Boston Public Library, MS q Med.276
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS3524
- Shelfmark:
- MS q Med.276
- Title:
- Book of hours : undetermined use : in Latin].
- Catholic Church
- Place:
- Germany]
- Date:
- not after 1411
- Language:
- lat
dum
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 184 leaves : paper and parchment ; 110 x 80 (approximately 65 x 50) mm bound to 113 mm, in box 13 cm
- Former Owner(s):
- Pauli, N., active 1411
Enluminures (Firm)
- Note:
- Ms codex.
In Latin, with some additions in Middle Dutch.
Title devised by cataloger; bibliographic record based in part on dealer's description.
Secundo folio: vii c xvi A Anthonii abbate
Collation: Paper, with parchment used for inner and outer bifolia of quires throughout, the paper in quires i-xiv (fol. 1-164) with vertical chainlines and watermarks matching Briquet 3864 (crossed keys, hearts on handles); in quires xv and xvi (fol. 165-182) with horizontal chainlines, no watermarks visible ; fol. 184 ; i12 (-12, +12, one leaf replaced, without loss of text) ii10 iii-ix12 x10...
Layout: Single column, 13 to 20 lines, bounding and writing lines in brown ink or light plummet; some sections ruled, others with bounding lines only, pricking in various configurations.
Script: Written in several gothic cursive bookhands in brown and black ink. Excluding minor additions, appears to be the work of at least four scribes. Scribe 1: 13-82v; scribe 2: 83-142v (and possibly 143-152v, as well as the calendar on 1-12v); scribe 3: 153-164v and 183r/v; scribe 4: 165r/v and 172-181.
Decoration: One- to three-line initials in red, occasionally with flourishes, incipits in red and capital strokes in red throughout.
Binding: Contemporary (original?) binding of full leather (heavily worn) over wooden boards, three raised bands on spine, original red dye visible on turn-ins. Early paper label in lower compartment of spine with the number "3". Both original clasps now missing. Housed in a tan cloth box.
Origin: Copied in western Germany, no later than 1411. The autograph of "N. Pauli" -- possibly one of the scribes or an early owner -- appears on fol. 171 and 182. Localization to western Germany is based on textual and liturgical evidence. For example, the invitatorium "In honore beatissime virgo maria" is associated with Germany and the Northern netherlands, while the antiphon and capitulum...
Provenance: Modern pencil dealer's notes on front pastedown. Sold at auction in France to Les Enluminures, Paris.
Immediate source of acquisition: Purchased from Les Enluminures, Paris, in December, 2019.
Call number: MS q Med.276.
Bibliography: A. Van Leerdam, et al., eds. Kennis in Beeld: Denken en Doen in de Middeleeuwen (Hilversum: Verloren, 2014). - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://catalog.mbln.org/Polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=12.1033.0.0.5&pos=1&cn=8444891
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/cf95nv345/manifest
- Holding Institution:
