University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Codex 1566
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS1414
- Shelfmark:
- Ms. Codex 1566
- Title:
- Book of hours : use of Metz.
- Catholic Church
- Place:
- Metz, France
- Date:
- [between 1375 and 1399]
- Language:
- Latin, with calendar in French (f. 1r-12v)
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 180 leaves : parchment, color illustrations ; 105 x 71 (67 x 40) mm bound to 114 x 85 mm
- Former Owner(s):
- Pius XI, Pope, 1857-1939
- Note:
- Title supplied by cataloger.
Origin: Probably written in Metz in the late 14th century.
Collation: Parchment, i (paper) + 180 + i (paper); 1¹² 2-5⁸ 6⁶ 7-10⁸ 11⁶ 12-15⁸ 16¹⁰ 17-18⁸ 19⁸ 20⁸(?) 21¹⁰ 22⁸; [1-180], modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto.
Decoration: 10 half-page miniatures (Virgin and Child, nursing, f. 13r; arrest of Christ, f. 29v; Christ before Caiaphas, f. 46r; scourging of Christ, f. 54v; Christ carrying the Cross, f. 60r; Crucifixion, f. 65r; descent from the Cross, f. 70v; entombment of Christ, f. 81r; Christ in majesty, f. 89r; funeral scene with priests and monks, f. 113r) with 4- or 5-line initials and branching...
Script: Written in a late Gothic book script.
Layout: Written in 12 long lines; frame-ruled in faint ink.
Binding: Modern red velvet over pasteboards with metal clasp.
Sold at auction at Sotheby's, 6 Jul. 2010, lot 37.
Sold at auction at Sotheby's, 11 Dec. 1979, lot 65, to an unidentified owner who held it until 2010.
Sold at auction at Sotheby's, 15 June 1959, lot 150, to Maggs Bros. (London); appears in Maggs cat. 866 (1959), no. 66.
Formerly owned by Achille Ratti (later Pope Pius XI); given to him by Pietro Larghi, heir of Ambrogio Roveda, 23 Apr. 1913 (inscription on verso of front endleaf). - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9948091963503681
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p3rv0d30r/manifest
- Holding Institution:
