Collection ID: 0031 | Metadata type: TEI | TEI XML | Data

Title

Book of Hours, Use of Rome (Collins Hours)

Other related names

• Master of the Collins Hours (Belgian illuminator, active 1445-1450), artist (http://viaf.org/viaf/309813598)
• Collins, Philip S., 1864-1943, former owner

Funders

• Council on Library and Information Resources

Call number

1945‑65‑4
(Philadelphia, United States, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Department of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs, Philip S. Collins Collection)

Alternate identifiers

• deRicci: 22
• TELMA-LuxuryBound: 2969
• Calkins: 107

Publisher

Department of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs

Language

Latin

Origin

Place

Bruges?, Flanders?

Summary

This manuscript is a mid-fifteenth century Book of Hours for the Use of Rome, probably made in Flanders for a female patron. It is elaborately illuminated in a combination of French and Flemish styles by an artist known from this manuscript as the Collins Master. It contains twenty-six full-page illuminations with full borders inhabited by twisting human figures and angels undertaking actions related to the content of the large miniatures and with matching full borders on the facing text pages. The text begins with an unillustrated calendar (fols. 1r-12v) and is followed, somewhat unusually, by the Hours of the Cross (fols. 14r-26r), which is illustrated with eight full-page miniatures illustrating Christ's Passion from the Arrest through to the Harrowing of Hell (the miniature for Sext opposite fol. 19r is missing). The Gospel Lessons (fols. 28r-36v) are illustrated by four full-page miniatures each showing an Evangelist. The Mass of the Virgin follows (fols. 38r-42v), introduced by a full-page miniature of the Virgin and Child. The Hours of The Virgin (fols. 44r-105v) is fully illustrated by full-page miniatures for each section. The Penitential Psalms, Litany, and Prayers (fols. 108r-127v), the Office of the Dead (fols. 129r-169r), O intemerata (fols. 171r-172v), and Obsecro te (fols. 174r-176v) are each introduced by a full-page miniature. The three prayers that follow, the Stabat Mater, a prayer to the Crucifix, and a prayer to Saint Francis, each lack their corresponding miniatures (opposite fols. 177r, 179r, and 181r); an excised miniature from this manuscript, which may have faced the Stabat Mater, was sold in Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 14 November 1975, lot 41. The Suffrages (fols. 183-187r) are illustrated with full-page miniatures and are dedicated to Saint Catherine, Mary Magdalene, and Saint Susanna, the latter illustrated by a scene representing Christ with the Woman Taken in Adultery (fol. 186v). An inscription inside the front cover records the correction of the manuscript at the instruction of the Inquisition in 1579, and text has been crossed out in two places (fols. 99r, 176v).

Extent

I+187+i; 200 x 140 mm bound to 213 x 155 mm

Foliation

Modern foliation in pencil, 1-188, upper right recto

Collation

1-2 (6), 3 (8, +1 +3 +5 -7 +7), 4 (7, +1 +3 +5), 5 (13, +1 +3 +6 +9 +11), 6 (7, +4), 7-8 (4), 9 (11, +7), 10 (7, +1), 11 (10, +1 +5), 12 (10, +1 +5), 13 (8, +1 +2), 14 (6, +1 +2), 15 (9, +1), 16 (8), 17 (9, +5), 18-21 (8), 22 (7, +6), 23 (8, +2 -6 +6), 24 (11, -1 +1 -4 +4 +6 +8 +10)

Support

Parchment

Binding

Nineteenth-century velvet with two earlier silver clasps, probably Flemish; vermilion-stained edges

Layout

Written in seventeen long lines; frame-ruled in faint red or purple (fols. 124r-132v) ink; written area: 110 x 70 mm

Decoration

Twenty-six full-page arched miniatures with foliate borders containing human and animal figures, five-line and smaller illuminated and decorated initials inside foliate borders on facing pages; Hours of the Cross illuminated with an unusual cycle of miniatures from the Betrayal to the Harrowing of Hell (fols. 14r-26r; Crucifixion miniature at the beginning of Sext is missing, before fol. 19); Infancy cycle in the Hours of the Virgin (fols. 43v-105v); on many leaves, simple bar borders in gold, blue, and pink on the left margin with foliate extensions at top and bottom; illuminated line fillers throughout; rubrication in red

