Bryn Mawr College, MS 26

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS16528

Shelfmark:

MS 26

Title:

Book of Hours, Use of Rome ("Mongan Hours")

Book of hours

Mongan Hours

Place:

Northern Flanders (Brussels?), Belgium

Flanders TGN

Brussels TGN

Belgium TGN

Illustrations, produced separately, from Utrecht, Netherlands?

Utrecht TGN

Netherlands TGN

Date:

1440-1460

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Material:

Parchment

Parchment AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: i+72+i; 178 x 114 mm bound to 186 x 127 mm; parchment

Former Owner(s):

Mongan, Agnes

Agnes Mongan WIKIDATA

Mongan, Elizabeth

Elizabeth Mongan WIKIDATA

Note:

Binding: Nineteenth-century dark brown leather embossed with Tree of Jesse and "EGRE DICTUR VIRGA DE RADICE JESSE ET FLOS DE RADICE EIUS ASCENDET ET REQUIESCET SUPER EUM SPIRITUS DOMINI" (Isaiah 11:1-2) on front and back covers; grey moiré silk inside covers and on first and last flyleaves; silver filigree corner pieces, edgings and clasp; spine embossed with fleurs-de-lis and inscribed in...
Layout: Single column, twenty lines, ruled in purple ink with single vertical bounding lines, full across and horizontal bounding lines running from inner edge of margin to outer vertical line; written area: 112 x 65 mm; Calendar thirty-three lines, four columns, inner columns separated by double vertical bounding lines
Script: Gothic -- textualis semi-quadrata
Decoration: Twelve full-page miniatures with borders on three sides; five-or six-line illuminated initials beginning each section, two-line illuminated initials beginning subsections, and one-line alternating initials beginning verses; rubrication in red; red penwork flourishes throughout
Provenance: Written around 1450, in Northern Flanders, perhaps Brussels; the illustrations, which were produced separately, may come from Utrecht; early provenance unknown; unidentified 1910 catalogue entry inside front cover; given to Bryn Mawr College in 1982 by Agnes and Elizabeth Mongan

Keyword:

books of hours

miniatures (paintings)

illuminations (paintings)

Fifteenth century

Flemish (culture or style)

Books of hours

Europe--Flanders

Prayers and devotions

Institutional Record:

https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0003/html/BMC_MS26.html

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/3/BMC_MS26/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Bryn Mawr College