Newberry Library, VAULT Case MS 42

Metadata

DS ID:

DS18158

Shelfmark:

VAULT Case MS 42

Title:

Book of hours, use of Rouen

Book of hours

Author:

Catholic Church

Catholic Church WIKIDATA

Place:

Rouen?

Date:

approximately 1450

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin and French

Latin WIKIDATA

French WIKIDATA

Material:

parchment, illustrations

Parchment AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 158 leaves : parchment, illustrations ; 210 x 151 (110 x 70) mm

Former Owner(s):

Potocki, François

Franciszek Potocki WIKIDATA

Probasco, Henry, 1820-1902

Henry Probasco WIKIDATA

Note:

Ms. codex.
Title from printed catalog.
Collation: Parchment, fol. 158; 1-26 38 46(-6) 5-68 78(-8) 8-108 116(-1) 128 134 14-158 1610(-10); French post-medieval quire numbering in lower margin after the calendar.
Layout: Written in 15 long lines; ruled in violet ink.
Script: Written in gothic textualis formata.
Decoration: Fourteen half-page illuminations: fol. 13r (Four Evangelists); f. 27r (the Annunciation; fol. 37v (the Visitation); fol. 50r (the Nativity); fol. 56r (the Annunciation to the shepherds in the field); fol. 61r (the Adoration of the Magi); fol. 64v (the Presentation in the Temple); fol. 68 (the flight to Egypt); fol. 74r (the Coronation of the Virgin) fol. 80r (Crucifixion between...
Origin: Written in France, probably in Rouen, ca. 1450.
Armorial bookplate of Comte François Potocki, Vilna.
Former owner: Henry Probasco.
Forms part of the Henry Probasco Collection at the Newberry Library.

Keyword:

textura (Gothic script)

Devotional literature

manuscripts (documents)

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/alma998699818805867

Holding Institution:

Newberry Library