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Detailed record for King's 6
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| Title |
Book of Hours, Use of Paris |
| Origin |
France, Central (Paris) |
| Date |
c. 1500 |
| Language |
Latin, with the calendar and some rubrics in French |
| Script |
Gothic |
| Decoration |
24 marginal calendar miniatures, occupations of the months and signs of the zodiac, in colours and gold (ff. 1-12v). 12 large miniatures in full architectural borders, most of which are historiated, in colours and gold with some grisaille, at major divisions (ff. 13, 27, 47v, 57v, 62v, 66v, 70, 73v, 79v, 86, 90, 106v); a miniature for the Hours of the Cross missing after f. 83. 13 small miniatures, with partial borders, in colours and gold, at minor divisions and suffrages (some of the suffrage miniatures are marginal) (ff. 14v, 15, 17v, 18v, 22, 143, 143v, 144, 144v, 145, 145v, 146 x 2). Large decorated foliate initials, in colours and gold. Small initials in gold on brown, blue or red grounds. Line-fillers in colours and gold. |
| Dimensions in mm |
175 x 120 (95 x 65) |
| Official foliation |
ff. 147 (+ 3 modern paper flyleaves at the beginning, and 3 at the end) |
| Collation |
i8 (ff. 1-8), ii4 (ff. 9-12), iii-x8 (ff. 13-76), xi8-1 (ff. 77-83; 8th leaf excised after f. 83), xii6 (84-89), xiii-xix (ff. 90-145), xx2 (ff. 146-147). |
| Form |
Parchment codex |
| Binding |
Pre-1600. Brown leather, gold-tooled and historiated (Crucifixion with sun, moon and stars on upper and lower boards); gilt edges; re-backed. |
| Provenance |
Unidentified owner(s): erased inscriptions (f. 147r-v).
King George III (b. 1738, d. 1820).
Given to the British Museum by King George IV in 1823 as part of the library of King George III. |
| Notes |
The bifolium ff. 16-17 should be bound outside ff. 15 and 18.
Includes: calendar (ff. 1-12v); Gospel extracts, 'Obsecro te' and 'O intemerata' (ff. 13-26); Hours of the Virgin (ff. 27-83v); Hours of the Cross, begining imperfect (ff. 84-85v); Hours of the Holy Spirit (ff. 86-88v); Penitential Psalms and Litany, with Geneviève first among the virgins (ff. 90-106); Office of the Dead (ff. 106v-142v); Suffrages (ff. 143-147) |
| Select bibliography |
George F. Warner and Julius P. Gilson, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts in the Old Royal and King’s Collections, 4 vols (London: British Museum, 1921), III: Description of the King’s Manuscripts and Indexes to both Collections, p. 3. |
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f. 27
Annunciation, Presentation, and the marriage of Joseph and Mary |
f. 27
Detail |
f. 27
Detail |
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f. 27
Detail |
f. 70
Presentation of Christ in the temple |
f. 70
Detail |
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f. 70
Detail |
f. 106v
Requiem Mass |
f. 106v
Detail |
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f. 106v
Detail |
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