Fordham University, MS 04

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DS ID:

DS26221

Shelfmark:

MS 04

Title:

Book of Hours

Book of hours

Place:

France, Ile-de-France

France TGN

Île-de-France TGN

Date:

s. XV(1/4); 1400-1425

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin; French

Latin WIKIDATA

French WIKIDATA

Material:

parchment

Parchment AAT

Physical Description:

Binding: Wooden boards with paper covers, probably original.
Figurative details, ff. 1-135v: Single illumination of Pentecost, featuring the apostle John(?) reading a book while the other apostles look on (f. 100v).
Other decoration, ff. 1-135v: Ivy leaf flourishing used to denote the beginning of a new section of text,major initials decorated with gold leaf and ivy flourishing, minor initials in the same hierarchy alternate colors.
Number of scribes, ff. 1-135v: 1?
Script, ff. 1-135v: Gothic; liturgical book hand.
Layout, ff. 1-135v: Single column, 13 lines. Ruled in faint red ink.

Former Owner(s):

Gift to Walsh Library in 1998; Rev. Theodore Cunnion, S.J. (1970-1998) through the agency of Br. Jensen, SJ (1998); Mary D. Reiss Library, Loyola Seminary at Shrub Oak, NY (1957 - 1970); St. Andrew-on-Hudson (1903 - 1957); Claudes Deix, 1716.

St. Andrew-on-Hudson WIKIDATA

Note:

Manuscript note: The codex most likely came to the United States via the New York-Canada Jesuit Mission of the 19th century. Large ink stains on several folios.
Bibliography: Manning, Judging a Book by Its Covers.
ff. 1-135v: Possibly a mass produced book of hours, created at a commercial Parisian workshop. There are several modern hands in the codex (at least six).
ff. 1-135v: Latin.
ff. 1-135v: Calendar in French. On f. 11v, "Saint Michel" in lieu of "Saint Andrieu" for November 30.

Institutional Record:

https://archive.org/details/MS04_3

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/bookofhours00cath/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Fordham University