Newberry Library, VAULT Case MS 47

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DS ID:

DS18120

Shelfmark:

VAULT Case MS 47

Title:

Book of hours, use of Rome

Book of hours

Author:

Catholic Church

Catholic Church WIKIDATA

Place:

Tours?

Tours TGN

Date:

approximately 1490

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin and French

Latin WIKIDATA

French WIKIDATA

Material:

parchment, ill.

Parchment AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 201 leaves : parchment, ill. ; 153 x 117 (85 x 51) mm

Former Owner(s):

Schwarz, Christian Gottlieb, 1675-1751

Christian Gottlieb Schwarz WIKIDATA

Probasco, Henry, 1820-1902

Henry Probasco WIKIDATA

Note:

Ms. codex.
Title from printed catalog.
Collation: Parchment, fol. 201; 112 28 36 4-138 1410 234 24-258.
Layout: Written in 17 long lines; ruled in violet ink.
Script: Written in lettre bâtarde.
Decoration: Thirty one half page illuminations simply executed in a style reminiscent of Jean Bourdichon accompanied by elaborate full borders of blue, red, and green acanthus on grounds of gold, red, and black, often compartmentalized in intricate geometrical designs. Many flowers and fanciful creatures; gold, red, and blue initials 4 lines high. Some folios have decorated compartmentalized...
Origin: Written in France, possibly in Tours, as suggested by the miniatures.
Armorial bookplate: Ex bibliotheca Christ. Gottl. Schwarzii, Prof. P. Altorf.
Forms part of the Henry Probasco Collection at the Newberry Library.

Keyword:

bastarda

Devotional literature

illuminated manuscripts

Catholic Church

Prayers and devotions

Early works

Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)

Liturgics

Texts

Books of hours

France

Institutional Record:

https://i-share-nby.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_NBY/i5mcb2/alma998610718805867

IIIF Manifest:

https://collections.newberry.org/IIIF3/Presentation/Manifest/2KXJ8ZPBTV5O

Holding Institution:

Newberry Library