University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Codex 2030

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS2123

Shelfmark:

Ms. Codex 2030

Title:

Book of Hours : Use of Paris.

Author:

Catholic Church

Catholic Church WIKIDATA

Place:

France

France TGN

Date:

[circa 1500]

sixteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin, with calendar (f. 1r-12v), the Fifteen joys (f. 72v-75r), and a suffrage of Saint Bernard (f. 106r-106v) in Middle French

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 115 leaves : parchment ; 183 x 135 (118 x 80) mm bound to 192 x 144 mm.

Former Owner(s):

Marlborough, George Spencer Churchill, Duke of, 1766-1840

George Spencer-Churchill, 5th Duke of Marlborough WIKIDATA

Patrick, Albert M

Albert M. Patrick WIKIDATA

Fisher, Otto Orren

Otto Orren Fisher WIKIDATA

Note:

Origin: Written in France, possibly Paris, in the early 16th century.
Binding: Early 19th-century Dutch morocco, gilt-tooled with fillets, dentelle, and centerpieces on covers; gilt spine in 6 compartments with spine title Latyns geschreven getyde boe[k]; marbled paper endpapers; two ribbon bookmarks.
Decoration: 3 completed large arched miniatures above four lines of text with four-line initials, with full floral borders of flowers and acanthus leaves (Annunciation, f. 13r; King David at Prayer, f. 56r; Pentecost, f. 92r); 1 completed large miniature above four lines of text with a three-line initial, with a full floral border of flowers and acanthus leaves (Crucifixion, f. 80r); 5...
Ms. codex.
Layout: Written in 14 long lines, with sections in 17 long lines (calendar, quires 1-2), and 16 long lines (f. 29r-32v, 37r-55r, the outer four bifolia of quire 5; f. 64r-79r, quires 9-10); ruled in faint red ink with double upper horizontal bounding lines.
Collation: Parchment, iii (19th-century paper) + 115 + iii (19th-century paper); 1-2⁶ 3-4⁸ 5¹² 6⁸ 7⁸ (-1) 8-11⁸ 12¹² 13-14⁸; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto for text pages, lower right recto for pages with illuminated borders. Occasional catchwords (quire 4, f. 28r, horizontal lower center last verso; quire 6, f. 48v, vertical lower right last verso; quire 9, f. 71, horizontal...
Title supplied by cataloger.
Script: Written in Gothic textualis script of varying size (for example, f. 50v).
Formerly owned by Otto Orren Fisher (bookplate for Otto Oren Fisher, inside upper cover).
Sold at auction at Swann Galleries (New York), 3 November 1983, lot 103.
Sold at auction in the collection of A. M. Patrick at Sotheby's (London), 1 June 1943, lot 137 (description from sale pasted in, f. iii recto)
Formerly owned by Albert M. Patrick (Sutton Grange, 15 Farquhar Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham; description from sale pasted in, f. iii recto).
Formerly owned by J. Kendall (stamp, f. ii recto, 13r).
Sold at auction at Christie's (New York), 7 October 1994, lot 11.
Sold at auction at Skinner (Boston, Massachusetts), 23 July 2019, lot 51.
Sold at auction by R. H. Evans (London) as part of the White Knights Library sale (George Spenser-Churchill (1766-1840), 5th duke of Marlborough, formerly Marquess of Blandford), Part 2, 22 June 1819, lot 2926, to bookseller Thomas Rodd (London, 1763-1822).

Keyword:

Manuscripts, French

books of hours

Manuscripts, Latin

Manuscripts, Renaissance

illuminated manuscripts

codices (bound manuscripts)

Institutional Record:

https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9977558399803681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p3th8bt7x/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania