Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis E 214

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DS ID:

DS4558

Shelfmark:

Lewis E 214

Title:

Book of Hours, use of Rome

Artist:

Master of Morgan 85, active 1490-1520

Master of Morgan 85 WIKIDATA

Place:

Paris, France

Paris TGN

Date:

1510-1520

sixteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: iii+146+iii; 79 x 53 mm bound to 83 x 57 mm; parchment

Former Owner(s):

Hurault de Chivernay

Philippe Hurault de Cheverny WIKIDATA

Williams, Theodore

Theodore Williams WIKIDATA

Philip Hurd

Philip Hurd WIKIDATA

Firmin-Didot, Ambroise, 1790-1876

Ambroise Firmin Didot WIKIDATA

Norris Elkins, Lisa

Lisa Norris Elkins WIKIDATA

Note:

The Master of Morgan 85 (fl. c. 1501-1520) is named after a Book of Hours in the Pierpont Morgan Library; he was part of the large and productive workshop of Jean Pichore, a Parisian illuminator of the 16th century; Jean Pichore worked for an impressive roster of clients, including King Louis XII and Cardinal Georges d'Ambroise, archbishop of Rouen
For the Hurault de Chivernay (Cheverny) genealogy, see De la Chenaye des Bois, Dictionnaire de la Noblesse, X, cols. 884-904
Binding: English blue morocco, motto "Deus alit me" and crest of Theodore Williams on upper cover; his mantled arms are stamped on lower cover, gilt and gauffered edges, late nineteenth century
Layout: One column of twenty lines, ruled in faint red ink; written area: 57 x 30 mm
Script: Humanistic
Decoration: One full-page miniature; fifteen three-quarter page miniatures; three small, seven-line miniatures; illuminated initials and line-fillers throughout
Related resource: Catalogue of the Splendid and Valuable Library of Rev. Theodore Williams, Stewart, Wheatley and Adlard, London, April 1827, p. 93, lot. 919.
Related resource: Catalogue of the splendid, curious and valuable library of the late Philip Hurd, Esq., Evans, London, 29 March 1832, lot. 627.
Related resource: Livres precieux, manuscrits et imprimes faisant partie de la bibliotheque de M. Ambroise Firmin-Didot, Pawlowski & Labitte, Paris, 26 May 1879, lot 29.
Related resource: Catalogue of manuscripts and books bought at the sale of part II of the Didot collection, Bernard Quaritch, London, June 1879, no. 9.
Related resource: Cat. 332: Catalogue of manuscripts: miniatures & drawings; and of books relating to them, Bernard Quaritch, November 1880, no. 89.
Related resource: Supplement to the Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada, originated by C. U. Faye, continued and edited by W. H. Bond (New York: The Bibliographical Society of America, 1962), pp. 451-452, no. 24.
Related resource: Philadelphia Museum of Art, Leaves of Gold: Manuscript Illumination from Philadelphia Collections, edited by James R. Tanis (Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2001), p. 118, n.5.
Related resource: Jean-Luc Deuffic, "Les Heures de Hurault de Cheverny," in Pecia: Le livre et l'écrit 7 (2009): 17-19 (article pp. 13-30).
Provenance: Executed for a man of the Hurault de Chivernay (Cheverny) family of Brittany, bearing his arms, or a cross azure, each canton charged with the sun's shadow gules (fols. 26v, 86r, and 102v); collection of Rev. Theodore Williams (his armorial on front and back covers); his sale, Stewart, Wheatley and Adlard, London, 5 April 1827, lot 919, to Philip Hurd; his sale, Evans, London, 29...

Keyword:

Sixteenth century

Books of hours

France

humanistic scripts

illuminations (paintings)

French (culture or style)

Prayers and devotions

miniatures (paintings)

Institutional Record:

https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0023/html/lewis_e_214.html

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/lewis_e_214/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Free Library of Philadelphia