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MS 181

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Title

Horae. manuscript

Publication, distribution, etc.

France, between ca. 1425 and ca. 1475.

Physical description

1 volume (ii, 140, ii leaves) : parchment, illustrated ; 16.3 x 11.7 cm.

Note

Book of hours of the diocese of Troyes, with contents as follows: [1] ff. 1-12v: a rather empty calendar in French, in red and black, including Sauinien, Helene, Mastie, Loup in red, 24 Jan., 4, 7 May, 28 July. [2] ff. 13-18: Sequentiae of the Gospels; "Protector in te sperantium ..." after John. [3] ff. 18v-21v: Hours of the Cross [4] ff. 22-24v: Hours of the Holy Spirit [5] ff. 25-68: Hours of the Blessed Virgin Mary; f. 68v is blank [6] ff. 69-84v: Seven penitential psalms and (f. 80) litany, including saints of Troyes; 16 martyrs include Savinian and Quintin; 14 confessors include Frodobert, Aventinus, Blaise, Victor, Nicetus, Lupus; 14 virgins include Savina, Helena, Mastidia, Syria [7] ff. 85-126: Office of the dead; the ninth lesson is "Fratres. Audiui uocem de celo ... secuntur illos" (Apocalypse 14:13) [8] ff. 127-130v: Obsecro te [9] ff. 130v-132v: O intemerata [10] ff. 132v-134v: Stabat mater [11] ff. 134v-136v: five prayers with introductory text in French [12] ff. 136v-140v: Memoriae of SS. Sebastian, Nicholas, Pantaleon, Agnes, Barbara.

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Parchment flyleaves.

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Written space: 90 x 65 mm.

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15 long lines.

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Ruling in red ink.

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Collation: 1-2 3-16 17 (ff. 125-6) 18 + 1 leaf after 3 (f. 130) 19 wants 8, probably blank.

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Illustrated with a full-page pietà before the Obsecro te (f. 126v) and 11-line pictures before each section from the Sequentiae of the Gospels (f. 13) to the Office of the Dead (f. 85), described by M. R. James as cited in the references below except for the burial picture on f. 85.

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Initials: 4-line, blue patterned in white, either on gold grounds decorated in colours or in a later style (ff. 22, 25, 55, 58, 127) employing gold paint and dark red as grounds and naturalistic flowers, pansies etc. as decoration; other initials are 2- and 1-line, gold on grounds of blue and red patterned in white.

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Decoration: continuous borders on picture pages, borders on three sides of pages with 4-line initials and sprays into the margins from the 2-line initials.

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Capital letters in the ink of the text filled with pale yellow.

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Line fillers in blue and red, patterned in white, with infillings of gold.

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Rebound in England in the 18th century.

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Written for the use of a woman in the diocese of Troyes.

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Ownership inscription on f. i: Antonii Storer Donum Frederici Comitis Carliolensis Anno Domini 1776.

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Part of the Storer bequest to Eton College in 1799.

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Estimate of date "close of reign of Henry VI" written by Samuel Meyrick inside the cover.

Note

This catalogue record is based on the work of Neil Ker and M.R. James, as cited in the references below.

Citation/references note

Ker, N. R.. Medieval manuscripts in British libraries, v. 2 (1977), p. 775-6

Citation/references note

James, M. R. A descriptive catalogue of the manuscripts in the library of Eton College (1895), 181

Cite as

Eton College Library, MS 181

Provenance

Bequeathed to Eton College by Anthony Morris Storer in 1799.

Provenance

Inscription recording gift to Antony Morris Storer from Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle in 1776.

Binding

18th century English gold-tooled red morocco binding.

Subject

Subject

Books of hours France Manuscripts.

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Added entry--place

England.

Language code

lat frm

Identifier

B50140
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