Collection ID: 0012 | Metadata type: TEI
5 Book of Hours, Use of Rouen
Title
Book of Hours, Use of RouenOther related names
- Master of the Rouen Echevinage, active 1460-1480, artist (http://viaf.org/viaf/300956628)
- La Baillette, Marie, former owner
- Thierry, Anne, former owner
- Thierry, Charles, former owner
Funders
- Council on Library and Information Resources
Call number
5(Philadelphia, United States, Library Company)
Alternate identifiers
- deRicci: 5
- Call_Accession_number: MS 5 90116.D
- Leaves_of_Gold: 18
Publisher
Library CompanyLanguage
Latin; Middle French (ca. 1400-1600)Origin
- Place
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Rouen, France
Summary
This Book of Hours of the Use of Bourges contains nine miniatures by the workshop of the Master of the Échevinage de Rouen. The borders surrounding several of these miniatures include gold backgrounds and human and animal figures. A tenth miniature in a different style, representing the Mass of Saint Gregory (fol. 13r), was inserted to replace a miniature and two missing leaves from the Gospel Lessons. Further pages that contained miniatures were excised between folios 65 and 66 (Adoration of the Magi for Sext), folios 68 and 69 (Presentation in the Temple for None), folios 107 and 108 (Pentecost for the Hours of the Holy Spirit) and folios 147 and 148 (likely the Virgin and Child at the beginning of a series of prayers to the Virgin in French). The Book of Hours begins with a graded calendar, in French, containing the feasts for Saint Sauveur (6 August), Saint Marcial (3 July), and Saint Roumain (23 October). The Gospel Lessons are followed by the Obsecro te and O intemerata prayers. The Hours of the Virgin of the Use of Bourges forms the core text of the book. The following section consists of the Seven Penitential Psalms accompanied by the Litany and Prayers. The Short Hours of the Cross and Short Hours of the Holy spirit are next, followed by the Office of the Dead. The final section contains prayers in French to the Virgin, to Christ, and to the Cross.
Notes
- Scribe has repeated short sections of text erroneously at the start of some gatherings
Extent
I+152+iv; 177 x 113 mm bound to 187 x 116 mmFoliation
Modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto, every ten foliosCollation
1 (12), 2 (8, leaf in position 1 has been replaced, -2), 3-6 (8), 7 (4), 8 (8), 9 (8, -3 -7), 10 (8), 11 (6), 12-13 (8), 14 (4), 15 (8, -5), 16-19 (8), 20 (8, -1), 21 (3, +1)Support
ParchmentCatchwords
Partially cropped horizontal catchwords in lower margin at 19v and 149vBinding
Gilt-tooled calf, elaborately stamped with emblems and symbols, including a small oval crucifixion medallion on the front center; "Marie" stamped on the upper cover and "La Baillette" on the lower cover; remains of brass clasps, French, circa 1590Layout
Decoration
Ten half-page miniatures surrounded by foliate borders containing hybrids, half-length figures in flowers, naked men, and beasts; vertical borders of foliage on each page of text; illuminated and decorated initials and line fillers throughout the text
Script
Provenance
- Marie La Baillette, circa 1590; Anne Thierry and Charles Thierry, eighteenth century; acquired by the Library Company of Philadelphia in 1932
Related resources
- De Ricci, Seymour, with the assistance of W. J. Wilson, Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada, vol. 2 (New York: H. W. Wilson, 1935-40), p. 2104, no. 4.
- Philadelphia Museum of Art, Leaves of Gold: Manuscript Illumination from Philadelphia Collections, edited by James R. Tanis (Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2001), pp. 76-78, no. 18.