Script

Gothic--textualis semi-quadrata

Provenance

• Corrected at the instruction of the Inquisition, 1579 (Spanish inscription by Dominican friar Juan Perez, inside front cover); gift of Mrs. Philip S. Collins in memory of her husband, 1945
   

Keywords

• Book of Hours
• 15th century
• Flemish
• French
• Illumination
• Miniature
• Flanders
• Devotion

Licenses

• Text

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Table of contents

• fol. 1r — Calendar
• fol. 14r — Hours of the Cross
• fol. 28r — Gospel Lessons
• fol. 38r — Mass of the Virgin
• fol. 44r — Hours of the Virgin, Use of Rome
• fol. 108r — Penitential Psalms, Litany, and Prayers
• fol. 129r — Office of the Dead
• fol. 171r — Prayer, O Intemerata
• fol. 174r — Prayer, Obsecro te
• fol. 177r — Prayer, Stabat Mater
• fol. 179r — Prayer, Oratio ad Crucifixum
• fol. 181r — Prayer, Oratio de Sancto Francisco
• fol. 183r — Suffrages

Decorations

• Flyleaf 1 recto — Bookplate, Philip S. Collins
• fol. 13v — Full-page miniature, Betrayal
• fol. 13v — Illuminated foliate border with God the Father, weeping figure, and soldiers
• fol. 14r — Illuminated foliate border with soldiers
• fol. 14r — Illuminated initial D
• fol. 15v — Full-page miniature, Flagellation
• fol. 15v — Illuminated foliate border with men gathering switches
• fol. 16r — Illuminated foliate border with men gathering switches
• fol. 16r — Illuminated initial D
• fol. 17v — Full-page miniature, Christ Carrying the Cross
• fol. 17v — Illuminated foliate border with bearded men in hats
• fol. 18r — Illuminated foliate border with bearded men in hats
• fol. 18r — Illuminated initial D
• fol. 19r — Illuminated foliate border with armed men
• fol. 19r — Illuminated initial D
• fol. 20v — Full-page miniature, Entombment
• fol. 20v — Illuminated foliate border with grieving angels
• fol. 21r — Illuminated foliate border with angels singing and playing instruments
• fol. 21r — Illuminated initial D
• fol. 22v — Full-page miniature, Resurrection
• fol. 22v — Illuminated foliate border with angels bearing the instruments of the Passion
• fol. 23r — Illuminated foliate border with men climbing vines
• fol. 23r — Illuminated initial D
• fol. 24v — Full-page miniature, Harrowing of Hell
• fol. 24v — Illuminated foliate border with demon and angels
• fol. 25r — Illuminated foliate border with angels
• fol. 25r — Illuminated initial C
• fol. 27v — Full-page miniature, Evangelist John on Patmos with eagle
• fol. 27v — Illuminated foliate border with prophets and eagle
• fol. 28r — Illuminated foliate border with prophets
• fol. 28r — Illuminated initial I
• fol. 29v — Full-page miniature, Evangelist Luke in study with ox
• fol. 29v — Illuminated foliate border with prophets
• fol. 30r — Illuminated foliate border with men in motley
• fol. 30r — Illuminated initial I
• fol. 32v — Full-page miniature, Evangelist Matthew in study with angel
• fol. 32v — Illuminated foliate border with prophets
• fol. 33r — Illuminated foliate border with prophets
• fol. 33r — Illuminated initial I
• fol. 35v — Full-page miniature, Evangelist Mark in study with lion
• fol. 35v — Illuminated foliate border with prophets
• fol. 36r — Illuminated foliate border with prophets
• fol. 36r — Illuminated initial I
• fol. 37v — Full-page miniature, Virgin and Child nursing with two angels
• fol. 37v — Illuminated foliate border with angels
• fol. 38r — Illuminated foliate border with angels singing and playing instruments
• fol. 38r — Illuminated initial I
• fol. 43v — Full-page miniature, Annunciation
