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Detailed record for King's 9
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Part 1 |
ff. 2v-255v |
| Title |
Book of Hours, Use of Sarum |
| Origin |
Netherlands, S. (Bruges) |
| Date |
c. 1500 |
| Language |
Latin |
| Script |
Gothic cursive |
| 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. |
| Dimensions in mm |
195 x 135 (65 x 100) |
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Part 2 |
ff. 256-302v |
| Title |
Devotional miscellany |
| Origin |
England |
| Date |
second quarter of the 16th century |
| Language |
Latin, with two English rubrics |
| Script |
Gothic cursive |
| 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. |
| 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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