University of California, Berkeley, BANC MS UCB 31

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DS ID:

DS12310

Shelfmark:

BANC MS UCB 31

Title:

Book of hours

Author:

Catholic Church

Catholic Church WIKIDATA

Place:

Paris

Paris TGN

Date:

ca. 1450

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin, with calender, titles, and some prayers in Old French

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 202 leaves : parchment, col. ill. ; 169-171 x 120 (88-90 x 53-55) mm bound to 176 x 121 mm

Note:

Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Collation: Parchment, fol. ii + 202 + ii; [bound too tightly to allow analysis of collation].
Layout: 15 lines per page; frame-ruled in pale red ink, with lines often running length of page. Fol. 92r-93v have 20 lines per page, with same ruling.
Script: Batarde, in 2 hands (scribe 2 added fol. 92r-93v).
Decoration: Miniature on fol. 101 (Pentecost). Border running length of text on most pages, with flowers and foliage in red, blue, and green with gold leaves. 4-line initials in blue with foliate decoration in blue and red on gold ground. 2-line initials in red with foliate decoration (blue, orange) on gold. 1-line initials in gold on blue and/or red. Line fillers in blue and red with gold and...
Binding: Full leather morocco binding with blind tooling on spine, outer boards and infolds, 5 raised bands; title stamped on spine: Livre d'Heures; gilt edges; bound by Chambolle-Duru.
Origin: Produced in France in the 15th cent.
Shelfmark: Berkeley, CA The Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley, MS UCB 31.
Former shelfmark: MAR 7.
Former shelfmark: Berkeley, CA The Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley, 2MS BX2080 1460.
1. fol. 1r-12v: Calendar.
2. fol. 13r-18r, Gospel readings: "[beginning defective] erat ille lux sed ut testimonium perhiberet de lumine ... Illi autem profecti predicaverunt ubique domino quo operante et sermonem confirmante sequantibus signis. Deo gratias."
3. fol. 18r-27v: "[rubr.] Oracio beate Marie virginis [text] Obsecro te domina sancta Maria mater Dei ... [rubr.] Alia oracio beate Marie [text] O intemerata et in eternum benedicta ... cum sanctis et electis suis vitam et leticiam sempiternam per Christum dominum nostrum. Amen."
4. fol. 28r-40r: "[rubr.] Passio domini nostri Iesu Christi secundum Johannem. Gloria tibi Domine. [text] In illo tempore egressus Iesus trans torrentem Cedron ubi erat ortus ... Ibi ergo propter paracevenem Iudeorum quia iuxta erat monumentum ubi posuerunt Iesum."
7. fol. 55r-92r: "[beginning defective] ... fluctus suos a vocibus aquarum multarum. Mirabiles elaciones maris mirabilis in altis dominus ... per passionem eius et crucem ad resurrectionis gloriam perducamur per Christum dominum nostrum. Amen."
8. fol. 92r-93v: "[in a second hand] Deus propicius esto michi peccatori et custos mei omnibus diebus ... Qui cum deo patre et spiritu sancto vivit et regnat Deus per omnia secula seculorum. Amen."
9. fol. 94r-100v: "[beginning defective] ... ctam crucem tuam redemisti mundum oremus Domine [rubr.] Oracio [text] Iesu Christe fili Dei vivi pone passionem mortem et crucem tuam ... ut qui pro me passus est in mortis ardone [sic] sis michi solacium in mortis agone. Amen."
11. fol. 107r-127v: "Laboravi in gemitu meo lavabo per singulas noctes ... [rubr.] Letania [text] Kyri eleyson Christ [sic] eleyson Kyri eleyson Christe audi nos ... Ave salus mundi verbum patris hostia vera viva sacra caro deitas integra verus homo qui me formasti tu miserere mei. Amen."
12. fol. 128r-180v: "[beginning defective] ... dominus humiliatus sum et liberavit me ... Qui vivis et regnas Deus per omnia secula seculorum. Amen."
13. fol. 181r-185v: "[rubr.] Devote et moult piteuse observacion de la vierge Maria. [text] Stabat mater dolorosa iuxta crucem lacrimosa ... Et Iesum benedictum fructum ventris tui nobis post hoc exilium ostende. O clemens O pia O dulcis Maria. Amen."
14. fol. 186r-194v: "Doulce dame de misericorde. Mere de pitie fontaine de tous biens ... Deffens mon corps de mescheance et mottroye par ton plaisir. Q[ue?] ie puisse confesse mourir. Amen."
16. fol. 198-202v: "O sancte Sebastiane semper vespere et mane horis cunctis et momentis dum adhuc ... presta quesumus ut eius meritis et pretibus et intercessione ad montem qui Christus est valeamus pervenire per Christum dominum nostrum. Amen."

Keyword:

decorated initials

Early works

illuminated manuscripts

Prayers and devotions

manuscripts (documents)

Books of hours

Manuscripts, Medieval

Catholic Church

California--Berkeley

Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)

Institutional Record:

https://search.library.berkeley.edu/permalink/01UCS_BER/1thfj9n/alma991044908149706532

IIIF Manifest:

https://digicoll.lib.berkeley.edu/nanna/proxy/iiif/manifest/228876/

Holding Institution:

University of California, Berkeley