Indiana University Bloomington, Ricketts 117

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS560

Shelfmark:

Ricketts 117

Title:

Book of Hours

Artist:

Masters of the Gold Scrolls, In the style of.

Masters of the Gold Scrolls WIKIDATA

Place:

Netherlands

Netherlands TGN

Date:

s. XV(2/4); 1425-1450

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Binding: Bound in quarter black morocco and blue cloth boards; in a fawn cloth case.
Figurative details, ff. 1-42: One- to 5-line illuminated initials throughout, with three-quarter illuminated borders round every text page; ten large miniatures above 6 lines of text and within full borders, showing Saint Margaret emerging from the dragon (fol. 4v, suffrage), Saint Christopher carrying the Christ Child (fol. 5v, suffrage), Saint Katherine (fol. 6v, suffrage), the Agony in the...
Other decoration, ff. 1-42: Rubrics in red.
Script, ff. 1-42: Liturgical textura.
Layout, ff. 1-42: Ruled in red ink, 21 lines, written-space 120 mm. by 83 mm., written in brown ink.

Former Owner(s):

C. L. Ricketts, bought from the bookseller E. Parsons in 1907; acquired by the Lilly Library with the Ricketts Collection in 1961.

Coella Lindsay Ricketts WIKIDATA

C. L. Ricketts, bought from the bookseller E. Parsons in 1907; acquired by the Lilly Library with the Ricketts Collection in 1961.

Edwin Parsons & Sons WIKIDATA

Note:

Manuscript note: Very worn and fragile from damp.
Bibliography: De Ricci 1935, p. 634.
ff. 1-42: The image on f. 19r combines the Crucifix incongruously in the branches of the Tree of Knowledge, with Christ gazing down on Adam as he bites the apple, showing both elements of devotions to the wounds of Christ and the Fall of Man. It is an unusual visual link between the Fall and Redemption of mankind.
ff. 1-42: Latin.
ff. 1r-43v: Use of Sarum. The texts are: parts of the 15 O’s, commonly ascribed to Saint Bridget (fol. 1r); parts of the Suffrages, opening with Saint Mary Magdalene (fol. 4r) and including Saints Margaret, George (by this time, patron saint of England), Christopher and Katherine; the opening of Matins in the Hours of the Virgin (fol. 7v) and the beginning of Lauds (fol. 8r); prayers to the...

Institutional Record:

https://archive.org/details/Ricketts117_40

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archivelab.org/iiif/images_Ricketts117_40/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Indiana University Bloomington