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Wingfield Hours and Psalter.

Title
Wingfield Hours and Psalter.
Author
Catholic Church.
Publication
Flanders, Bruges, approximately 1440 ; London, England, approximately 1460.

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TextBy appointment only Spencer Coll. MS. 3Schwarzman Building - Print Collection Room 308

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Additional Authors
New York Public Libary. Manuscript. Spencer Coll. MS 3.
Description
2 volumes (239 leaves), bound together : vellum, ink, manuscript, illuminations; 285 x 185 mm
Alternative Title
  • Book of hours, Sarum use
  • Psalter, ferial
  • Horae et Psalterium
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Manuscripts – Belgium – 15th century.
  • Manuscripts – England – 15th century.
  • vellum (parchment)
  • Early works.
  • illuminated manuscripts.
Note
  • Two distinct manuscripts bound into 1 volume.
  • Final prayer of pt. 1 is for the generic "N." Produced on the continent for the English market.
  • The book consists of two different parts, first a Sarum Hours of the Virgin, executed in Bruges in 1440s, and the second part was executed about ten or twenty years later in London, a Psalter, designed as an exact copy of the one produced in Bruges.
  • Layout: 24 long lines, ruled in red ink, some catchwords visible.
  • Decoration: Pt. 1: 23 large miniatures, 10 small miniatures, 7 small historiated initials in entire codex. 5- and 6-line red and blue initials on gold fields. 3-line gold initials on blue and red fields. 1-line blue and gold initials with red and black penwork. ; Pt. 2: Six large miniatures remain; two missing, 6-line blue and red initials on gold fields. 3-line gold initials on red and blue fields. 1-line blue and gold initials with red and black penwork. Rubrics, linefillers. Elaborate full borders around miniatures, partial borders on other folios.
  • Collation: Pt. 2: I-III; IV; V-VII; VIII; IX-XVI; XVII.
  • Script: Gothic
Access (note)
  • Restricted use.
Indexed In (note)
  • The Splendor of the Word. (ed.) J. G. Alexander, J. H. Marrow, L. F. Sandler (NYPL / Harvey Miller, 2005)
  • Ricci, S de. Medieval and Renaissance mss.
Cite As (note)
  • NYPL. Spencer Collection MS. 3
Language (note)
  • In Latin.
Provenance (note)
  • Part II written for Lady Anne (Neville) Stafford, Duchess of Buckingham (d. 1480) as join to pt. I. Later, both parts were owned (ca. 1550) by Richard Wingfield (d. 1525). Sale by Evans (1817) to Saunders. Owned (1864) by George Folliott. In 1894 to Henry Yates Thompson, sale to Quaritch in 1920.
Binding (note)
  • Bound in 16th century calf, by Thomas Berthelet?, French, ca. 1520. Repaired 1864. Stamped in gold (cover) : M. Richard Wingfeld.
Source of Description (note)
  • Part of the description used is from Digital Scriptorium 1.0
Contents
pt. I. The Book of Hours (ff. 1-106v.) -- pt. II. The Psalter (ff. 1-133v.)
Call Number
Spencer Coll. MS. 3
OCLC
1336054535
Author
Catholic Church.
Title
Wingfield Hours and Psalter.
Imprint
Flanders, Bruges, approximately 1440 ; London, England, approximately 1460.
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Access
Restricted use. Requires permission for access.
Indexed In:
The Splendor of the Word. (ed.) J. G. Alexander, J. H. Marrow, L. F. Sandler (NYPL / Harvey Miller, 2005), n. 47.
Ricci, S de. Medieval and Renaissance mss., p. 1335, no. 3.
Cite As:
NYPL. Spencer Collection MS. 3
Language
In Latin.
Provenance
Part II written for Lady Anne (Neville) Stafford, Duchess of Buckingham (d. 1480) as join to pt. I. Later, both parts were owned (ca. 1550) by Richard Wingfield (d. 1525). Sale by Evans (1817) to Saunders. Owned (1864) by George Folliott. In 1894 to Henry Yates Thompson, sale to Quaritch in 1920.
Binding
Bound in 16th century calf, by Thomas Berthelet?, French, ca. 1520. Repaired 1864. Stamped in gold (cover) : M. Richard Wingfeld.
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Place of Publication
Flanders, Bruges
England, London
Added Author
New York Public Libary. Manuscript. Spencer Coll. MS 3.
Research Call Number
Spencer Coll. MS. 3
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