The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens, mssHM 1139
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS9679
- Shelfmark:
- mssHM 1139
- Title:
- Book of Hours, use of Rome
- Catholic Church
- Place:
- France
- Date:
- between 1500 and 1515
- Language:
- Latin
- Physical Description:
- Extent: ff. ii + i + 159 + ii : parchment ; 150 x 233 mm
- Former Owner(s):
- Bateman, William, 1787-1835
Bateman, Thomas, 1821-1861
Hoe, Robert, 1839-1909
- Note:
- Book of Hours, use of Rome, written in France at the beginning of the sixteenth century.
Span folios: ff. 1-159v. Support: Parchment. Layout: 1-26 3-48 56(+2,3) 6-108 118(-6, between ff. 81-82) 12-208s + 4 leaves of uncertain structure with a missing leaf between ff. 155-156. One catchword in the script of the text survives (f. 139v); one quire-leaf signature as letter of the alphabet and an arabic numeral. Ruled space, 150 x 90 mm; 20 long lines ruled in pale red ink. Written in...
Decoration: Fifteen full page illustrations, in blue, black, green, gold and flesh tones, enclosed within architectural frames of painted gold. Initials, 4- to 1-line, in black ink against square painted gold grounds, with black tracery; ribbon line fillers of many patterns, but in the same black and gold colors; initials within the text washed in yellow. Rubrics in blue.
Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 9/15/2009.
The nineteenth century provenance of this manuscript is laid out on the verso of a small slip of paper, now tipped in before the first flyleaf, "This missal was bought by Mr. W. Bateman at the sale of the library of Mr. W. Gates [?] of Manchester [blank space] 1829. It then passed by exchange into the possession of Mr. Duncalf at whose death in 18--[left blank] it was purchased along with... - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://catalog.huntington.org/record=b1861904
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://cdm16003.contentdm.oclc.org/iiif/p15150coll7:48711/manifest.json
- Holding Institution:
