Collection ID: 0007 | Metadata type: TEI | TEI XML | Data

Title

Book of Hours, Use of Rome

Other related names

• Chasles, M. (Michel), 1793-1880, former owner (https://viaf.org/viaf/56643406)

Funders

• Council on Library and Information Resources

Call number

Lehigh Codex 20
(Bethlehem, United States, Lehigh University, Special Collections)

Alternate identifiers

• Hirsch: MS Hirsh 20
• Accession: 23451
• deRicci: 4

Publisher

Special Collections

Language

Latin; Middle French (ca. 1400-1600)

Origin

Place

Paris?, France

Summary

This Book of Hours was produced in France, likely in Paris, around 1420. It contains a calendar, in French, with Parisian saints (fols. 1r-12v), followed by the Gospel Lessons (fols. 13r-16v), and the Obsecro te and O intemerata (fols. 17r-23r). The core of the book is composed of the Hours of the Virgin of the Use of Rome (fols. 25r-77v); the Penitential Psalms, Litany and Prayers (fols. 79r-94r); the Hours of the Cross (fols. 94v-97r); the Hours of the Holy Spirit (fols. 97v-100r); and the Office of the Dead (fols. 100v-129v). Each of these five major sections is introduced by a large miniature representing, respectively, the Annunciation (fol. 25r), Kind David in Prayer (fol. 79r), the Crucifixion (fol. 94v), Pentecost (fol. 97v), and a Burial Scene (fol. 100v). The first four of these miniatures have diapered backgrounds. The style of the miniatures is typical of Parisian illumination of the second and third decades of the fifteenth century. The style of the miniatures is reminiscent of the so-called Luçon Master.

Notes

• Folio 130 is a non-original parchment flyleaf
   

Extent

I+130+i; 197 x 143 mm bound to 209 x 151 mm

Foliation

Unfoliated

Collation

1 (12), 2 (4), 3-4 (8), 5 (4), 6 (2), 7-16 (8), 17 (9, +3), 18 (3, +3)

Signatures

Faded signatures visible in lower right corner at fols. 48r, 80r, 119r, and 130r

Support

Parchment

Catchwords

Original horizontal catchwords at fols.: 32v, 36v, 38v, 46v, 54v, 62v, 70v, 78v, 86v, 94v, 102v, 110v, and 118v

Binding

Eighteenth-century brown calf with blind tooling and gilded spine decorations; green endpapers with arabesques stenciled in gold

Layout

One column of seventeen lines, ruled in red ink; written area: 101 x 71 mm

Decoration

Five large miniatures, vine spray borders and gold bars marking major textual divisions; four- or five-line illuminated initials at major textual divisions; one- and two-line illuminated initials and line fillers throughout

Script

Gothic--textualis

Provenance

• Bookplate on inside front cover: "Ex Bibliotheca Michaelis Chasles Acad. Scientiar. Socii." on shield with stylized initials "MC"; his sale, 27 June 1881, lot 14, to Belin; Théophile Belin, Paris; purchased by Lehigh University (9 September 1881) from Belin
   

Related resources

• Claudin, Anatole, Bibliotheque scientifique, historique et litteraire de feu M. Michel Chasles, June 27 1881, lot. 14
• Hirsch, John C., Western Manuscripts of the Twelfth through the Sixteenth Centuries in Lehigh University Libraries: A Guide to the Exhibition (Bethlehem, PA: Rare Book Room, Linderman Library, Lehigh University, 1970), p. 29, no. 20.

