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Detailed record for Additional 19416
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| Part 1 |
ff. 25-177v |
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| Title |
Book of Hours, use of Thérouanne ('Hours of Charles Le Clerc') |
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| Origin |
Netherlands, S., (?Ghent) |
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| Date |
2nd quarter of the 15th century |
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| Language |
Latin |
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| Script |
Gothic cursive |
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| Artists |
Jean Le Tavernier of Audenade, with some borders attributed to the Master of Guillebert de Mets (see Vanwijnsberghe and Verroken, Guillebert de Mets, 2017) |
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| Decoration |
38 framed miniatures in colours with gold, each with a full acanthus border, some with zoomorphic elements, including birds and hybrid creatures, or with the letter 'M' in gold (ff. 37v, 46v, 55, 59v, 62v, 65, 67v, 71v, 76v, 78v, 80v, 81v, 82v, 83v, 84v, 87v, 100v, 124, 125v, 126v, 128, 129, 130, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137v, 138v, 139v, 140v, 142, 143, 144v, 145v 146v, 148v). 14 large framed initials with full acanthus border in colours with gold (ff. 38, 47, 68, 72, 77, 79, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 88, 101, 149), some with human figures or hybrid creatures. Initials in gold on rose and blue grounds with partial rinceau in colours with gold (e.g., ff. 29, 64). Numerous small initials in gold on rose and blue grounds (ff. 38v-177v). Line-fillers in gold, rose and blue. Rubrics and highlighting in red. |
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| Dimensions in mm |
115 x 80 (65 x 50) |
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| Part 2 |
ff. 4-24, 178-189 |
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Notes, prayers, suffrages and family memorials added after 1505 for Charles Le Clerc |
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| Origin |
Spain? |
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| Date |
1st half of the 16th century |
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| Language |
Latin, Spanish |
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| Script |
Humanistic cursive |
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| Decoration |
A full-page miniature of the arms and motto of Charles le Clerc in colours on a red ground (f. 7). A full-page miniature in colours with gold, with 7 roundels, in a gold architectural frame (f. 8v). 4 full-page miniatures in colours with gold, of Charles le Clerc and his three wives before saints, with coats of arms, in scattergood borders incorporating butterflies, birds, flowers and fruit (ff. 178, 179, 180, 181). |
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| Dimensions in mm |
80 x 115 |
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| Official foliation |
ff. 197 (ff. 1-3 are paper flyleaves + 2 unfoliated parchment leaves after f. 123 and 1 after f. 177 + 4 unfoliated paper flyleaves at the beginning and 5 at the end) |
| Form |
Parchment codex |
| Binding |
Post-1600. Red leather with gold tooling and porcelain clasps. |
| Provenance |
The suffrages contain saints of the diocese of Cambrai: Ghislain (f. 137v) and Adrien of Grammont (f. 132) and of Renaix (Ronse) in the Alost region, near Ghent: Hermes (f. 133) and the duo, Corneille and Cyprien (f. 134).
Some borders in the style of the Metz group contain the letter 'M', which may refer to the original owner (ff. 55, 59v, 65).
Charles Le Clerc ( (b. 1476, d. 1533) of Malines, chamberlain of Charles V: his family motto, 'Sperans timeo' (ff. 7, 178), he and his three wives are portrayed in miniatures added after 1505 (ff. 178 179, 180, 181), and notes relating to the family's history have been written on flyleaves (ff. 194-196v).
Anne de Borssele (b. c. 1417, d. 1518), wife of Phillip of Burgundy, her name inscribed on f, 125.
Added prayers, notes and family memorials, including those of Philip the Fair, d. 1506 (f. 194v-195) and Roland le Fèvre, sire of Tamise, d. 1521 (195v-196); a treatment for haemorrhages (f. 196), in Latin, French, and Spanish.
Dawson Turner (b. 1775, d. 1858), botanist and antiquary: in his sale, 18 March 1853, lot 1866; bought by the British Museum.
Frederick Charles Husenbeth (b. 1796, d. 1872), Catholic priest and writer: a note on the contents in his hand on flyleaves (ff. 1v-2): perhaps added by him while in Turner's library.
Bought by the British Museum from Messrs Boone, booksellers, 9 April, 1853 |
| Notes |
ff. 37, 46, 75v-76v, 78, 80, 87, 123v 148, 184v-185v are blank. Flemish spelling of certain saints' names, e.g., 'Geertrudis' (17 March), Leonaerdi (6 November).
Borders on ff. 106-148 are in the style of Tavernier.Other borders are in the style of the Master of Guillebert de Mets.
Anne Annoke, Charles's third wife, was a member of a wealthy Ghent family. |
| Select bibliography |
Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1848-1853 (London: Trustees of the British Museum, 1868), p. 240.
Reinhard Strohm, Music in Late Medieval Bruges (Oxford : Clarendon, 1990), pp. 149, 255-56.
François Avril, 'Jean Le Tavernier : un nouveau livre d'heures', Revue de l'Art, 1,? (1999), 9-22.
Janet Backhouse, Illumination from Books of Hours, (London: British Library, 2004), fig. 72, p. 87.
Dominique Vanwijnsberghe and Erik Verroken, 'Les Heures de Charles Le Clerc: une oeuvre méconnue de la jeunesse de Jean Le Tavernier, enlumineur de Philippe le Bon', Art de l'enluminure, 43 (2012-2013), 2-65.
A l'Escu de France: Guillebert de Mets et la peinture de livres a Gand a l'epoque de Jan van Eyck (1410-1450), ed. by Dominique Vanwijnsberghe and Erik Verroken, 2 vols (Brussels: IRPA, 2017), I, pp. 463-67, 474, 477, figs 10.116, 10.118, 10.120, 10.126, 10.150 passim, II, no 42.
The nomadic object: the challenge of world for early modern religious art, ed. by Christine Go¨ttler and Mia M. Mochizuki |
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Part 1
ff. 25-177v |
| Book of Hours, use of Thérouanne ('Hours of Charles Le Clerc') |
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Upper binding
Upper binding |
f. 37v
The Annunciation |
f. 38
Hours of the Virgin |
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f. 46v
The Visitation |
f. 55
Annunciation to the Shepherds |
f. 59v
The Nativity |
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f. 67v
The Flight into Egypt |
f. 71v
The Massacre of the Innocents |
f. 76v
The Arrest |
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f. 78v
Christ before Pilate |
f. 80v
The Flagellation |
f. 81v
Christ Carrying the Cross |
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f. 82v
The Crucifixion |
f. 83v
The Descent from the Cross |
f. 84v
Lamentation |
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f. 87v
Christ in Majesty and the Last Judgment |
f. 100v
Virgin and Child |
f. 124
Sebastian |
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f. 125v
John the Baptist |
f. 126v
Anthony |
f. 128
Egidius |
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f. 129
Hubert |
f. 130
Christopher |
f. 132r
Adrian |
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f. 133r
Hermes |
f. 135
George |
f. 136
John the Evangelist |
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f. 137v
Ghislaine |
f. 138v
Peter |
f. 139v
Beatrice |
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f. 142
Mary of Egypt |
f. 143
Catherine |
f. 144v
Margaret |
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f. 146v
Mary Magdalene |
f. 148v
Monks and Priests Praying |
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Part 2
ff. 4-24, 178-189 |
| Notes, prayers, suffrages and family memorials added after 1505 for Charles Le Clerc |
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f. 7
Arms |
f. 8v
Seven Sorrows of the Virgin |
f. 178
Charles le Clerc |
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f. 179
Woman praying |
f. 180
Woman praying |
f. 181
Woman Praying |
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