• fol. 43v — Illuminated foliate border with seraphs and angels singing and playing instruments
• fol. 44r — Illuminated foliate border with angels singing and playing instruments
• fol. 44r — Illuminated initial D
• fol. 61v — Full-page miniature, Visitation
• fol. 61v — Illuminated foliate border with angels singing and playing instruments
• fol. 62r — Illuminated foliate border with angels singing and playing instruments
• fol. 62r — Illuminated initial D
• fol. 73v — Full-page miniature, Nativity
• fol. 73v — Illuminated foliate border with shepherds
• fol. 74r — Illuminated foliate border with men
• fol. 74r — Illuminated initial D
• fol. 78v — Full-page miniature, Annunciation to the Shepherds
• fol. 78v — Illuminated foliate border with shepherds
• fol. 79r — Illuminated foliate border with armed men
• fol. 79r — Illuminated initial D
• fol. 83v — Full-page miniature, Presentation in the Temple
• fol. 83v — Illuminated foliate border with women
• fol. 84r — Illuminated foliate border with men
• fol. 84r — Illuminated initial D
• fol. 88v — Full-page miniature, Adoration of the Magi
• fol. 88v — Illuminated foliate border with men
• fol. 89r — Illuminated foliate border with men
• fol. 89r — Illuminated initial D
• fol. 93v — Full-page miniature, Flight into Egypt
• fol. 93v — Illuminated foliate border with sower, soldiers, and broken statue
• fol. 94r — Illuminated foliate border with angels singing and playing instruments
• fol. 94r — Illuminated initial D
• fol. 101v — Full-page miniature, Coronation of the Virgin
• fol. 101v — Illuminated foliate border with angels singing and playing instruments
• fol. 102r — Illuminated foliate border with men in hats
• fol. 102r — Illuminated initial C
• fol. 107v — Full-page miniature, King David in Prayer
• fol. 107v — Illuminated foliate border with king, noblewoman, and soldiers
• fol. 108r — Illuminated foliate border with soldiers
• fol. 108r — Illuminated initial D
• fol. 128v — Full-page miniature, Absolution
• fol. 128v — Illuminated foliate border with mourners
• fol. 129r — Illuminated foliate border with men
• fol. 129r — Illuminated initial D
• fol. 170v — Full-page miniature, Virgin and Child entertained by an angel
• fol. 170v — Illuminated foliate border with angels playing instruments
• fol. 171r — Illuminated foliate border with angels playing instruments
• fol. 171r — Illuminated initial O
• fol. 173v — Full-page miniature, Virgin with Christ Child, weaving
• fol. 173v — Illuminated foliate border with angels
• fol. 174r — Illuminated foliate border with angels
• fol. 174r — Illuminated initial O
• fol. 177r — Illuminated foliate border with seraphs and angels
• fol. 177r — Illuminated initial S
• fol. 179r — Illuminated foliate border with men
• fol. 179r — Illuminated initial I
• fol. 181r — Illuminated foliate border with Franciscans
• fol. 181r — Illuminated initial S
• fol. 182v — Full-page miniature, Saint Catherine
• fol. 182v — Illuminated foliate border with an elderly figure in a papal tiara and other men
• fol. 183r — Illuminated foliate border with crowns and men destroying the wheel
• fol. 183r — Illuminated initial G
• fol. 184v — Full-page miniature, Saint Mary Magdalene
• fol. 184v — Illuminated foliate border with men
• fol. 185r — Illuminated foliate border with women holding scrolls with Marian inscriptions
• fol. 185r — Illuminated initial G
• fol. 186v — Full-page miniature, Woman Taken in Adultery
• fol. 186v — Illuminated foliate border with belts and men
• fol. 187r — Illuminated foliate border with men
• fol. 187r — Illuminated initial D