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Detailed record for Arundel 302
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| Title |
Book of Hours, Use of Sarum |
| Origin |
England, S. E. (Suffolk, Bury St Edmunds?) |
| Date |
2nd or 3rd quarter of the 15th century |
| Language |
Latin |
| Script |
Gothic |
| Artists |
The arms probably by the artist of the Arundel Castle Lives of Edmund and Fremund, according to Rogers 1987 |
| Decoration |
2 full-page miniatures, accompanied by large foliate initials on the opposite page, with full foliate borders, in colours and gold (ff. 57, 78), another missing before f. 13, at the beginning of the main texts. 17 miniatures, some accompagnied by large foliate initials, all with full foliate borders, in colours and gold, at the beginning of the other texts (ff. 20v, 35, 39v, 42v, 45, 47v, 50, 56v, 77v, 129v, 139v, 152, 156, 159v, 163, 165v, 166v, 167v, 168v). 1 small historiated initial, accompanied by a full foliate border, in colours and gold (f. 130v). 1 initial with arms and 1 with a shield with the symbol of the Trinity, accompanied by full foliate borders, in colours and gold (ff. 148v, 156v). Numerous three-sided foliate borders, in colours and gold. Large foliate initials, in colours and gold. Small initials (2 lines) in gold on red and blue grounds. Small initials (1 line) in gold with purple pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Line-fillers decorated in blue and gold. |
| Dimensions in mm |
145 x 100 (85 x 55) |
| Official foliation |
ff. 170 (+ 1 modern and 2 old paper flyleaves at the beginning, and 1 old and 1 modern paper flyleaves at the end) |
| Collation |
i-ii6 (ff. 1-12); iii8+1-1 (1st inserted leaf excised; ff. 13-20), iv-x8 (ff. 21-76); xi8+1 (1st leaf inserted; ff. 77-85), xii-xvi8 (ff. 86-127), xvii8+2 (1st-2nd leaves inserted; ff. 128-137), xviii-xix8 (ff. 138-153), xx10 (ff. 154-163), 21seven (ff. 164-170); ends imperfect. |
| Form |
Parchment codex |
| Binding |
BM/BL in-house. Rebound in 1962; yellow edges. |
| Provenance |
Made for a Hamelden of Holton St Peter, Suffolk: arms (f. 148v) (see Scott 1996, II, p. 259).
Robertus Bonyng, 15th century: inscription (f. 154).
Pen-initials 'TH'(?) (ff. 26, 35, 40v, 41).
? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th earl of Surrey, and 1st earl of Norfolk, art collector and politician.
Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. 1684), 6th duke of Norfolk, presented to the Royal Society in 1667.
The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1v).
Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society of London together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in 1831. |
| Notes |
Includes a calendar (ff. 1-12v); the Hours of the Virgin (ff. 13-56), the Penitential Psalms and the Litany (ff. 57-76v), the Office of the Dead (ff. 78-128), prayers to Our Lord (ff. 130-138v), prayers to the Virgin (ff. 139-151v); Litany to the Virgin (ff. 152-156); prayer to the Trinity (ff. 156v-158v); Bede's prayer in the Seven Last Words (ff. 159-162); prayers to Veronica, Melchior, Gaspar, Balthazar (ff. 162-168); prayer to the Three Magi (ff. 168v-170v), (ends imperfect). |
| Select bibliography |
Catalogue of Manuscripts in The British Museum, New Series, 1 vol. in 2 parts (London: British Museum, 1834-1840), I, part 1: The Arundel Manuscripts, p. 89.
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. 15.
Nicholas J. Rogers, ‘Fitzwilliam Museum MS 3-1979: A Bury St Edmunds Book of Hours and the Origins of the Bury Style’, in England in the Fifteenth Century: Proceedings of the 1986 Harlaxton Symposium, ed. by David Williams (Woodbridge: Boydell Press, 1987), pp. 229-43 (p. 237).
Kathleen L. Scott, Later Gothic Manuscripts 1390-1490, 2 vols, A Survey of Manuscripts Illuminated in the British Isles, 6 (London: Harvey Miller, 1996), I: Text and Illustrations, pp. 29, 38, 39, 57, 67 n. 41, 77 n. 41, II: Catalogue and Indexes, no. 92, pp. 134, 232, 240, 256, 257, 258-59, Table III, pls. 360-62.
Kathleen Scott, 'The Illustration and Decoration of the Register of the Fraternity of the Holy Trinity at Luton Church, 1475-1546', in The English Medieval Book: Studies in Memory of Jeremy Griffiths, ed. by A. S. G. Edwards, Vincent Gillespie and Ralph Hanna (London: British Library, 2000), pp. 155-83 (pp. 155, 180 n. 7, pl. 11).
Gothic Art for England 1400-1547, ed. by Richard Marks and Paul Williamson (London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 2003), p. 303.
Janet Backhouse, Illumination from Books of Hours (London: British Library, 2004), no. 45.
Kathleen L. Scott, 'The Decorated Letters of Two Cotton Manuscripts', in Tributes to Jonathan J. G. Alexander: The Making and Meaning of Illuminated Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts, Art & Architecture, ed. by Susan L'Engle and Gerald B. Guest (London: Harvey Miller, 2006), pp. 99-110 (p. 104 n. 38). |
| Last revised: 02 December 2005 |
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f. 13
Decorated initial |
f. 30v
Initials and border |
f. 35
Arrest of Christ |
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f. 35
Detail |
f. 39v
Christ before Pilate |
f. 39v
Christ before Pilate |
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f. 42v
Flagellation |
f. 42v
Detail |
f. 45
Christ being nailed to the Cross |
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f. 45
Detail |
f. 47v
Crucifixion |
f. 47v
Detail |
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f. 50
Entombment |
f. 50
Detail |
f. 56v
Christ in Majesty |
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f. 56v
Detail |
f. 57
Initial and full border |
f. 63
Detail |
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f. 77v
Funeral Service |
f. 77v
Detail |
f. 128v
Resurrection |
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f. 130v
Resurrection |
f. 139v
Annunciation |
f. 148v
Initial and full border |
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f. 152
Virgin and Child |
f. 152
Detail |
f. 156
Trinity |
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f. 156
Detail |
f. 156v
Initial and full border |
f. 156v
Detail |
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f. 163
Veronica |
f. 165v
Journey of King Melchior |
f. 166v
Journey of King Jaspar |
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