Keywords

• 15th century
• France
• French
• Book of Hours
• Illumination
• Christian
• Devotion
• Private devotional text

Licenses

• Text

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Table of contents

• fol. 1r — Calendar, in French, Use of Paris
• fol. 13r — Gospel Lessons
• fol. 17r — Obsecro te followed by O intemerata
• fol. 25r — Hours of the Virgin, Use of Rome
• fol. 79r — Penitential Psalms, Litany, and Prayers
• fol. 94v — Hours of the Cross
• fol. 97v — Hours of the Holy Spirit
• fol. 100v — Office of the Dead

Decorations

• fol. 13r — Illuminated initial I
• fol. 14r — Illuminated initial I
• fol. 15r — Illuminated initial C
• fol. 15v — Decorated initial T
• fol. 16r — Illuminated initial I
• fol. 16v — Decorated initial I
• fol. 17r — Spray border on three sides with one gold bar
• fol. 17r — Illuminated initial O
• fol. 20r — Spray border on three sides with one gold bar
• fol. 20r — Illuminated initial O
• fol. 21r — Decorated initial M
• fol. 22v — Decorated initial L
• fol. 25r — Large miniature, Annunciation
• fol. 25r — Full spray border with gold bars on three sides
• fol. 25r — Illuminated initial D
• fol. 25v — Illuminated initial U
• fol. 26v — Illuminated initial Q
• fol. 27r — Illuminated initial D
• fol. 28r — Illuminated initial C
• fol. 29v — Illuminated initial D
• fol. 30v — Illuminated initial P
• fol. 31r — Illuminated initial E
• fol. 31v — Illuminated initial Q
• fol. 32v — Illuminated initial E
• fol. 34v — Illuminated initial A
• fol. 35r — Illuminated initial C
• fol. 36r — Illuminated initial D
• fol. 37r — Illuminated initial C
• fol. 38r — Spray border on three sides with one gold bar
• fol. 38r — Illuminated initial D
• fol. 38v — Illuminated initial D
• fol. 39r — Illuminated initial I
• fol. 39v — Illuminated initial D
• fol. 40v — Illuminated initial D
• fol. 41v — Illuminated initial B
• fol. 43r — Illuminated initial L
• fol. 44r — Illuminated initial C
• fol. 44v — Illuminated initial L
• fol. 45v — Illuminated initial A
• fol. 45v — Illuminated initial O
• fol. 46r — Illuminated initial B
• fol. 47r — Illuminated initial D
• fol. 47v — Illuminated initial P
• fol. 47v — Illuminated initial O
• fol. 48r — Spray border on three sides with one gold bar
• fol. 48r — Illuminated initial D
• fol. 48v — Illuminated initial D
• fol. 49r — Illuminated initial B
• fol. 50v — Illuminated initial L
• fol. 50v — Illuminated initial Q
• fol. 51r — Spray border on three sides with one gold bar
• fol. 51r — Illuminated initial D
• fol. 51v — Illuminated initial A
• fol. 52r — Illuminated initial L
• fol. 52v — Illuminated initial L
• fol. 53r — Illuminated initial E
• fol. 53v — Spray border on three sides with one gold bar
• fol. 53v — Illuminated initial D
• fol. 54r — Illuminated initial N
• fol. 55r — Illuminated initial Q
• fol. 55v — Illuminated initial E
• fol. 55v — Illuminated initial C
• fol. 56r — Spray border on three sides with one gold bar
• fol. 56r — Illuminated initial D
• fol. 56v — Illuminated initial N
• fol. 57r — Illuminated initial B
• fol. 57v — Illuminated initial I
• fol. 58r — Illuminated initial P
• fol. 58r — Illuminated initial A
• fol. 58v — Spray border on three sides with one gold bar
• fol. 58v — Illuminated initial D
• fol. 59r — Illuminated initial L
• fol. 59v — Illuminated initial L
• fol. 60v — Illuminated initial N
• fol. 61r — Illuminated initial L
• fol. 62r — Illuminated initial A
• fol. 62r — Illuminated initial A
