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Detailed record for Egerton 2045
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| Part 1 |
ff. 4-345 |
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| Title |
Hours, Use of Rome |
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| Origin |
France, Central, Paris |
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| Date |
c. 1460 - c. 1470 |
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| Language |
Latin, and some French |
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| Script |
Gothic cursive |
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| Artists |
Maître François |
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| Decoration |
1 fullpage miniature (f. 62v) and 11 full-page miniatures surrounding a few lines of text with a large decorated initials, some including human heads, in colours and gold (ff. 25, 82, 89, 95, 100v, 106, 115v, 138, 172v, 178v, 280), accompanied by decorated initials and full foliate borders on the facing page, in colours and gold. Smaller puzzle initials in red and blue with pen-flourishing in blue and red. Smaller initials in red with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Small initials in plain red or blue. Line-fillers decorated in red and blue. |
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| Dimensions in mm |
85 x 60 (45 x 25) |
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| Part 2 |
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Miniatures added to a Book of Hours |
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Netherlands, S. (Bruges) |
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| Date |
c. 1480 - c. 1485 |
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| Artists |
The Master of the Dresden Prayer book c. 1480-85 (see Brinkmann 1997). |
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| Decoration |
1 full-page miniature (f. 16v) and 5 full-page miniatures surrounding three or four lines of text (ff. 185v, 216v, 233v, 254v, 260v). |
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| Official foliation |
ff. 347 (f. 1 is the upper pastedown) |
| Form |
Parchment codex |
| Binding |
Post-1600. Red velvet over wooden boards. Gold filigree clasp and corner pieces; rebacked; gilt edges. |
| Provenance |
Unidentified owner: erased arms (f. 25) and motto 'Hasta la meurte' (until death) (f. 63, border); the historiated initial at the start of the Office of the Dead depicts the Crucifixion flanked by the letters 'N I' (f. 280). The motto also appears in Sheffield, Graves Art Gallery MS R.3548 (see N. R. Ker [and A. J. Piper], Medieval Manuscripts in British Libraries, 5 vols (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1983-2002), 4, Paisley-York (1992), p. 276).
Louis de Luxembourg (b. 1418, d. 1475), Count of Saint-Pol and Constable of France: inscribed '[Ainsi?] sera Luxembourg' (inside upper cover)
? Albert Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg, who married, in 1573, Mary Eleanora, elder daughter of William, 5th Duke of Juliers and Clèves: inscribed 'Cest mon heur / brandenburgk etc.' (f. 2).
Magdalena of Cleve-Jülich (b. 1553, d. 1633), and her sister Sibylle of Cleve-Jülich (b. 1557, d. 1627), the younger daughters of the same Duke of Clèves: inscribed '1579 / ce que dieu veult / Magdalene de Cleves', and '1579 / en dieu me fie / Sibille de Cleves' (f. 2v).
Diane de Dommartin (b. 1550, d. after 1635), Countess of Fontenoy: inscribed 'Diane de Dompmartin' (f. 346).
Matthew Uzielli (d. 1860), banker, railway magnate, and collector: inscribed 'no 1025 / Matthew Uzielli / 1860' (f. 3); his sale, 12 April 1861, lot 263.
Purchased by the British Museum from Pickering, 25 January 1868 (note inside upper cover), using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater (b. 1756, d. 1829). |
| Select bibliography |
J. C. Robinson, Catalogue of the Works of Art Forming the Collection of Matthew Uzielli, Esq., of Hanover Lodge, Regent's Park, London (London: 1860), p. 303 no. 1025.
Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1853-1875 (London: British Museum, 1877), no. Eg. 2045.
Walter de Gray Birch and Henry Jenner, Early Drawings and Illuminations: An Introduction to the Study of Illustrated Manuscripts (London: Bagster and Sons, 1879), p. 16.
[George Warner], Reproductions from Illuminated Manuscripts, Series I, (London: British Museum, 1907), pl. 31.
J. A. Herbert, Illuminated Manuscripts (London: Methuen, 1911), p. 283, pl. xliii..
British Museum: Guide to the Exhibited Manuscripts, 3 parts (London: British Museum, 1923), III: Illuminated Manuscripts and Bindings of Manuscripts Exhibited in The Grenville Library, no. 65.
A Guide to the Exhibition of Some Part of the Egerton Collection of Manuscripts in the British Museum (London: British Museum, 1929), no. 23.
Janet Backhouse, Books of Hours (London: British Library, 1985), pp. 26-27, fig. 20.
Bodo Brinkmann, Die flämische Buchmalerei am Ende des Burgunderreichs: der Meister des Dresdener Gebetbuchs und die Miniaturisten seiner Zeit, 2 vols (Turnhout: Brepols, 1997), I, pp. 261-64, 389, II, col-pl. 39, pls. 246-51.
Scot McKendrick, Flemish Illuminated Manuscripts 1400-1550 (London: British Library, 2003), pls. 69-70.
Janet Backhouse, Illumination from Book of Hours (London: British Library, 2004), fig. 85. |
| Last revised: 27 February 2006 |
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Part 1
ff. 4-345 |
| Hours, Use of Rome |
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f. 25
The Annunciation |
f. 62v
The Visitation |
f. 82
Nativity |
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f. 89
Annunciation to the Shepherds |
ff. 94v-95
Adoration of the Magi |
f. 95
Adoration of the Magi |
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f. 100v
Presentation |
f. 106
Flight into Egypt |
f. 115v
Coronation |
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f. 138
David |
f. 172v
Crucifixion |
f. 178v
Pentecost |
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f. 280
Crucifixion of the 11,000 |
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Part 2
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| Miniatures added to a Book of Hours |
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f. 16v
John on Patmos |
f. 185v
Mass of Gregory |
f. 216v
Mary teaching |
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f. 216v
Mary teaching |
f. 233v
Pieta |
f. 254v
Michael defeating Lucifer |
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f. 254v
Michael defeating Lucifer |
f. 260v
Soul |
f. 260v
Soul |
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