Collection ID: 0023 | Metadata type: TEI | TEI XML | Data

Title

Book of Hours, Use of Coutances

Other related names

• Hodgson and Co., former owner (http://viaf.org/viaf/127876807)
• Sabin, former owner
• Gottschalk, Paul, 1880-, former owner (http://viaf.org/viaf/102623481)
• Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932, former owner (http://viaf.org/viaf/63874811/)
• Lewis, Anne Baker, former owner

Funders

• Council on Library and Information Resources

Call number

Lewis E 90
(Philadelphia, United States, Free Library of Philadelphia, John Frederick Lewis Collection of European Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• https://know.freelibrary.org/Record/1560747
• deRicci: 65

Publisher

Free Library of Philadelphia

Language

Latin; Middle French (ca. 1400-1600)

Origin

Place

Rouen?, France

Summary

This manuscript is a book of hours, Use of Coutances, probably made in Rouen in the third quarter of the fifteenth century. It is illuminated with five three-quarter page miniatures and floral borders in the calendar and on pages for major text divisions.

Notes

• Paper flyleaves
   
• Gothic--textualis semi-quadrata is in two sizes, with the antiphons and versicles in a smaller size; calendar in Bâtarde
   

Extent

Ii+136+ii; 169 x 121 mm bound to 178 x 140 mm

Foliation

Unreliable earlier foliation in ink, upper right recto; modern foliation in pencil lower right recto or upper right recto (occasional corrections of ink foliation); references in this record are to modern foliation

Collation

1 (6), 2-10 (8), 11 (6), 12-17 (8), 18 (4)

Support

Parchment

Catchwords

Erased catchwords, lower right last verso, all gatherings except the first, tenth, and last (fols. 14v, 22v, 30v, 38v, 46v, 54v, 62v, 70v, 84v, 92v, 100v, 108v, 116v, 124v, 132v)

Binding

Eighteenth-century French red morocco, triple gilt fillets on sides, elaborately gilt back, gilt edges; pastedowns and endpapers are painted purple and decorated with a gold vine design; stamped in gold on spine: "HEURES GOTHIQUE"

Layout

One column of fourteen lines; frame-ruled in faint red ink with bounding lines erased in margins; prickings visible on pages with miniatures (except for fol. 85r); written area: 91 x 65 mm

Decoration

Five three-quarter-page miniatures; floral borders in calendar and pages with miniatures and major text divisions; illuminated initials and line-fillers throughout; initials touched in yellow

Script

Gothic--textualis semi-quadrata

Bâtarde

Provenance

• Sale by Hodgson (London, 29 March 1906, no. 181) to Sabin; obtained from Paul Gottschalk, Berlin, sale of 10 Dec. 1912; John Frederick Lewis, Philadelphia; given by his widow, Anne Baker Lewis, to the Free Library of Philadelphia in 1936; "Paul Gottschalk, Berlin, 10/12/1912/ 500" written on back flyleaf
   

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. 2036, no. 65.
• Free Library of Philadelphia, A Descriptive Catalogue of the John Frederick Lewis Collection of European Manuscripts in the Free Library of Philadelphia, compiled by Edwin Wolf, 2nd, with an introduction by Dr. A.S.W. Rosenbach (Philadelphia: The Free Library, 1937), pp. 98-99, no. 90.
• Duclow, Donald F. "The Virgin's 'Good Death': The Dormition in Fifteenth-Century Drama and Art." Fifteenth-Century Studies 21 (1994), p. 62, fig. 15.

Keywords

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

Licenses

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Table of contents

• fol. 1r — Calendar, Rouen use
• fol. 60v — Hours of the Cross
• fol. 64v — Hours of the Holy Spirit
• fol. 67v — Gospel Lessons
• fol. 73v — Obsecro te
• fol. 77r — O intemerata
• fol. 81r — Suffrages
• fol. 85r — Penitential Psalms
• fol. 92r — Litany
• fol. 104v — Office of the Dead

