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

Title

Book of Hours, Use of Rome

Other related names

• I.Z., former owner
• Dugué, Lucréce 1544-1615, former owner (http://viaf.org/viaf/3552148632973730630000)
• House, H.F., former owner
• Collins, Philip S., former owner
• Collins, Mary Schell, former owner

Funders

• Council on Library and Information Resources

Call number

1945‑65‑11
(Philadelphia, United States, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Department of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs, Philip S. Collins Collection)

Alternate identifiers

• deRicci: 23

Publisher

Department of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs

Language

Latin; Italian; Middle French (ca. 1400-1600)

Origin

Place

France

Summary

This is a small Book of Hours for the Use of Rome produced in Northern France in the mid-fifteenth century. It contains seventeen arch-topped miniatures and one full-page miniature. The book begins with a calendar in Latin (pp. 1-24) and continues with the Gospel Lessons (pp. 25-33). The Hours of the Virgin (pp. 35-125) is introduced with by large miniature of the Annunciation and a border containing a vignette of the Virgin Mary weaving, and includes seven further large miniatures in the usual order. The Hours of the Cross (pp. 127-132) and Hours of the Holy Spirit (pp. 133-138) begin with large miniatures of the Crucifixion and Pentecost, respectively. The following section, introduced by an inhabited initial of the Virgin and Child with an angel, contains the variants of the Hours of the Virgin for Advent and Christmastide (pp. 139-161). The Penitential Psalms, litany, and prayers (pp. 163-193) are introduced by a large miniature of King David in Prayer surrounded by a foliate border inhabited by jesters, musicians, and a woman with a mirror. The Office of the Dead (pp. 195-251) is introduced by a large miniature showing the digging of a grave for a funeral. This is followed by the Credo, in French, and two prayers of the Conception, in a slightly later hand (pp. 252-254). The Obsecro te (pp. 255-265) is introduced by a large miniature of the Virgin and Child with two musical angels. Next comes a prayer in French, "O mon dieu et créateur trèspuissant..." and the Prayer to Christ on the Seven Words spoken from the Cross (pp. 265-274), followed by a rhyming prayer in French, "Ung seul dieu to créateur, tu serviras et ameras..." (pp. 275-276). The suffrages, which each begin on a new page introduced by a large miniature, are dedicated to Saints John the Evangelist (pp. 277-278), Anthony (pp. 279-280), Catherine (pp. 281-282), and Margaret (pp. 283-284). A series of prayers to the Virgin are added in a different hand at the end of the volume (pp. 284-285), followed by a miniature of Saint Adrian surrounded by the interlaced initials "I-Z," probably added circa 1480-1500. An early inscription on p. 34, in Italian, alludes to Ippolita Maria Sforza, Duchess of Calabria (either Ippolita Maria Sforza, 1446-1484, or her granddaughter of the same name, 1493-1501), while a less formal inscription on p. 262 appears to read "Votre serviteur Jeanne." The late-sixteenth-century fanfare binding indicates that the book was owned by the Parisian musical printer, Lucrèce Dugué (1544-1615).

Notes

• Italian inscription on p. 34, "La nostra cara sorella che ne ama più che si stessa Hippolyta Maria duchessa de Calabria"
   
• Outline of a metallic pilgrim's badge in the shape of a portrait bust, formerly sewn to the page, visible on the left-hand side of p. 34
   
• French inscription on p. 262, "Votre serviteur Jeanne"?
   
• A suffrage to Saint Michael is indicated by a rubric on p. 262, but the following leaves are excised
   

Extent

Iii+143+iii; 153 x 100 mm bound to 158 x 112 mm

Foliation

Modern pagination in pencil, upper right recto

Collation

1-2 (6), 3 (5, +1), 4-17 (8), 18 (8, -3 -4 -5 -6 -7 -8), 19 (8, -8), 20 (5, +5)

Support

Parchment

Binding

Late-sixteenth-century gilt tooled brown morocco with in "LUCRECE" in upper medallion and "DU GUE" in lower medallion

Layout

One column of sixteen lines, ruled in purple ink; written area: 70 x 48 mm

Decoration

Seventeen large arched miniatures; one full-page miniature with heraldic border; one inhabited initial; one bas-de-page vignette; full foliate borders surrounding each large miniature and the first page of the Gospel Lessons; one three-sided foliate border; single-sided foliate borders on remaining pages; illuminated initials and throughout

Script

Bâtarde

Provenance

• Unidentified owner(s) with initials I-Z (in border of miniature on p. 286); Lucrèce Dugué ("LUCRECE" "DU GUE" inscribed in upper and lower medallions respectively on binding); unidentified owner with initials E.D. (bookplate on inside front cover); H.F. House, London (his posthumous sale, "Very comprehensive library of dramatic literature formed by the late H.F. House, esq.," Sotheby's, London, 21 January 1924, lot 169); Maggs bros., London, 1928 (catalog clipping on first upper flyleaf recto); Philip S. Collins (bookplate on first upper flyleaf recto); gift of Mary Schell Collins in memory of her husband, 1945
   

