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Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis.

Illuminated Latin manuscript on vellum. Northern France (perhaps Paris), last quarter of the 15th century. 126 leaves, the first 12 leaves with the calendar. Collation: i-ii6, iii8, iv10 [of 12; blank 11 and 12 cut away], v-vi8, vii10 [of 12; blank 11 and 12 cut away], viii-ix8, x6, xi-xvi8. Page size: 170 x 120 mm; type area: 97 x 70 mm. Seventeen lines, written in one column in dark brown ink. Fol. 22v and 23r/v originally white. Ruled throughout in red ink. With 12 large miniatures (approx. 90 x 60 mm) with semicircular closed arches over large illuminated initials extending over four lines, and 2 smaller miniatures. All text pages with borders on the outside at the height of the type area; these borders of loosely standing acanthus tendrils, flowers and fruits, partly painted with liquid gold. The pages with the miniatures with borders on all four sides; these borders with the same acanthus tendrils, flowers and fruits, but considerably more richly ornamented, partly over colored or with liquid gold patterned grounds. With numerous initials written over one or two lines, alternately in liquid gold and gold leaf, on alternating blue and red grounds. Pretty line fillers drawn in blue and liquid gold. On the last formerly white pages (fols. 125v and 126r) inscriptions in brown ink by a contemporary previous owner, including two lines in French. 18th-century leather binding with gilt-stamped spine title ("Heures"), the covers covered with parts of a 16th-century binding with splendid gilt-stamped central arabesque; punched gilt edges. (Rubbed and bumped, lower joint and back cover with worm damage). Complete book of hours, written for a man, probably from a Parisian studio from the last quarter of the 15th century, with rich pictorial and border decoration. TEXT Calendar with saints' names in brown and red ink, without particularly prominent saints' names (fol. 1r) Gospel pericopes according to John (fol. 13r, with a small miniature in the margin, ca. 40 x 24 mm), Luke (fol.14v), Matthew (fol. 15v) and Mark (fol. 17r) "Obsecro te" for male use (fol. 18r, with small miniature, 45 x 38 mm, in the text) Horae BMV (fol. 23v) Ad Laudes (fol. 39v) De cruce (fol. 49r) Ad tertiam (fol. 57r) Ad sextam (fol. 61r) Ad nonam (fol. 65r) Ad vesperam (fol. 69r) Ad Completorium (fol. 73r) Pro Octava (fol. 79r) Litany (fol. 90v) Officium defunctorum (fol. 95r); ILLUMINATION 1. fol. 13r (in the border) John the Evangelist with the eagle in a landscape, in the background a castle. 2. fol. 18r (in the text): the crowned Mary with the child on her arm 3. fol. 23r: the Annunciation; the Virgin kneels under a red and green canopy on the left, on the right the bending angel Gabriel, above her the dove of the Holy Spirit in a golden bundle of rays; the fund of the space left undefined with a blue, lily-decorated hanging. The border with curved triangles painted alternately in blue, red and liquid gold, with strawberries and various flowers in the tendrils. 4. fol. 39v: Visitatio; Mary on the left, Elizabeth on the right, castle architecture in the background. 5. fol. 49r: Crucifixion; Our Lady of Sorrows to the left of the cross, John to the right of the cross. Hearts painted with liquid gold in the borders. 6. fol. 56r: Baptism of Christ; Jesus in the Jordan in the center, on the right the apostle John the Baptist, on the left the angel with the cloth, above the scene the dove of the Holy Spirit; in the background on the right a steep mountain with a castle. The border with striped motifs painted in liquid gold, flowers and grapes in the tendrils. 7. fol. 51r: Nativity; the scene in front of the stable in Bethlehem, Mary kneeling on the left, Joseph on the right, the child in the middle on the ground, ox and donkey behind them. The border contains hearts painted with liquid gold and various flowers. 8. fol. 57r: Annunciation to the shepherds; set in a hilly landscape with a river. In front on the left a standing shepherd, on the right in front of him his dog, behind him the flock of sheep; another shepherd sitting on a hill. In the sky, the apparition of the angel with the banderole. In the background a town on a hill. The border with acanthus and flower tendrils and strawberries. 9. fol. 61r: Adoration of the Magi; Mary seated on the left in front of the stable, the child on her lap. The Three Kings approach from the right; in the background a town on a mountain. The border with acanthus, flower tendrils and grapes and berries. 10. fol. 65r: Presentation in the temple; Mary kneeling on the right, the priest on the left under a red canopy behind the white-covered altar, the child lying on it. The border with acanthus and various berries, grapes in the initial. R

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Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis.

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