Shelfmark
MS 267
Main entry--corporate name
Title
Book of Hours (Use of Rome) [manuscript]
Varying form of title
Title in Ker, MMBL: Horae B.V.M.
Publication, distribution, etc.
France, 1400-1600.
Physical description
1 v. : ill. ; 166 x 110 mm.
Language
Written in Latin and French.
Note
Secundo folio: K[a]l[endas] May a xxxi iour.
Note
Material: membrane; Gregory's rule (FHHF).
Note
Format: codex.
Note
Written space: 98 x 60 mm.
Note
Number of leaves: i + 132 + iv.
Note
Collation: 1⁶ 2⁸ 3² 4⁸ 5-10⁸ 11⁸ (wants 8) 12-16⁸ 17⁸ 18⁶. Quire 4 (the Passion according to John) is misplaced: according to Ker, it should either be the 2nd or 16th quire.
Note
Quire and leaf signatures and catchwords: none visible.
Note
Page preparation: ruled in pink/red ink, almost completely faded; no pricking visible.
Note
Mise-en-page: one column (33 lines for the calendar, 23 lines for the main text) in a deluxe script. Rubrics. Line fillers (especially in the calendar).
Note
Decoration: the manuscript presents richly decorated borders (147 x 92 mm) throughout, with facing pages usually presenting the same design. The motifs are mainly floral and zoomorphic, with a frequent use of the fleur-de-lis. There are 20 large miniatures at the beginning of each section (John the Evangelist as scribe; the pietà; the Virgin with Child; Judas' kiss; the Annunciation; Mary and Elizabeth; Christ carrying the cross; the Crucifixion; ?Peter and Paul; the descent of the Holy Spirit; Nativity; angels announce the birth of Christ to the shepherds; the Three Kings; Mary and Joseph present baby Jesus at the Temple in Jerusalem; the escape to Egypt; Christ and the Virgin; a knight paying respects to a ruler; Job on the dunghill; Peter and Christ; the Eucharist) and 35 smaller ones at the bottom of each calendar page, the main text, and in the saints' suffrages. Small initials decorated with gold, blue, and white (1-4 lines) on blue, red, and gold ground. Line fillers with gold penwork on blue or red ground. The lines in the calendar are written alternating red and blue ink, with rubrics and important feasts penned in gold.
Note
Handwriting: bastarda; one scribal hand.
Note
Corrections: none visible.
Note
Marginalia, later additions: none.
Formatted contents note
Contents: ff.1r-6v: calendar (French); ff.7r-10v: Sequentiae from the Gospels; ff.10v-16v: prayers (Latin); ff.16v, 25r-79v: Hours of the Cross and Holy Spirit; ff. 17r-24r: the Passion according to John; ff. 80r-91v: penitential psalms and litany; ff.92r-119v: Office of the Dead; ff.120r-v: a memoria of Holy Trinity ff.120v-122r: the Seven Oes of St Gregory (French); ff.122r-130r: suffrages to saints (St Michael, St John the Baptist, St John the Evangelist, St Peter and St Paul, St James, St Laurence, St Nicholas, St Anne, St Mary Magdalene, St Katherine, St Margaret, St Barbara, St Apollonia, St Genevieve, St Mary of Clopas and St Mary Salome); ff.130v-131v: Stabat mater dolorosa; ff.132r-v: Five Joys of the Virgin.
Citation/references note
N.R. Ker, Medieval manuscripts in British libraries, v. 2 (1977), pp. 796-797
Citation/references note
C.G. Hobson, Les reliures à la fanfare (1935), p. 62, pl. XXIb
Cite as
Eton College Library, MS 267
Provenance
Origin: France.
Provenance
Provenance: Ker suggests that the letters inscribed on a blue shield at the foot of ff. 25r, 33r, 80r may represent an A and ?R; however, they look more like alpha fused with omega. Ms. note on front pastedown: "may have belonged to Margaret of Anjou | Francis Fry | Bristol", accompanied by catalogue sale entry; the catalogue says this is from the collection of "Mr Scarisbrick". Bookplate of John Hely-Hutchinson on recto of front flyleaf (bought from Maggs in November 1946); ex dono dated 30th March 1950 on verso. Ms. notes on last rear flyleaf: "Nº 100 De la bibliotheque de feu Mr de foille achetee en 1796 par B... | ancien [?] et homme de lettres". Cut-outs from library sales from 1901 and 1906 glued to rear pastedown.
Binding
Late 16th-century dark brown calfskin over pasteboards, probably made around 1580 (Hobson). Covers decorated with blind double fillets to form a border, as well as Oiseau passant, Papillon, and Grande marguerite stamps (Hobson/Ker). Spine flat, decorated with similar blind stamps. Textblock trimmed. Endpapers of undecorated vellum; one flyleaf at the upper end of the textblock, four at the lower end.
Subject
Subject
Books of Hours France.
Subject
Illumination of books and manuscripts, French 15th century.
Subject
Illumination of books and manuscripts, French 16th century.
Added entry--name
Hely-Hutchinson, John former owner.
Added entry--name
Maggs Bros bookseller.
Added entry--place
France.
Language code
lat frm
Identifier
B51364