Smith College, Ms. 274

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS302

Shelfmark:

Ms. 274

Title:

[Book of hours (Use of Rouen)].
Book of hours (Smith College Ms. 274)

Author:

Catholic Church.

Catholic Church WIKIDATA

Catholic Church--Prayers and devotions--Latin. Books of hours--France. Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Massachusetts--Northampton.

Place:

Rouen (France), Rouen

Rouen TGN

Date:

1442-1442

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Note:

Manuscript note: ff. [1] - [12v]: Calendar [Use of Rouen: Ansbertus (9 Feb.), Honorine (10 Feb.), Martialus (3 July), Turinus (11 August), Ursinus (30 Dec.)]; ff. 1-4v: Selections from the Gospels of John, Matthew and Mark; ff. 5-9: Prayers to the Virgin (Obsecro te -- O intemerata); f. 9v: originally blank, with a s. XVII addition, "O lord in the is al my trust/Gife eare unto my wofulle cry...
Manuscript note: Minatures are: Annunication (f. 11) -- David in Prayer (f. 34) -- Funeral Service (f. 52).
168 x 118 (102 x 54) mm.: Ms.
168 x 118 (102 x 54) mm.: In Latin; calendar in French; use of Paris.
168 x 118 (102 x 54) mm.: Three 3/4-page miniatures; five 3/4 floral borders and numerous decorated initials.
168 x 118 (102 x 54) mm.: Textura script in black; red, blue and gold initials (1 and 2 lines); red, blue and gold line endings; rubrics in red.
168 x 118 (102 x 54) mm.: Numerous marginal notes by early English owners, including: Robert Birnie (1647, inside front cover), John Bones of Wellhall and Iddlewood (verso of first flyleaf), Thomas Baillie, Henry Marshall Ney (donor's grandfather). Armorial bookplate of W.F.H. Fletcher inside front cover.
168 x 118 (102 x 54) mm.: Inscription by unknown hand on last leaf: "By tracing of the year with new ink I take it to be 1442 tho by the painting I think it much older."
168 x 118 (102 x 54) mm.: Bound in modern quarter-leather with oak boards, metal clasp (leather strap lacking) and bosses.

Keyword:

Catholic Church--Prayers and devotions--Latin.

Books of hours--France.

Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Massachusetts--Northampton.

Institutional Record:

https://archive.org/details/Ms.274_48

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archivelab.org/iiif/images_Ms.274_48/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Smith College