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Detailed record for Stowe 23
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| Title |
Prayer book |
| Origin |
Netherlands, S. (Ghent or Tournai) |
| Date |
c. 1460 (after 1450) |
| Language |
Latin, rubrics in French |
| Script |
Gothic |
| Artists |
Probably by the Ghent Gradual Master (on this artist, see Gregory T. Clark, Made in Flanders: The Master of the Ghent Privileges and Manuscript Painting in the Southern Netherlands in the Time of Philip the Good (Turnhout: Brepols Publishers, 2000). |
| Decoration |
1 full-page miniature with full foliate borders, accompanied by a large decorated initial and a full foliate border on the facing page, at the beginning of the Hours of the Passion of the Virgin (ff. 2v-3). 1 full-page miniature, framed by flowers, at the beginning of a prayer, misbound, the corresponding text missing (f. 62); 2 other miniatures of the same size cut out and pasted on the upper and lower pastedowns (ff. 1, 85). 17 small miniatures in the suffrages (ff. 46v, 47v, 48, 49, 50, 50v, 51v, 52v, 53, 54, 55, 56, 56v, 57v, 58v, 59, 60). 1 large miniature with full foliate borders missing (offset), facing page with a large initial in gold on a red and blue ground, at the beginning of the Obsecro te (f. 32). Large decorated initials, accompanied by partial foliate borders, at the beginning of the Hours of the Passion of the Virgin after Matins (ff. 10v, 14v, 17, 19v, 22, 24v, 27v). Small initials and line-fillers in gold on red and blue grounds. Ruled in purple. |
| Dimensions in mm |
185 x 130 (90 x 60) |
| Official foliation |
ff. 85 (ff. 1 and 85 are foliated miniatures on the upper and lower pastedowns; + 2 old paper flyleaves at the beginning, and 1 old ruled parchment and 2 old paper flyleaves at the end) |
| Form |
Parchment codex |
| Binding |
Post-1600. Gold-tooled red leather; gilt edges. |
| Provenance |
Made after 1450, the year in which Bernardino of Siena was canonised, for a woman, to judge by the feminine forms '... michi famule tue ...' (f. 34) and '... michi peccatrici ...' (f. 36), with a connection to the Franciscans, to judge by the suffrage and miniature of Francis (f. 53r-v), the full-page miniature of Franciscan saints (f. 62), the suffrage to Claire (f. 61r-v), and to Franciscan saints (ff. 67v-69v).
Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1776, d. 1839), 1st duke of Buckingham and Chandos, of Stowe House, near Buckingham: inscribed with the press-mark 'Press 3 no. X' (f. 2), corresponding to his catalogue (O'Conor 1818-1819).
Richard Plantagenet Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (b. 1797, d. 1861), 2nd duke of Buckingham and Chandos; sold in 1849 to Lord Ashburnham.
Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1797, d. 1878), 4th earl of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham Place, Sussex.
Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1840, d. 1913), 5th earl of Ashburnham: purchased by the British Museum from him together with 1084 other Stowe manuscripts in 1883. |
| Select bibliography |
Charles O'Conor, Bibliotheca Ms. Stowensis: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Stowe Library, 2 vols (Buckingham: Seeley, 1818-1819), II, 8-9.
Catalogue of the Stowe Manuscripts in the British Museum, 2 vols (London: British Museum, 1895-1896), I, no. 23.
Lilian M. C. Randall, Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Walters Art Gallery, 3 vols (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1989-1997), III (1997): Belgium, 1250-1530, 2 parts, I, p. 232. |
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ff. 2v-3
Pietà |
f. 2v
Lamentation |
f. 47v
John the Baptist |
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f. 56
Margaret and the dragon |
f. 62
Clare, Francis, and Bernardino |
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