1028 - MASTER OF THE GENEVA LATINI (or his workshop) Book of Hours, Parisian Rite, in Latin with prayers in French. Rouen, c. 1495, 8vo, 21.8 x 14.5 cm: 136 leaves, vellum, Gothic script, brown ink on 21 lines (writing area 13.0 x 7.5 cm), rubricated, initials, 56 miniatures, every page with a three-quarter floral border (18.5 x 10.5/11.0 cm) (some images slightly chipped in places). In very fine condition. 17th-century binding: gray-pink velvet over parchment over wooden boards, gilt edges, 1 blank flyleaf at the beginning and 1 at the end (slight traces of use with minimal loss of velvet at the ends of most raised bands), contemporary red velvet slipcase. A magnificent and luxurious Book of Hours illuminated with 56 miniatures by the Master of the Geneva Latini or his workshop, from a prestigious noble family of Nevers. Contents and illumination: Genealogy of the Bourgoing Family, 1525–1547, by Guillaume V Bourgoing (1 leaf), listing 16 (!) sons and daughters; A very devout prayer to God (3 leaves, last page blank) with 1 small miniature depicting Christ on the Cross; a calendar in French (12 leaves) with a few lines about the month in Latin written in blue and red ink and burnished gold, 2 small miniatures per month depicting a typical seasonal occupation and the corresponding zodiac sign; in the lower border of the first page, the coat of arms representing the marriage alliance of Guillaume IV Bourgoing (1469–?) and Françoise Collesson; and in the lower margin, in pen, “Bourgoing 1525” in the hand of Guillaume V (d. 1551); Gospel lessons or pericopes from Sts. John, Luke, Matthew, and Mark (5 leaves), a large arched miniature depicting St. John on Patmos (12.0 x 7.5 cm), and smaller square miniatures of the other Apostles (6.0 x 5.5 cm) within the text; “Obsecro te” and “O Intemerata” (5 leaves), each with a square miniature (6.0 x 5.5 cm), one depicting an angel playing the lute standing before the Virgin and Child, and one depicting the Pietà; Hours of the Virgin, including 1st Matins (12 leaves, last page blank), full-page miniature (21.4 x 12.2 cm), in a Gothic architectural frame, arched, divided into two scenes by four lines of text in a cartouche; at the top, the Annunciation, and at the bottom, as a predella, the Virgin seated at a loom visited by an angel (minimal cropping at the upper margin, some small chipping along the black bottom line), 2° Lauds (8 leaves), arched miniature (12.0 x 7.0 cm) depicting the Visitation in a landscape, accompanied by 4 lines of text; 3° Prime (5 leaves, last page blank), an arched miniature (12.0 x 7.0 cm) depicting the Nativity, accompanied by 4 lines of text; 4° Tierce (4 leaves, last page blank), arch-topped miniature (12.0 x 7.0 cm) depicting the Annunciation to the shepherds, with 4 lines of text; 5° Sext (4 leaves, last page blank), arched miniature (12.0 x 7.0 cm) depicting the Adoration of the Magi, with 4 lines of text; 6° None (3 leaves), an arch-topped miniature (12.0 x 7.0 cm) depicting the Presentation in the Temple, accompanied by 4 lines of text; 7° Vespers (5 leaves, last page blank), an arch-topped miniature (12.0 x 7.0 cm) depicting the Massacre of the Innocents, accompanied by 4 lines of text; 8° Complete (4 leaves), arch-topped miniature (12.0 x 7.0 cm) depicting the Coronation of the Virgin, accompanied by 4 lines of text; Penitential Psalms & Litany of the Saints (13 leaves), full-page miniature (19.5 × 12.0 cm), in a Gothic architectural frame with an arched top, divided into two scenes by four lines of text in a cartouche; at the top, a large battle scene featuring David and the Philistines—the first with a pennant bearing the motto “Vrie” in gold on an azure background; the second with a standard bearing three golden crescents on azure; at the bottom, as a predella, King David and Bathsheba (the veil covering Bathsheba is a later overpainting; there is some chipping on the clothing of both figures and in the green of the grass); Hours of the Cross (10 leaves, last page blank), from Matins to Compline, full-page miniature (19.0 x 13.0 cm), in a Gothic architectural frame, divided into two scenes by four lines of text in a cartouche; at the top, the Crucifixion, and at the bottom, as a predella, Christ carrying the Cross (some light rubbing and minimal chipping); Hours of the Holy Spirit (5 leaves, last page blank), from Matins to Compline, an arched miniature (12.0 x 7.0 cm) depicting the Baptism of Christ, accompanied by 4 lines of text; Office of the Dead (29 leaves), Vespers, Matins, Lectures, and Lauds, full-page miniature (19.7 x 12.5 cm) in a Gothic architectural frame with an arched top, divided into two scenes by four lines of text in a cartouche; at the top, Job on the dung heap, and at the bottom, as a predella, Job beaten by Satan; Suffrages (8 leaves) with antiphons for Sts. Michael the Archangel, Sebastian, Anthony the Anchorite, Nicholas, Claude, Adrian, Anthony of Padua, Leonard, Edmund, Anna, Margaret, and Catherine, each with a miniature (6.0 x 6.0 cm) depicting the saint; in the lower margin, the coat of arms symbolizing the marriage alliance of Guillaume V Bourgoing (d. 1551) and Philippa Le Clerc du Tremblay (d. after 1572); Prayer to the Glorious Virgin Mary (1 lv), small miniature (4.0 x 3.5 cm) depicting the Virgin and Child as Sedes Sapientiae. Paris usage: Cal