Free Library of Philadelphia, Widener 4

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DS ID:

DS6336

Shelfmark:

Widener 4

Title:

Book of Hours, use of Rennes

Artist:

Luçon Master

Luçon Master WIKIDATA

Egerton Master, follower of

Master of Egerton WIKIDATA

Place:

Paris, France

Paris TGN

Language:

Latin; Middle French (ca. 1400-1600)

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: i+206+i; 205 x 140 mm bound to 210 x 150 mm; parchment

Former Owner(s):

Jean III of Acigné and Cordemai

Jean III of Acigné and Cordemai WIKIDATA

Peachey, Sir John

Sir John Peachey WIKIDATA

Selsey, Henry John Peachey 3rd Baron

Henry John Peachey, 3rd Baron Selsey WIKIDATA

Peachey, Anna Maria Louisa

Anna Maria Louisa Peachey WIKIDATA

Quaile, Edward

Edward Quaile WIKIDATA

Thomas, George C. (George Clifford)

George C. Thomas WIKIDATA

Ada E. Moorhead Thomas

Ada E. Moorhead Thomas WIKIDATA

Widener, P.A.B. (Peter Arrell Brown)

Peter Arrell Brown Widener WIKIDATA

Widener, Joseph E. (Joseph Early)

Joseph E. Widener WIKIDATA

Note:

Binding: Worn black leather with gold tooling, stamped with insignia, including the repeated letter "s" within two intertwined Greek lambdas, red painted insignia on back cover; 16th century; rebacked with red morocco, spine stamped with gold and labeled "Missale Romanum MSS," 19th century
Layout: One column of fifteen lines, frame-ruled in red ink; written area: 104 x 65 mm
Script: Gothic--textualis semi-quadrara
Script: Scribe: Johannes Parvus (Jean Le Petit)
Decoration: Twenty-four calendar vignettes (fols. 1r-12r), borders on calendar pages containing suns and golden rays; one full-page coat of arms (fol. 26v) and two smaller coats-of-arms (fols. 106v and 123r); forty-six half-page miniatures with elaborate full foliate borders; illuminated initials, line fillers, and foliate borders with grotesque beasts throughout
Provenance: Jean III, of Acigné and of Cordemai (circa 1430-1497); Sir John Peachey, Baron Selsey of Westdean, Sussex, England, c. 1782 (bookplate pasted onto front cover); Lord Selsey (Henry John Peachey?, 1787-1838); probably Anna Maria Louisa Peachey (died 1870), 1838; sale, Sotheby's, London, June 20, 1872, lot 1302; Bernard Quaritch (bookseller), London; Edward Quaile of Lynmore, Palm...

Keyword:

Fifteenth century

illuminations (paintings)

miniatures (paintings)

Prayers and devotions

Books of hours

French (culture or style)

France

Institutional Record:

https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0023/html/widener_004.html

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/widener_004/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Free Library of Philadelphia