University of Chicago, Codex Ms. 1714

Metadata

DS ID:

DS30560

Shelfmark:

Codex Ms. 1714

Title:

L'Office de la Sainte et immaculée conception de la glorieuse Vierge Marie

Book of hours

Author:

Catholic Church

Catholic Church WIKIDATA

Place:

France

France TGN

Date:

1671.

seventeenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

In French

French WIKIDATA

Material:

illustration, portrait

Physical Description:

Extent: 28 leaves : illustration, portrait ; 135 x 85 (105 x 66) mm, bound to 140 x 90 mm

Note:

Manuscript codex.
Title from fol. 9r.
Collation: Parchment, ii (paper) + 28 (foliated 1-28 in modern pencil) + ii; 16 22 3-54 68
Layout: Written in 17-19 long lines.
Script: Written in a calligraphic italic script.
Decoration: Watercolor and gouache portrait miniature of a girl on fol. 7v; illuminated monogram on fol. 8r; blue and gold page borders, red headings, and 2-line single-color initials in blue, red, or gold throughout.
Binding: 19th-century black morocco over boards; silver cornerpieces; marbled endpapers.
Origin: Commissioned by Toussaint Beureutte, whose surname is signed on fol. 1r and whose name and monogram appear on fol. 8r. Beureutte is identified as secretary to the Queen of France, Maria Theresa of Spain. The manuscript is dated "1671" at the end of the text on fol. 26v.
Shelfmark: Chicago, IL, University of Chicago Library, Ms1714.
Listed by Nina Musinsky for sale at the New York Antiquarian Book Fair 2023. Purchased by the University of Chicago from W.S. Cotter Rare Books in October 2023.

Keyword:

Cornerpieces (Furniture)

Monograms

Books of hours

codices (bound manuscripts)

Morocco bindings

Catholic Church

Prayers and devotions

Early works

Manuscripts, French

Illinois--Chicago

Texts

Liturgics

Institutional Record:

http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13265545

Holding Institution:

University of Chicago