Keywords
- Book of Hours
- 15th century
- French
- Miniature
- Illumination
- Gothic
- France
- Devotion
Licenses
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- Text
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- Text
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Table of contents
- Inside front cover — Bookplate, Library Company of Philadelphia
- fol. 1r — Calendar, in French
- fol. 13r — Inserted leaf with miniature
- fol. 13v — Ownership note, Charles Thierry
- fol. 14r — Gospel Lessons followed by O intemerata and Obsecro te
- fol. 28r — Hours of the Virgin, Use of Bourges
- fol. 84r — Penitential Psalms, Litany, and Prayers
- fol. 104r — Short Hours of the Cross
- fol. 108r — Short Hours of the Holy Spirit (beginning lacking)
- fol. 111r — Office of the Dead
- fol. 143r — Prayers to the Virgin, Christ, and the Cross, in French (beginning lacking)
- Flyleaf 4 verso — Ownership note, Charles Thierry
- Flyleaf 5 verso — Ownership note, Anne Thierry
Decorations
- fol. 1r — Four-sided foliate border
- fol. 13r — Large miniature, Mass of Saint Gregory
- fol. 13r — Four-sided foliate border
- fol. 13r — Decorated initial D
- fol. 14r — Illuminated initial O
- fol. 18r — Illuminated initial O
- fol. 22r — Illuminated initial O
- fol. 28r — Large Miniature, Annunciation
- fol. 28r — Four-sided historiated panel border
- fol. 28r — Decorated initial D
- fol. 39v — Large miniature, Visitation
- fol. 39v — Four-sided historiated panel border
- fol. 39v — Decorated initial D
- fol. 56r — Large miniature, Nativity
- fol. 56r — Four-sided historiated panel border
- fol. 56r — Decorated initial D
- fol. 62v — Large miniature, Annunciation to the Shepherds
- fol. 62v — Four-sided historiated panel border
- fol. 62v — Illuminated initial D
- fol. 71v — Large miniature, Flight into Egypt
- fol. 71v — Four-sided historiated panel border
- fol. 71v — Illuminated initial D
- fol. 78v — Large miniature, Coronation of the Virgin
- fol. 78v — Four-sided historiated panel border
- fol. 78v — Illuminated initial C
- fol. 84r — Large miniature, Penitent David at an Altar
- fol. 84r — Four-sided historiated panel border
- fol. 84r — Decorated initial D
- fol. 104r — Large miniature, Crucifixion
- fol. 104r — Four-sided historiated panel border
- fol. 104r — Decorated initial D
- fol. 111r — Large miniature, Burial
- fol. 111r — Four-sided historiated panel border
- fol. 111r — Decorated initial D
Images
Inside front cover
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Section: Bookplate, Library Company of Philadelphia
fol. 1r
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Section: Calendar, in French
Decoration: Four-sided foliate border
fol. 13r
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Section: Inserted leaf with miniature
Decoration: Large miniature, Mass of Saint Gregory
Decoration: Four-sided foliate border
Decoration: Decorated initial D
fol. 13v
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Section: Ownership note, Charles Thierry
fol. 14r
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Section: Gospel Lessons followed by O intemerata and Obsecro te
Decoration: Illuminated initial O
fol. 18r
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Decoration: Illuminated initial O
fol. 22r
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Decoration: Illuminated initial O
fol. 28r
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Section: Hours of the Virgin, Use of Bourges
Decoration: Large Miniature, Annunciation
Decoration: Four-sided historiated panel border
Decoration: Decorated initial D
fol. 39v
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Decoration: Large miniature, Visitation
Decoration: Four-sided historiated panel border
Decoration: Decorated initial D
fol. 56r
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Decoration: Large miniature, Nativity
Decoration: Four-sided historiated panel border
Decoration: Decorated initial D
fol. 62v
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Decoration: Large miniature, Annunciation to the Shepherds
Decoration: Four-sided historiated panel border
Decoration: Illuminated initial D
fol. 71v
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Decoration: Large miniature, Flight into Egypt
Decoration: Four-sided historiated panel border
Decoration: Illuminated initial D
fol. 78v
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Decoration: Large miniature, Coronation of the Virgin
Decoration: Four-sided historiated panel border
Decoration: Illuminated initial C
fol. 84r
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Section: Penitential Psalms, Litany, and Prayers
Decoration: Large miniature, Penitent David at an Altar
Decoration: Four-sided historiated panel border
Decoration: Decorated initial D
fol. 104r
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Section: Short Hours of the Cross
Decoration: Large miniature, Crucifixion
Decoration: Four-sided historiated panel border
Decoration: Decorated initial D
fol. 108r
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Section: Short Hours of the Holy Spirit (beginning lacking)
fol. 111r
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Section: Office of the Dead
Decoration: Large miniature, Burial
Decoration: Four-sided historiated panel border
Decoration: Decorated initial D
fol. 143r
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Section: Prayers to the Virgin, Christ, and the Cross, in French (beginning lacking)
Flyleaf 4 verso
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Section: Ownership note, Charles Thierry
Flyleaf 5 verso
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Section: Ownership note, Anne Thierry
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