Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis E 109

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DS ID:

DS4463

Shelfmark:

Lewis E 109

Title:

Book of Hours, Use of Rome

Artist:

Wing, C. W. (Charles William), active 1826-1860

Charles William Wing WIKIDATA

Place:

Abbey of Saint-Amand, France

Saint-Amand TGN

England

England TGN

Date:

1850-1859

nineteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin; Middle French (ca. 1400-1600)

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: ii+143+iii; 139 x 99 mm bound to 148 x 112 mm; parchment

Former Owner(s):

Duquesne, François

François Duquesne WIKIDATA

Jarman, John Boykett, 1782-1864

John Boykett Jarman WIKIDATA

Hoe, Robert, 1839-1909

Robert Hoe III WIKIDATA

Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932

John Frederick Lewis WIKIDATA

Lewis, Anne Baker

Anne Baker Lewis WIKIDATA

Note:

Colophon on fol. 143v assigns date, localization and first ownership of manuscript; coat of arms of François Duquesne appear on fol. 143v; coat of arms of the Duke of Orléans on ff. 14v, 15r, 24v, 35v, 40v, 45v, 50r, 54v, 62r, 67v, 75v, 76r, 94v, and 95r; an unidentified coat of arms on fol. 68r; ex-libris of Robert Hoe on verso of first flyleaf
Calendar in French; French rubrics on fols. 68r, 76r, 120v, 121r, 123v, 124v, 126v, 127r, 127v, 128r, 128v, 129r, 129v, 130v, 131r, 131v, 132r, 133r, 133v, 134r, 134v, 135r, 135v, 136v, 137r, 137v, 139r, 140v, 141r; French prayers on fols. 123v–124v, 138r–143v
On the relationship between this manuscript's previous owner, John B. Jarman, and the forger/restorer Caleb Wing, see Janet Backhouse, "A Victorian Connoisseur and his Manuscripts: the Tale of Mr Jarman and Mr Wing," British Museum Quarterly, 32 (1968): 76–92
First and last flyleaves are modern paper; remaining flyleaves are original and integral to collation, but unnumbered; Modern pencil numbering on versos of last pages of each quire
Binding: Red levant morocco, late-nineteenth century, with mosaic inlays of dark and light brown morocco outlined in gold and ornamented with gilt tooling, doublure of red morocco with floral gilt tooled border, endleaves backed with moiré silk; gilt and gauffred edges; "HEURES" stamped in gold on spine; signed by Joly; green bookmark ribbon attached at headcap
Layout: One column of sixteen lines, frame ruled in lead point (at times very faint); written area: 91 x 55 mm
Script: Bâtarde
Decoration: Eleven inserted full-page miniatures with full borders (forgeries added by Caleb/Charles Wing); eleven text pages with full borders; illuminated initials featuring the acorn motif throughout; red and blue initials throughout; much secondary decoration added by Caleb/Charles Wing
Provenance: Abbey of St. Amand near Tournai for François Duquesne; Sale, London, Sotheby's, April 5, 1852, no. 492, bought by Forrest; sold by Puttick (London, July 16, 1859, no. 12, to Hart; J.B. Jarman (sold London, 1864, no. 76 to Boone); William Bragge (sold London, 1876, no. 350 to H. Stevens); Robert Hoe (sold New York, Anderson Auction Co, II, 1912, no. 2468 to A. S. W. Rosenbach); John...

Keyword:

Nineteenth century

Sixteenth century

Books of hours

Christianity

France

illustrations (layout features)

Devotional literature

Liturgics

French (culture or style)

Prayers and devotions

miniatures (paintings)

Institutional Record:

https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0023/html/lewis_e_109.html

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/lewis_e_109/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Free Library of Philadelphia