Related resources

• Supplement to the Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada, originated by C. U. Faye, continued and edited by W. H. Bond (New York: The Bibliographical Society of America, 1962), pp. 471-472, no. 23.
• Zigrosser, Carl, "The Philip S. Collins Collection of Mediaeval Illuminated Manuscripts," Philadelphia Museum of Art Bulletin 58, no. 275 (Autumn 1962): p. 22 (article pp. 3-34).
• Beyond Use: A Digital Database of Variant Readings in Late Medieval Books of Hours (http://www6.sewanee.edu/beyonduse/details.php?mssby=Location&location=Philadelphia+%28PA%29&manuscript=PhilaMAms1945-65-11+%28JP+196%29)

Keywords

• Book of Hours
• 15th century
• French
• Illumination
• France
• Devotion
• Notable binding

Licenses

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• Text

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Table of contents

• 1 — Calendar
• 25 — Gospel Lessons
• 34 — Ownership inscription, in Italian
• 35 — Hours of the Virgin, Use of Rome
• 127 — Hours of the Cross
• 133 — Hours of the Holy Spirit
• 139 — Hours of the Virgin for Advent and Christmastide
• 163 — Penitential Psalms, Litany, and Prayers
• 195 — Office of the Dead
• 252 — Credo, in French ("La foy et créance des bons créstiens," in a different hand)
• 253 — Prayer, "Ave cuius conceptio...," in a different hand
• 254 — Prayer, "Deus qui nos conceptionis...," in a different hand
• 255 — Obsecro te
• 263 — Prayer, in French, "O mon dieu et créateur trèspuissant...," followed by the Prayer to Christ on the Seven Words spoken from the Cross, "Domine Ihesu Christe qui septem verba in ultima hora..."
• 275 — Rhyming prayer, in French, "Ung seul dieu to créateur, tu serviras et ameras..."
• 277 — Suffrage to Saint John the Evangelist
• 279 — Suffrage to Saint Anthony
• 281 — Suffrage to Saint Catherine
• 283 — Suffrage to Saint Margaret
• 284 — Prayers to the Virgin, "Conceptio tua dei genitrix virgo...," "Ora pro nobis sanctissima filii dei genetrix...," and "Omnipotens clementissime deus...," in a different hand

Decorations

• Inside front cover — Bookplate, unidentified with initials E.D.
• Print catalog clipping — Print catalog clipping
• Print catalog clipping — Print catalog clipping
• Flyleaf 1 recto — Bookplate, Philip S. Collins
• 25 — Full foliate border
• 35 — Large miniature, Annunciation
• 35 — Border vignette, the Virgin Weaving
• 35 — Full foliate border with birds and unfilled coat-of-arms escutcheon
• 35 — Illuminated initial D
• 50 — Three-sided foliate border
• 66 — Large miniature, Visitation
• 66 — Full foliate border
• 66 — Illuminated initial D
• 85 — Large miniature, Nativity
• 85 — Full foliate border
• 85 — Illuminated initial D
• 92 — Large miniature, Annunciation to the Shepherds
• 92 — Full foliate border
• 92 — Illuminated initial D
• 98 — Large miniature, Adoration of the Magi
• 98 — Full foliate border
• 98 — Illuminated initial D
• 104 — Large miniature, Presentation in the Temple
• 104 — Full foliate border
• 104 — Illuminated initial D
• 110 — Large miniature, Flight into Egypt
• 110 — Full foliate border
• 110 — Illuminated initial D
• 120 — Large miniature, Coronation of the Virgin
• 120 — Full foliate border
• 120 — Illuminated initial C
• 127 — Large miniature, Crucifixion
• 127 — Full foliate border
• 127 — Illuminated initial D
• 133 — Large miniature, Pentecost
• 133 — Full foliate border
• 133 — Illuminated initial D
• 139 — Historiated initial D, Virgin and Child with an Angel
• 139 — Full foliate border
• 163 — Large miniature, King David in Prayer
• 163 — Full foliate border with jesters, musicians, and a woman with a mirror
• 163 — Illuminated initial D
• 195 — Large miniature, Digging a grave at a funeral
• 195 — Full foliate border with birds
• 195 — Illuminated initial D
• 255 — Large miniature, Virgin and Child with two musical angels
• 255 — Full foliate border
• 255 — Illuminated initial O
• 277 — Large miniature, Saint John the Evangelist
• 277 — Full foliate border
• 279 — Large miniature, Saint Anthony
• 279 — Full foliate border
• 281 — Large miniature, Saint Catherine
• 281 — Full foliate border
• 283 — Large miniature, Saint Margaret
• 283 — Full foliate border
• 286 — Full-page miniature, Saint Adrian of Nicomedia, with "I-Z" initial backdrop
• 286 — Illuminated border with "I-Z" designs
• 286 — Illegible coat-of-arms
• Flyleaf 1 recto — Bookplate, Philip S. Collins