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Metadata

DS ID:

DS561

Shelfmark:

Medieval and Renaissance 30

Title:

Book of Hours

Artist:

Limgourg and Rohan Master, in the style of

Rohan Master WIKIDATA

Place:

France, Anjou?

France TGN

Date:

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

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

French; Latin

French WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Binding: Bound in old burgundy velvet over pasteboards, one metal clasp (of two), gilt edges; in a fawn cloth case.
Figurative details, ff. 1-213v: 19 miniatures with full borders, showing Saint John on Patmos (fol. 13r, Gospel sequence), Saint Luke (fol. 15r, Gospel sequence), Saint Mark (fol. 17r, Gospel sequence, here called ‘Matthew’ in the rubric), Saint Matthew (fol. 19r, Gospel sequence, here called ‘Mark’ in the rubric), the Pietà (fol. 21r, Passion Sequence), the Annunciation (fol. 33r, Matins...
Other decoration, ff. 1-213v: headings in red, illuminated initials and line-fillers throughout; every text page with a three-quarter illuminated border, by more than one hand.
Script, ff. 1-213v: Liturgical textura.
Layout, ff. 1-213v: Collation: i#^12#, ii#^8#, iii#^4#, iv–xiii#^8#,xiv#^6#, xv–xvii#^8#, xviii#^10#, xix–xxv#^8#, xxvi#^7# [of 8, lacking iii, after fol. 203], xxvii#^6#, with one catchword (fol. 200v); ruled in red ink, 14 lines, written-space 82 mm. by 51 mm.

Former Owner(s):

Ce livre est et appartient à Escuyer Charles Busnel, sieur de la Retardaye, 1645i and by descent in the Busnel family of Montoray, to Henri-Jacques-François Busnel (1774) and Françoise Busnel (1824), who in 1842 gave it to her niece Julie de Busnel; Librairie Belin, Paris, cat. 171 (1892), no. 1331; Elisabeth Ball 1897-1982), of Muncie, Indiana; part of her bequest to the Lilly Library, 1982.

Charles Busnel WIKIDATA

Ce livre est et appartient à Escuyer Charles Busnel, sieur de la Retardaye, 1645i and by descent in the Busnel family of Montoray, to Henri-Jacques-François Busnel (1774) and Françoise Busnel (1824), who in 1842 gave it to her niece Julie de Busnel; Librairie Belin, Paris, cat. 171 (1892), no. 1331; Elisabeth Ball 1897-1982), of Muncie, Indiana; part of her bequest to the Lilly Library, 1982.

Henri-Jacques-François Busnel WIKIDATA

Ce livre est et appartient à Escuyer Charles Busnel, sieur de la Retardaye, 1645i and by descent in the Busnel family of Montoray, to Henri-Jacques-François Busnel (1774) and Françoise Busnel (1824), who in 1842 gave it to her niece Julie de Busnel; Librairie Belin, Paris, cat. 171 (1892), no. 1331; Elisabeth Ball 1897-1982), of Muncie, Indiana; part of her bequest to the Lilly Library, 1982.

Françoise Busnel WIKIDATA

Ce livre est et appartient à Escuyer Charles Busnel, sieur de la Retardaye, 1645i and by descent in the Busnel family of Montoray, to Henri-Jacques-François Busnel (1774) and Françoise Busnel (1824), who in 1842 gave it to her niece Julie de Busnel; Librairie Belin, Paris, cat. 171 (1892), no. 1331; Elisabeth Ball 1897-1982), of Muncie, Indiana; part of her bequest to the Lilly Library, 1982.

Julie de Busnel WIKIDATA

Ce livre est et appartient à Escuyer Charles Busnel, sieur de la Retardaye, 1645i and by descent in the Busnel family of Montoray, to Henri-Jacques-François Busnel (1774) and Françoise Busnel (1824), who in 1842 gave it to her niece Julie de Busnel; Librairie Belin, Paris, cat. 171 (1892), no. 1331; Elisabeth Ball 1897-1982), of Muncie, Indiana; part of her bequest to the Lilly Library, 1982.

Elisabeth Ball WIKIDATA

Associated Agent(s):

Francoise Jullienne, on flyleaf.

Françoise Jullienne WIKIDATA

Note:

ff. 1-213v: Two of the miniatures here are copied from compositions in the Belles Heures, or at least from drawings clearly based on the Limbourgs’ designs: The stance of the shepherd on fol. 73r, derives from fol. 52r of the Belles Heures. The Flight into Egypt (fol. 88v), with the Virgin and Child facing away from the viewer is taken quite closely from fol. 63r of the Belles Heures, where it...
ff. 1-213v: Latin.
f. 1r-213r: Use of Rome. The text comprises: a Calendar, in French (fol. 1r), with an entry for every day, including in red Saints Ivo (19 May), Denis (9 October) and Martin (11 November); the Gospel Sequences (fol. 13r); the Passion Sequence (fol. 21r); the Obsecro te (fol. 25r) and O intemerata (fol. 29r); the Hours of the Virgin [Use of Rome] (fol. 33r), ending with the Advent office (fol...

Institutional Record:

https://archive.org/details/MedievalandRenaissance30_40

IIIF Manifest:

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Holding Institution:

Indiana University Bloomington