Research Catalog

Title

[Book of hours, use of Amiens].

Author

Catholic Church.

Publication

France?, approximately 1450.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Capé, Charles, 1806-1867
• New York Public Libary. Manuscript. Spencer Coll. MS 10.

Description

210 leaves, bound : parchment , ink, manuscript, illuminations; 133 x 93 mm

Uniform Title

Book of hours

Alternative Title

• Book of hours
• Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis

Subjects

• Catholic Church Prayers and devotions
• Morocco bindings (Binding) > France > 19th century
• illuminated manuscripts
• Early works
• vellum (parchment)
• Manuscripts > France > 15th century
• Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern) > New York (State) > New York
• Grotesque in art > 15th century
• Illumination of books and manuscripts
• Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern) > France
• Catholic Church Prayers and devotions > Early works to 1800
• Devotional literature, Latin (Medieval and modern) > Early works to 1800
• Books of hours > Texts > Early works to 1800

Genre/Form

• Manuscripts – France – 15th century.
• vellum (parchment)
• Early works.
• illuminated manuscripts.
• Morocco bindings (Binding) – France – 19th century.

Note

• French used in calendar, some rubrics, and some border designs.
• Layout: Written in 15 long lines per page, ruled in red (brown?) pen. Some prickmarks and traces of some catchwords visible. Quaternions seem to be the norm, but most catchwords no longer extant.
• Decoration: 18 large and 2 small miniatures; 2 historiated initials; full-page and lateral borders decorated with grotesques. 1-line, 2-line and 4-line gold initials on black, red and blue backgrounds. Gold, black, red and blue linefillers. Rubrics.
• Script: Bastarda.

Access (note)

• Restricted use.

Indexed In (note)

• Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts. Seymour de Ricci. (Wilson Co., New York, 1937)
• New York Public Library. Spencer Collection. Dictionary catalog and shelf list

Cite As (note)

• NYPL. Spencer Collection MS. 10

Language (note)

• In Latin and French.

Provenance (note)

• Initials GM, GY and BL appear throughout the manuscript, along with motto "Je me plains..." (f. 184v). Bookplate of Francis Jack (1787-1880), second earl of Kilmorey.

Binding (note)

• Bound, 19th century dark olive-brown morocco by Capé, with giltwork, wrongly lettered on the back as to date.

Call Number

Spencer Coll. MS. 10

OCLC

1336966240

Author

Catholic Church.

Title

[Book of hours, use of Amiens].

Imprint

France?, approximately 1450.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Access

Restricted use. Requires permission for access.

Indexed In:

Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts. Seymour de Ricci. (Wilson Co., New York, 1937), p. 1337, no. 10.

New York Public Library. Spencer Collection. Dictionary catalog and shelf list, vol. II, p. 902

Cite As:

NYPL. Spencer Collection MS. 10

Language

In Latin and French.

Provenance

Initials GM, GY and BL appear throughout the manuscript, along with motto "Je me plains..." (f. 184v). Bookplate of Francis Jack (1787-1880), second earl of Kilmorey.

Binding

Bound, 19th century dark olive-brown morocco by Capé, with giltwork, wrongly lettered on the back as to date.

Source of description

Part of the description used is from Digital Scriptorium 1.0.

Connect to:

NYPL Digital Collections

Place of Publication

France Normandy

Added Author

Capé, Charles, 1806-1867, binder.

New York Public Libary. Manuscript. Spencer Coll. MS 10.

Other Title

Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis

Research Call Number

Spencer Coll. MS. 10