University of California, Berkeley, BANC MS UCB 131
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS12683
- Shelfmark:
- BANC MS UCB 131
- Title:
- Book of hours; use of Evreux
- Catholic Church
- Place:
- France
- Date:
- ca. 1480
- Language:
- Latin; French prayer on fol. 128v (16th cent.)
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 134 leaves : parchment, col. ill. ; 176 x 125 (103 x 65) mm. bound to 182 x 132 mm.
Extent: 7 leaves : parchment, col. ill. ; 176 x 125 (107-112 x 70-75) mm. bound to 182 x 132 mm. - Note:
- Inscription and date on fol. 1r, "D. Bercé De courpont 1714, M."
Inscription on fol. 133v, 16th/17th cent.: "se present livre apartyent a usemenne femme de de s qui Les trouvera sy Luy rende et Il paira Le vin."
In pencil on fol. ii: "D838/27" and below that, "£225/-/-."
Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Collation: Parchment, fol. iv (modern parchment) + 134 + 7 (from a different book) + iv (modern parchment); 1-26 36 ( - 1 and 6) 4-128 1310 14-168 176 (through fol. 128) 186 (fol. 129-124) and 7 single leaves from a different book; catchwords usually present horizontally in lower right corner in bâtarde script.
Layout: Fol. 1-134: 16-17 long lines per page, ruled in pale red ink, with top two and bottom 1 horizontal lines full across. Fol. 135: 17 lines of text; fol. 136-141, 14 lines of text, all ruled in brown ink with top and bottom 2 lines full across.
Script: Fol. 1-134 written in 2 sizes of a spikey formal gothic book hand; fol. 135-141 written in 2 sizes of a somewhat rounder gothic book hand.
Decoration: Fol. 1-134: Twelve miniatures above 4 lines of text in arched compartments with borders of painted gold grounds decorated with red and blue, pink and blue, and white over blue acanthus, grapes, strawberries, flowers and tendrils. 4-line initials, shaded white, over rose on painted gold ground with floral infilling; secondary initials, 2-line, in same style as 4-line; 1-line...
Decoration: Fol. 135-141: 7 miniatures (suffrage of Stephen, Coronation of the Virgin; Annunciation with angel; Nativity with Infant; Virgin enthroned; suffrage of James the Greater; David and Bathsheba) have been added ca. 1480 to a book produced ca. 1450, since style and iconography do not seem coherent with the style of the borders or the initials. Miniatures above 3 lines of text; the...
Binding: 19th cent. rebacked purple velvet over wooden boards; chased gilt fore-edge clasp; gauffered and gilt edges.
Origin: Written ca. 1480 for use in the diocese of Evreux, as shown by the liturgical use of the Hours of the Virgin and the Office of the Dead, and by the saints present in the calendar and the litany.
Shelfmark: Berkeley, CA The Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley, MS UCB 131.
Former shelfmark: Berkeley, CA The Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley, 2MS BX2080.E87.
1. fol. 1r-12v: Calendar, rather empty, in French in red and black including the feasts of William of Bourges (10 January), Gaudus (31 January), Ansbert (9 February), Benedict of Nursia (21 March), Eutropius (30 April), Nicolas of Bari (9 May, in red), Desiderius (23 May), Gildard (8 June), Leufred (21 June), Translation of Martin (4 July, in red), Benedict of Nursia (11 July), Aquilinus (18... - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://search.library.berkeley.edu/permalink/01UCS_BER/1thfj9n/alma991047685839706532
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://digicoll.lib.berkeley.edu/nanna/proxy/iiif/manifest/229375/
- Holding Institution:
