University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Codex 1056

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS878

Shelfmark:

Ms. Codex 1056

Title:

Book of hours : use of Rouen.

Author:

Catholic Church

Catholic Church WIKIDATA

Place:

Rouen, France

Rouen TGN

Date:

[circa 1475]

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin, with calendar and accessory texts in French

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 122 leaves : parchment, illustrations ; 184 x 120 (98 x 61) mm bound to 192 x 138 mm

Former Owner(s):

Claret de La Tourrette, Jacques-Annibal, 1692-1776

Jacques Annibal Claret de La Tourrette WIKIDATA

Vasilevich, Dionysiĭ

Dionysiĭ Vasilevich WIKIDATA

Note:

Origin: Written and illuminated in Rouen, circa 1475.
Collation: Parchment, fol. i (parchment) + 120 + i (parchment); 1¹² 2⁹ (+ 1, f. 13, before 1) 3³ 4-8⁸ 9² 10-14⁸ 15⁶.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Binding: 16th century, early; brown calf over wooden boards, blind-stamped with a panel of St. Barbara on the upper cover between the inscription Sancta Barbara/ora pro nobis and a panel of John the Baptist on the lower cover between the inscription Ung dieu sancte Johannes ung roy une foy/ora pro nobis une loy; attachments for two clasps; joints restored (Fogg).
Decoration: 15 arched miniatures above three lines of text with three-line initials, with full borders (evangelists, f. 14r; Annunciation, with roundels of Adam and Eve with the serpent, the meeting of Mary's parents at the Golden Gate, and the marriage of Mary and Joseph, f. 25r; Visitation, f. 34r; Nativity, with roundels of shepherds with musical instruments and the Tiburtine Sibyl showing...
Script: Written in a Gothic bookhand (textualis quadrata).
Layout: Written in 16 long lines; frame-ruled in red ink; prickings in outer margin of some leaves.
Ms. codex.
Formerly owned by Dionysiĭ Vasilevich (modern inscription, f. i).
Formerly owned by Madame Lespect (Rouen, 17th century, inscription by Nicolas Lepage, f. 13).
Formerly owned by Jacques-Annibal Claret de La Tourette (Lyons, 1692-1776, engraved armorial bookplate dated 1719 inside upper cover)
Formerly owned by Daniel-Marie, duc de Montfort (inscription, f. i)
Sold by Sam Fogg Ltd. (London), 2007.

Keyword:

codices (bound manuscripts)

Manuscripts, French

illuminated manuscripts

Manuscripts, Latin

devotional calendars

Devotional literature

Prayers

books of hours

Prayers and devotions

Manuscripts, Renaissance

Specimens

Illumination of books and manuscripts

Catholic Church

Institutional Record:

https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9940764883503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p3b853k0m/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania