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Title

Book of Hours, Use of Rome

Other related names

• Master of the Entry of François I into Lyons (French illuminator act. early 16th century), artist (http://viaf.org/viaf/95985888)
• Belin, Th. (Théophile), Mme., former owner (http://viaf.org/viaf/76570700)

Funders

• Council on Library and Information Resources

Call number

Lehigh Codex 18
(Bethlehem, United States, Lehigh University, Special Collections)

Alternate identifiers

• Hirsch: MS Hirsh 18
• Accession: 23450
• deRicci: 3

Publisher

Special Collections

Language

Latin; Middle French (ca. 1400-1600)

Origin

Place

Lyon?, France

Summary

This Book of Hours of the Use of Rome was produced in France, likely in Lyon, in the second decade of the sixteenth century. The miniatures are similar in style to those of the Master of the Entry of Francis I, named after a manuscript now in Wolfebüttel (Cod. Guelf. 86.4 Extrav.). The calendar (fols. 1r-12v) is illustrated with twenty-four bas-de-page vignettes showing the labors of the months and the zodiac. This is followed by the Passion According to Saint John (fols. 13v-20v), which is introduced by a large miniature of the Agony in the Garden with a bas-de-page vignette showing Judas Receiving the Thirty Pieces of Silver; additional sections from the Passion are demarcated with six small miniatures showing the Arrest of Christ (fol. 14r), Christ Crowned with Thorns (fol. 15r), Christ before Caiaphas (fol. 15v), Christ before Pilate (fol. 17v), the Carrying of the Cross (fol. 18r), and the Crucifixion (fol. 19r). The Hours of the Virgin (fols. 21r-69r) begins with a large miniature of the Annunciation with a vignette of Musician Angels (fol. 21r), followed by miniatures of the Visitation with a vignette of Joseph and Mary traveling with a Handmaiden (fol. 33v), Nativity with a vignette of Traveling Shepherds (fol. 41v), Annunciation to the Shepherds with a vignette of Two Shepherds Speaking (fol. 45r), Presentation in the Temple with a vignette of Two Prophets (fol. 50v), Flight into Egypt with a vignette of the Miracle of the Wheat Field (fol. 53v), and Coronation of the Virgin with a vignette of Musician Angels (fol. 59r). The end of Terce and beginning of Sext, with the miniature for Sext, is lacking between fols. 47 and 48. The Hours of the Cross (fols. 70r-72v) begins with a large miniature of the Carrying of the Cross with a vignette of the Flagellation, while the Hours of the Holy Spirit (fols. 73r-75v) begins with a large miniature of the Pentecost with a vignette of Saint John the Evangelist and the Virgin Meeting a Group of Men. The Penitential Psalms, Litany, and Prayers (fols. 76r-90r) begin with a large miniature of David and Bathsheba with a vignette of David and Bathsheba with Onlookers. The Office of the Dead (fols. 90v-121v) begins with a large miniature of the Three Living and Three Dead with a vignette of the Raising of Lazarus. The Suffrages (fols. 122r-131v) begin with a large miniature of the Isomorphic Trinity Holding an Orb with a vignette of Musical Angels. The remaining suffrages are illustrated with small miniatures of God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit, Saint Veronica with the Shroud, Saint Michael, Saint John the Baptist, Saint John the Evangelist, Saints Peter and Paul, Saint James, Saint Stephen, Saint Lawrence, Saint Christopher, Saint Sebastian, and Saint Nicholas. A final unillustrated prayer, in a sixteenth-century hand, "Illumina occulos meos...," occurs on fol. 132r. The large miniatures are surrounded by ornate two-level all'antica architectural frames painted in gold, with the three lines of text included as illusionistic banderoles. The red velvet binding is decorated with elaborate filigree mounts with the niello arms of Cardinal Pietro Bembo (1470-1547), likely a spurious nineteenth-century addition.

Notes

• Page with miniature (presumably the Adoration of the Magi) for Sext of the Hours of the Virgin, containing the end of Terce and beginning of Sext is missing between fols. 47 and 48
   
• Penitential Psalms and associated texts missing between folios 69 and 70 (announced by rubric on fol. 69r)
   
• Binding is partially detached and first gathering is entirely detached
   
• Two upper flyleaves are early or original parchment, ruled; recto of first upper flyleaf is red silk pastedown; fols. 132v-137r are ruled but blank
   

Extent

Ii+137+i; 209 x 138 mm bound to 220 x 144 mm

Foliation

Unfoliated

Collation

1 (12), 2-5 (8), 6 (8, -4), 7-8 (8), 9 (2, +1 +2), 10 (6), 11-17 (8), 18 (4), 19 (2)

Support

Parchment

Binding

Nineteenth-century red velvet with metal ajouré corner pieces; niello coat-of-arms (azure between three roses or a chevron of the second, possibly of Cardinal Pietro Bembo but likely a spurious nineteenth-century addition) on front center in oval cartouche with ajouré frame; ajouré metal clasp with filigree mounts

Layout

One column of twenty-two lines, ruled in red ink; written area: 123 x 71 mm

Decoration

Thirteen large miniatures in all'antica architectural frames with bas-de-page vignettes, twenty small miniatures, and twenty-four calendar vignettes; single-side foliate panel borders on pages with small miniatures; illuminated initials and line fillers throughout

Script

Bâtarde

Gothic--textualis

Provenance

• Purchased by Lehigh University (9 September 1881) from Théophile Belin, Paris
   

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. 1989, no. 3.
• 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. 28, no. 18.

Keywords

• 16th century
• France
• French
• Book of Hours
• Illumination
• Christian
• Devotion
• Private devotional text
• Latin

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Table of contents

• fol. 1r — Calendar, in French
• fol. 13r — Passion According to Saint John
• fol. 21r — Hours of the Virgin, Use of Rome
• fol. 71r — Hours of the Cross
• fol. 74r — Hours of the Holy Spirit
• fol. 77r — Penitential Psalms, Litany, and Prayers
• fol. 91v — Office of the Dead
• fol. 123r — Suffrages
• fol. 133r — Prayer, in a sixteenth-century hand, "Illumina occulos meos..."

Decorations

• fol. 1r — Bas-de-page vignette, Feasting
• fol. 1r — Foliate panel border with bird
• fol. 1v — Bas-de-page vignette, Aquarius
• fol. 1v — Foliate panel border with bird
• fol. 2r — Bas-de-page vignette, Keeping Warm
• fol. 2r — Foliate panel border with bird
• fol. 2v — Bas-de-page vignette, Pisces
• fol. 2v — Foliate panel border with bird
• fol. 3r — Bas-de-page vignette, Pruning Vines
• fol. 3r — Foliate panel border with griffin
• fol. 3v — Bas-de-page vignette, Aries
• fol. 3v — Foliate panel border with griffin
• fol. 4r — Bas-de-page vignette, Couple Walking
• fol. 4r — Foliate panel border
• fol. 4v — Bas-de-page vignette, Taurus
• fol. 4v — Foliate panel border
• fol. 5r — Bas-de-page vignette, Couple on Horseback
• fol. 5r — Foliate panel border with bird
• fol. 5v — Bas-de-page vignette, Gemini
• fol. 5v — Foliate panel border with bird
• fol. 6r — Bas-de-page vignette, Ploughing the Soil
• fol. 6r — Foliate panel border with bird
• fol. 6v — Bas-de-page vignette, Cancer
• fol. 6v — Foliate panel border with bird
• fol. 7r — Bas-de-page vignette, Harvesting Grain
• fol. 7r — Foliate panel border
• fol. 7v — Bas-de-page vignette, Leo
• fol. 7v — Foliate panel border
• fol. 8r — Bas-de-page vignette, Threshing
• fol. 8r — Foliate panel border with bird
• fol. 8v — Bas-de-page vignette, Virgo
• fol. 8v — Foliate panel border with bird
• fol. 9r — Bas-de-page vignette, Picking Fruit
• fol. 9r — Foliate panel border with bird
• fol. 9v — Bas-de-page vignette, Libra
• fol. 9v — Foliate panel border with bird
• fol. 10r — Bas-de-page vignette, Sewing
• fol. 10r — Foliate panel border with griffin
• fol. 10v — Bas-de-page vignette, Scorpio
• fol. 10v — Foliate panel border with griffin
• fol. 11r — Bas-de-page vignette, Gathering Acorns
• fol. 11r — Foliate panel border with bird
• fol. 11v — Bas-de-page vignette, Sagittarius
• fol. 11v — Foliate panel border with bird
• fol. 12r — Bas-de-page vignette, Slaughtering a Pig
• fol. 12r — Foliate panel border
• fol. 12v — Bas-de-page vignette, Capricorn
• fol. 12v — Foliate panel border
• fol. 13r — Large miniature, Agony in the Garden
• fol. 13r — Bas-de-page vignette, Judas Receives the Thirty Pieces of Silver
• fol. 13r — Gold architectural frame with putti
• fol. 13r — Illuminated initial E
• fol. 14r — Small miniature, Arrest of Christ
• fol. 14r — Foliate panel border
• fol. 15r — Small miniature, Christ crowned with Thorns
• fol. 15r — Foliate panel border
• fol. 15v — Small miniature, Christ before Caiaphas
• fol. 15v — Foliate panel border
• fol. 17v — Small miniature, Christ before Pilate
• fol. 17v — Foliate panel border
• fol. 18r — Small miniature, Carrying of the Cross
• fol. 18r — Foliate panel border
• fol. 19r — Small miniature, Crucifixion
• fol. 19r — Foliate panel border
• fol. 21r — Large miniature, Annunciation
• fol. 21r — Bas-de-page vignette, Musician Angels
• fol. 21r — Gold architectural frame with putti
• fol. 21r — Illuminated initial D
• fol. 33v — Large miniature, Visitation with a Handmaiden
• fol. 33v — Bas-de-page vignette, Joseph and Mary traveling with a Handmaiden
• fol. 33v — Gold architectural frame with putti
• fol. 33v — Illuminated initial D
• fol. 41v — Large miniature, Nativity
• fol. 41v — Bas-de-page vignette, Traveling Shepherds
• fol. 41v — Gold architectural frame with putti
• fol. 41v — Illuminated initial D
• fol. 45r — Large miniature, Annunciation to the Shepherds
• fol. 45r — Bas-de-page vignette, Two Shepherds Speaking
• fol. 45r — Gold architectural frame with putti
• fol. 45r — Illuminated initial D
• fol. 50v — Large miniature, Presentation in the Temple
• fol. 50v — Bas-de-page vignette, Two Prophets
• fol. 50v — Gold architectural frame with dolphins
• fol. 50v — Illuminated initial D
• fol. 53v — Large miniature, Flight into Egypt
• fol. 53v — Bas-de-page vignette, Miracle of the Wheat Field
• fol. 53v — Gold architectural frame
• fol. 53v — Illuminated initial D
• fol. 59r — Large miniature, Coronation of the Virgin
• fol. 59r — Bas-de-page vignette, Musician Angels
• fol. 59r — Gold architectural frame with putti
• fol. 59r — Illuminated initial C
• fol. 71r — Large miniature, Carrying of the Cross
• fol. 71r — Bas-de-page vignette, Flagellation
• fol. 71r — Gold architectural frame with putti
• fol. 71r — Illuminated initial D
• fol. 74r — Large miniature, Pentecost
• fol. 74r — Bas-de-page vignette, Saint John the Evangelist and the Virgin Meet a Group of Men
• fol. 74r — Gold architectural frame with figures
• fol. 74r — Illuminated initial D
• fol. 77r — Large miniature, David and Bathsheba with an Attendant
• fol. 77r — Bas-de-page vignette, David and Bathsheba with Onlookers
• fol. 77r — Gold architectural frame with figures
• fol. 77r — Illuminated initial D
• fol. 91v — Large miniature, Three Living and Three Dead
• fol. 91v — Bas-de-page vignette, Raising of Lazarus
• fol. 91v — Gold architectural frame
• fol. 91v — Illuminated initial D
• fol. 123r — Large miniature, Isomorphic Trinity Holding an Orb
• fol. 123r — Bas-de-page vignette, Musical Angels
• fol. 123r — Gold architectural frame with putti
• fol. 123r — Illuminated initial D
• fol. 124r — Small miniature, God the Father
• fol. 124r — Foliate panel border
• fol. 124v — Small miniature, God the Son
• fol. 124v — Foliate panel border
• fol. 125r — Small miniature, God the Holy Spirit
• fol. 125r — Foliate panel border
• fol. 125v — Small miniature, Saint Veronica with the Shroud
• fol. 125v — Foliate panel border
• fol. 126v — Small miniature, Saint Michael
• fol. 126v — Foliate panel border
• fol. 127r — Small miniature, Saint John the Baptist
• fol. 127r — Foliate panel border
• fol. 127v — Small miniature, Saint John the Evangelist
• fol. 127v — Foliate panel border
• fol. 128r — Small miniature, Saints Peter and Paul
• fol. 128r — Foliate panel border
• fol. 128v — Small miniature, Saint James
• fol. 128v — Foliate panel border
• fol. 129r — Small miniature, Saint Stephen
• fol. 129r — Foliate panel border
• fol. 129v — Small miniature, Saint Lawrence
• fol. 129v — Foliate panel border
• fol. 130r — Small miniature, Saint Christopher
• fol. 130r — Foliate panel border
• fol. 131v — Small miniature, Saint Sebastian
• fol. 131v — Foliate panel border
• fol. 132v — Small miniature, Saint Nicholas
• fol. 132v — Foliate panel border