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Detailed record for King's 9
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| Part 1 |
ff. 2v-255v |
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| Title |
Book of Hours, Use of Sarum |
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| Origin |
Netherlands, S. (Bruges) |
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| Date |
c. 1500 |
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| Language |
Latin |
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| Script |
Gothic cursive |
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| Decoration |
24 scatter borders in the calendar, historiated with the occupations of the months and zodiac signs in the lower part, in colours and gold (ff. 2v-14). 33 full-page miniatures surrounded by scatter borders, accompanied on the opposite side by large initials and full scatter borders, in colours and gold, for major text divisions (ff. 15v, 27v, 30v, 32v, 34v, 36v, 38v, 41v, 43v, 45v, 47v, 49v, 51v, 53v, 55v, 58v, 60v, 62v, 64v, 66v, 76v, 93v, 99v, 103v, 107v, 111v, 115v, 153v, 158v, 182v, 212v, 231v, 240v); 2 miniatures missing before ff. 25 and 124. 18 small miniatures with three-sided scatter borders, in colours and gold, for minor text divisions (ff. 83v, 84v, 85, 86, 86v, 87, 87v, 88v, 90v, 138, 141v, 142, 142v, 143, 143v, 144, 144v, 145). Small initials and line-fillers in gold on red grounds. |
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| Dimensions in mm |
195 x 135 (65 x 100) |
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| Part 2 |
ff. 256-302v |
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| Title |
Devotional miscellany |
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| Origin |
England |
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| Date |
second quarter of the 16th century |
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| Language |
Latin, with two English rubrics |
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| Script |
Gothic cursive |
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| Decoration |
5 small miniatures, in colours and gold (ff. 266v, 289v, 293, 297, 300v); 1 excised (f. 268). Large and small illusionistic initials in gold on red or blue grounds. |
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| Dimensions in mm |
135 x 195 (105 x 65) |
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| Official foliation |
ff. 303 (+ 2 paper flyleaves at the beginning, and 2 at the end) |
| Form |
Parchment codex |
| Binding |
Post-1600. Red leather, gold- tooled with the arms of George I or II, and the added initials 'GR III'; gilt edges; pink silk endpapers. |
| Provenance |
Henry Reppes (d. 1558), of Mendham, Suffolk: inscribed by him 'Henry Reppes / Elizabeth Reppes' (his first wife) (f. 1); the inclusion of a miniature of Eltheldreda (f. 64v) is consistent with an East Anglian patron.
? Anne Boleyn: inscribed by Anne Boleyn in English 'Be daly prove you shall me fynde To be to yu bothe lovynge and kynde' (f. 66v), and King Henry VIII 'Si silon mon affection la sufvenance sera en voz prieres ne seray yers oblie car vostre suis Henry R. a jammays'. (If you remember my love in your prayers as strongly as I adore you, I shall hardly be forgotten, for I am yours. Henry R. forever] (f. 231v).
King George I (b. 1660, d. 1727), and/or King George II (b. 1683, d. 1760): arms on binding.
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 |
For another Tudor Book of Hours with royal autographs see Additional 17012, which contains the autographs of Henry VII, Elizabeth of York, Henry VIII, and Catherine of Aragon. |
| 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, pp. 4-6.
Janet Backhouse, Books of Hours (London, British Library, 1985), fig. 67, pp. 73, 77, 79.
John N. King, Tudor Royal Iconography: Literature and Art in an Age of Religious Crisis (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1989), pp. 6-7.
Sophie Page, Astrology in Medieval Manuscript (London: British Library, 2002), p. 39.
Pamela Porter, Courtly Love in Medieval Manuscripts (London: British Library, 2003), p. 39.
Janet Backhouse, Illuminations from Books of Hours (London: British Library, 2004), pl. 44.
James P. Carley, The Books of King Henry VIII and His Wives, preface by David Starkey (London: British Library, 2004), pls 93, 94.
Henry VIII: Man and Monarch, ed. by Susan Doran (London: British Library, 2009), no. 108 [exhibition catalogue]. |
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Part 1
ff. 2v-255v |
| Book of Hours, Use of Sarum |
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ff. 2v-3
January |
ff. 3v-4
February |
ff. 4v-5
March |
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ff. 5v-6
April |
ff. 6v-7
May |
ff. 7v-8
June |
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ff. 8v-9
July |
ff. 9v-10
August |
ff. 10v-11
September |
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ff. 11v-12
October |
ff. 12v-13
November |
ff. 13v-14
December |
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ff. 14v-15
Leaves |
ff. 15v-16
Crucifixion |
f. 25
Decorated initial |
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ff. 27v-28
John the Baptist |
f. 27v
John the Baptist |
ff. 30v-31
John |
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ff. 32v-33
Peter |
ff. 34v-35
Paul |
ff. 36v-37
Andrew |
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ff. 38v-39
Thomas Becket |
f. 41
George |
f. 42
Decorated initial |
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ff. 43v-44
Christopher |
f. 43v
Christopher |
f. 46
Decorated initial |
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ff. 47v-48
Blaise |
ff. 49v-50
Martin |
f. 51v
Hugo |
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f. 52
Decorated initial |
ff. 53v-54
Anne |
f. 53v
Anne |
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ff. 55v-56
Mary Magdalene |
ff. 58v-59
Katherine |
ff. 60v-61
Barbara |
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f. 62v
Margaret |
f. 63
Decorated initial |
ff. 64v-65
Elthedreda |
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f. 66v
Annunciation |
f. 67
Decorated initial |
ff. 76v-77
Visitation |
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f. 76v
The Visitation |
f. 83v
Holy Spirit |
ff. 84v-85
Michael |
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f. 84v
Cross |
f. 86
Peter and Paul |
ff. 86v-87
Andrew and Stephen |
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f. 87v
Lawrence |
f. 88
Decorated initials |
f. 88v
Nicholas |
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f. 90v
All Saints |
f. 93v
Adoration |
f. 94
Decorated initial |
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ff. 99v-100
Annunciation to the Shepherds |
f. 99v
Annunciation to the Shepherds |
ff. 103v-104
Adoration of the Magi |
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f. 103v
Adoration of the Magi |
ff. 107v-108
Presentation |
f. 107v
Presentation |
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ff. 111v-112
Slaughter of the Innocents |
f. 111v
Slaughter of the Innocents |
ff. 115v-116
Flight into Eqypt |
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f. 115v
Flight into Egypt |
f. 124
Decorated initial |
f. 138
Virgin Mary |
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ff. 141v-142
Temptation |
ff. 142v-143
Crown of Thorns |
ff. 143v-144
Wounds of Christ |
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ff. 144v-145
Wounds of Christ |
ff. 153v-154
Pieta |
f. 153v
Pieta |
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ff. 158v-159
David |
ff. 182v-183
Christ blessing |
ff. 212v-213
Battle for a soul |
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ff. 231v-232
Christ and Instruments of the Passion |
f. 231v
Scourging |
ff. 240v-241
Jerome |
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Part 2
ff. 256-302v |
| Devotional miscellany |
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f. 266v
Man of Sorrows |
f. 276
Holy Spirit |
f. 289v
Christ and Mary |
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f. 293
Christ carrying the cross |
f. 297
Anne |
f. 300
Seven Sorrows of the Virgin |
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