The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens, mssHM 1129

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS9670

Shelfmark:

mssHM 1129

Title:

Book of hours, use of Paris, in French

Book of hours

Author:

Catholic Church

Catholic Church WIKIDATA

Artist:

Quarton, Enguerrand, active 15th century

Enguerrand Quarton WIKIDATA

Place:

Southern France

Southern France TGN

Date:

between 1440 and 1460

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

French

French WIKIDATA

Material:

parchment

Parchment AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: ff. ii + 160 (+ 142 bis) + iii : parchment ; 125 x 180 mm

Former Owner(s):

Poor, Henry W. 1844-1915

Henry William Poor WIKIDATA

Note:

Book of Hours, use of Paris, written in French in southern France in the middle of the fifteenth century, evidently for a woman: on f. 137, the feminine form "ta servante," and on f. 138, the kneeling figure of a woman.
Span folios: ff. 1-160v (+ 142r-v bis). Support: Parchment. Layout: Collation beginning at f. 2: 112 26(through f. 19) 38(-1) 48(-7) 58 68(-6) 78(-5) 8-108 114(through f. 83) 12-178 186(through f. 137) 196 208 2110. Catchwords in the script of the text in the center lower margin; leaf signatures visible on quire 12, a-g. Ruled space, 103 x 62 mm; 16 long lines, ruled in pale red ink; ruled in...
Decoration: Four large illuminations missing after ff. 19, 32, 46 and 52 (offsets of border designs visible on the versos). Nine large illuminations remain, in slightly rounded compartments. The illuminations, by 3 artists, the first of which has been identified as Enguerrand Quarton whose illuminations are on ff. 57, 62, 72, 78 (some repainting?), 81, 138. Major initials, 4- and 3-line, in...
Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 9/12/2009.
Belonged to Henry William Poor whose ex libris is on the front pastedown; his sale, Anderson, New York, 7 December 1908, pt. II, n. 769 to G. D. Smith. Precise source and date of acquisition by Henry E. Huntington unknown.

Keyword:

manuscripts (documents)

illuminations (paintings)

France

Fifteenth century

books of hours

Institutional Record:

https://catalog.huntington.org/record=b1861895

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Holding Institution:

The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens