertoire
• fol. 23r — Au Lavabo
• fol. 26v — Au Sanctus
• fol. 29r — Au Canon
• fol. 44r — Au Pater
• fol. 53r — A la communion
• fol. 56v — Au dernier evangile

Decorations

• Inside front cover — Armorial bookplate, Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex
• fol. 1r — Decorated title page
• fol. 2v — Full-page illustration, Adoration of the Magi
• fol. 3r — Small illustration, Lamb on table with cherubs
• fol. 3r — Illuminated initial J
• fol. 10v — Illuminated cartouche
• fol. 11r — Small illustration, Betrayal
• fol. 11r — Illuminated initial L
• fol. 12v — Small illustration, Betrayal
• fol. 12v — Illuminated Q
• fol. 14r — Illuminated cartouche
• fol. 14v — Small illustration, Christ before Pilate
• fol. 14v — Illuminated initial J
• fol. 17v — Illuminated cartouche
• fol. 18r — Small illustration, Flagellation
• fol. 18r — Illuminated initial R
• fol. 22v — Illuminated cartouche
• fol. 23r — Small illustration, Pilate washing his hands
• fol. 23r — Illuminated initial V
• fol. 26v — Small illustration, Christ carrying the Cross
• fol. 26v — Illuminated initial S
• fol. 28r — Illuminated cartouche
• fol. 28v — Full-page illustration, Adoration of the Shepherds
• fol. 29r — Small illustration, Christ nailed to the Cross
• fol. 29r — Illuminated initial A
• fol. 44r — Small illustration, Agony in the Garden
• fol. 44r — Illuminated initial T
• fol. 52v — Illuminated cartouche
• fol. 53r — Small illustration, Men spreading flowers on a cloth
• fol. 53r — Illuminated initial Q
• fol. 56r — Illuminated cartouche
• fol. 56v — Small illustration, Resurrection
• fol. 56v — Illuminated initial V
• fol. 60r — Illuminated cartouche