Harvard University, MS Richardson 42

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS10770

Shelfmark:

MS Richardson 42

Title:

Book of hours (use of Paris)

Author:

Catholic Church

Catholic Church WIKIDATA

Date:

ca. 1420-1425

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

lat

Latin WIKIDATA

fre

French WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 197 leaves, bound : vellum, ill. ; 25 cm.

Former Owner(s):

Buz, Antoine de

Antoine de Buz WIKIDATA

Barbe, de Laon

Barbe de Laon WIKIDATA

Thomas, George C. 1839-1909

George C. Thomas WIKIDATA

Note:

Written in textualis semi-quadrata in 1 column of 14 lines; 20 large and 40 smaller miniatures, 12 occupations of the months and zodiacal illustrations in the calendar.
Written and illuminated in France (Anjou?) by the Rohan Master and workshop.
Bound in 19th-cent. English black morocco.
In a tray case, 28 cm.
Gift of William K. Richardson, 1948.
Belonged to Antoine de Buz, seigneur de Villemareule, and his wife Barbe de Laon (or Louen), Nogent-l'Artaud (family births and marriages recorded, 1531-1550, ff. 195r-197r); Quaritch; bought by George C. Thomas of Philadelphia, ca. 1900; Rosenbach; bought by Richardson, in 1947.

Keyword:

rules (layout features)

Manuscripts, Medieval

illuminations (paintings)

Institutional Record:

https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990098818110203941/catalog

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.lib.harvard.edu/manifests/drs:9827622

Holding Institution:

Harvard University