Decorations

• fol. 7r — Large miniature, Annunciation
• fol. 7r — Three line illuminated initial D
• fol. 7v — Two line illuminated initial D
• fol. 7v — Two line illuminated initial U
• fol. 9r — Two line illuminated initial Q
• fol. 10r — Two line illuminated initial D
• fol. 11r — Two line illuminated initial C
• fol. 12v — Two line illuminated initial D
• fol. 14r — Two line illuminated initial S
• fol. 14v — Two line illuminated initial S
• fol. 15v — Two line illuminated initial S
• fol. 16r — Two line illuminated initial T
• fol. 18r — Two line illuminated initial D
• fol. 18v — Two line illuminated initial D
• fol. 19r — Two line illuminated initial I
• fol. 20r — Two line illuminated initial D
• fol. 21v — Two line illuminated initial B
• fol. 23v — Two line illuminated initial L
• fol. 26v — Two line illuminated initial A
• fol. 27v — Two line illuminated initial B
• fol. 29r — Two line illuminated initial C
• fol. 29v — Two line illuminated initial D
• fol. 29v — Two line illuminated inital O
• fol. 30r — Five line illuminated initial D
• fol. 30v — Two line illuminated initial U
• fol. 31r — Two line illuminated initial B
• fol. 31v — Two line illuminated initial Q
• fol. 33r — Two line illuminated initial D
• fol. 34r — Two line illuminated initial L
• fol. 34v — Two line illuminated initial I
• fol. 35r — Two line illuminated initial B
• fol. 35r — Two line illuminated initial D
• fol. 35v — Five line illuminated initial D
• fol. 36r — Two line illuminated initial U
• fol. 36r — Two line illuminated initial A
• fol. 37r — Two line illuminated initial L
• fol. 37v — Two line illuminated initial L
• fol. 38v — Two line illuminated initial A
• fol. 39r — Two line illuminated initial F
• fol. 39v — Three line illuminated initial D
• fol. 39v — Two line illuminated initial U
• fol. 39v — Two line illuminated initial A
• fol. 40r — Two line illuminated initial U
• fol. 40r — Two line illuminated initial A
• fol. 41r — Two line illuminated initial N
• fol. 41v — Two line illuminated initial Q
• fol. 42v — Two line illuminated initial E
• fol. 43r — Two line illuminated initial C
• fol. 43r — Two line illuminated initial M
• fol. 43v — Two line illuminated initial C
• fol. 43v — Five line illuminated initial D
• fol. 44r — Two line illuminated initial U
• fol. 44r — Two line illuminated initial I
• fol. 45r — Two line illuminated initial N
• fol. 45v — Two line illuminated initial B
• fol. 46v — Two line illuminated initial E
• fol. 47r — Two line illuminated initial P
• fol. 47r — Two line illuminated initial E
• fol. 48r — Miniature, Death of the Virgin
• fol. 48r — Three line illuminated initial D
• fol. 48v — Two line illuminated initial L
• fol. 49v — Two line illuminated initial A
• fol. 50r — Two line illuminated initial N
• fol. 50v — Two line illuminated initial Q
• fol. 51r — Two line illuminated initial I
• fol. 52r — Two line illuminated initial B
• fol. 53r — Two line illuminated initial M
• fol. 54r — Two line illuminated initial C
• fol. 54v — Two line illuminated initial D
• fol. 54v — Two line illuminated initial O
• fol. 55r — Five line illuminated initial C
• fol. 55r — Two line illuminated initial U
• fol. 56r — Two line illuminated initial I
• fol. 57r — Two line illuminated initial S
• fol. 57v — Two line illuminated initial D
• fol. 58r — Two line illuminated initial S
• fol. 59r — Two line illuminated initial N
• fol. 59v — Two line illuminated initial G
• fol. 59v — Two line illuminated initial S
• fol. 60r — Two line illuminated initial S
• fol. 60v — Miniature, Crucifixion
• fol. 60v — Three line illuminated initial D
• fol. 61r — Two line illuminated initial P
• fol. 61v — Two line illuminated initial D
• fol. 62r — Two line illuminated initial D
• fol. 62r — Two line illuminated initial D
• fol. 62v — Two line illuminated initial D
• fol. 63r — Two line illuminated initial D
• fol. 63r — Two line illuminated initial D
• fol. 63v — Two line illuminated initial C
• fol. 64r — Five line illuminated initial D
• fol. 64v — Two line illuminated initial N
• fol. 65r — Two line illuminated initial O
• fol. 65r — Two line illuminated initial D
• fol. 65v — Two line illuminated initial D
• fol. 65v — Two line illuminated initial D
• fol. 66r — Two line illuminated initial D
• fol. 66v — Two line illuminated initial D
• fol. 66v — Two line illuminated initial C
• fol. 67v — Five line illuminated initial I
• fol. 68v — Two line illuminated initial P
• fol. 69r — Two line illuminated initial E
• fol. 69v — Four line illuminated initial I
• fol. 70v — Two line illuminated initial I
• fol. 72r — Two line illuminated initial I
• fol. 73v — Four line illuminated initial O
• fol. 77r — Four line illuminated initial O
• fol. 81r — Two line illuminated initial D
• fol. 81v — Two line illuminated initial D
• fol. 82r — Two line illuminated initial E
• fol. 82v — Two line illuminated initial D
• fol. 83r — Two line illuminated initial D
• fol. 83v — Two line illuminated initial D
• fol. 84v — Two line illuminated initial D
• fol. 85r — Miniature, David in Prayer
• fol. 85r — Three line illuminated initial D
• fol. 86v — Two line illuminated initial B
• fol. 88r — Two line illuminated initial D
• fol. 90v — Two line illuminated initial M
• fol. 95v — Two line illuminated initial D
• fol. 96v — Two line illuminated initial D
• fol. 97v — Two line illuminated initial E
• fol. 103v — Two line illuminated initial D
• fol. 103v — Two line illuminated initial U
• fol. 103v — Two line illuminated initial A
• fol. 104v — Miniature, Funeral
• fol. 104v — Three line illuminated initial D
• fol. 106r — Two line illuminated initial C
• fol. 107v — Two line illuminated initial L
• fol. 108v — Two line illuminated initial I
• fol. 109r — Two line illuminated initial M
• fol. 109r — Two line illuminated initial E
• fol. 109v — Two line illuminated initial U
• fol. 111r — Two line illuminated initial D
• fol. 113r — Two line illuminated initial P
• fol. 114r — Two line illuminated initial T
• fol. 115r — Two line illuminated initial M
• fol. 115v — Two line illuminated initial D
• fol. 116v — Two line illuminated initial A
• fol. 119r — Two line illuminated initial D
• fol. 121r — Two line illuminated initial Q
• fol. 122r — Two line illuminated initial H
• fol. 122v — Two line illuminated initial Q
• fol. 123v — Two line illuminated initial E
• fol. 124v — Two line illuminated initial E
• fol. 127r — Two line illuminated initial Q
• fol. 129r — Two line illuminated initial S
• fol. 130r — Two line illuminated initial P
• fol. 131r — Two line illuminated initial Q
• fol. 132r — Two line illuminated initial T
• fol. 133v — Two line illuminated initial E
• fol. 135v — Two line illuminated initial U