• fol. 62v — Illuminated initial M
• fol. 63v — Spray border on three sides with one gold bar
• fol. 63v — Illuminated initial C
• fol. 64r — Illuminated initial S
• fol. 64v — Illuminated initial D
• fol. 65r — Illuminated initial D
• fol. 65v — Illuminated initial N
• fol. 66r — Illuminated initial B
• fol. 66v — Illuminated initial E
• fol. 68v — Illuminated initial D
• fol. 69v — Illuminated initial A
• fol. 70r — Illuminated initial C
• fol. 70v — Illuminated initial C
• fol. 71v — Illuminated initial E
• fol. 72r — Illuminated initial D
• fol. 72v — Illuminated initial C
• fol. 72v — Illuminated initial M
• fol. 73r — Illuminated initial Q
• fol. 74v — Illuminated initial M
• fol. 75r — Illuminated initial E
• fol. 75v — Illuminated initial D
• fol. 76v — Illuminated initial O
• fol. 79r — Large miniature, King David in Prayer
• fol. 79r — Full spray border with gold bars on three sides
• fol. 79r — Illuminated initial D
• fol. 80r — Illuminated initial B
• fol. 81v — Illuminated initial D
• fol. 83v — Illuminated initial M
• fol. 85r — Illuminated initial D
• fol. 87v — Illuminated initial D
• fol. 88r — Illuminated initial D
• fol. 90r — Illuminated initial B
• fol. 93v — Illuminated initial D
• fol. 93v — Illuminated initial A
• fol. 94v — Large miniature, Crucifixion
• fol. 94v — Full spray border with gold bars on three sides
• fol. 94v — Illuminated initial D
• fol. 95r — Illuminated initial D
• fol. 95r — Illuminated initial D
• fol. 95r — Illuminated initial D
• fol. 95v — Illuminated initial H
• fol. 95v — Illuminated initial C
• fol. 96r — Illuminated initial H
• fol. 96r — Illuminated initial H
• fol. 96v — Illuminated initial D
• fol. 96v — Illuminated initial H
• fol. 97r — Illuminated initial H
• fol. 97v — Large miniature, Pentecost
• fol. 97v — Full spray border with gold bars on three sides
• fol. 97v — Illuminated initial D
• fol. 98r — Illuminated initial D
• fol. 98r — Illuminated initial N
• fol. 98r — Illuminated initial O
• fol. 98v — Illuminated initial D
• fol. 98v — Illuminated initial S
• fol. 99r — Illuminated initial S
• fol. 99r — Illuminated initial S
• fol. 99v — Illuminated initial D
• fol. 99v — Illuminated initial S
• fol. 99v — Illuminated initial H
• fol. 100v — Large miniature, Burial
• fol. 100v — Full spray border with gold bars on three sides
• fol. 100v — Illuminated initial D
• fol. 101v — Illuminated initial C
• fol. 103r — Illuminated initial L
• fol. 103v — Illuminated initial D
• fol. 104r — Illuminated initial D
• fol. 104r — Illuminated initial I
• fol. 104v — Illuminated initial D
• fol. 104v — Illuminated initial A
• fol. 105r — Illuminated initial U
• fol. 106v — Illuminated initial D
• fol. 108r — Illuminated initial P
• fol. 108v — Illuminated initial U
• fol. 109v — Illuminated initial M
• fol. 110r — Illuminated initial D
• fol. 110v — Illuminated initial A
• fol. 112v — Illuminated initial D
• fol. 114r — Illuminated initial R
• fol. 114v — Illuminated initial H
• fol. 115v — Illuminated initial Q
• fol. 116r — Illuminated initial E
• fol. 118r — Illuminated initial B
• fol. 119r — Illuminated initial Q
• fol. 120v — Illuminated initial S
• fol. 121v — Illuminated initial P
• fol. 122r — Illuminated initial Q
• fol. 123r — Illuminated initial U
• fol. 123v — Illuminated initial E
• fol. 124v — Illuminated initial D
• fol. 125v — Illuminated initial E
• fol. 127r — Illuminated initial L
• fol. 128v — Illuminated initial B