[ILLUMINATED HANDWRITTEN HOURS / BURGUNDY]. Handwritten book of hours from the end of the XVth century (circa 1480/1490), for the use of ROME, in a large volume in-8° (148 x 215 mm), green velvet on ais, spine ribbed, gilt edges, copper clasps (early XXth c. binding).
VERY BEAUTIFUL 15th C. BERRUYER BOOK OF HOURS, ILLUSTRATED WITH TEN EIGHT LARGE MINIATURES
(OF WHICH EIGHT TO FULL PAGE), 23 SMALL & A RICH ORNAMENTATION.
ITS LARGE MINIATURES OFFER TWO VERY DIFFERENT STYLES AND ITS TEXT FRAMES ARE VERY ORIGINAL. In addition, A VERY RARE REPRESENTATION OF THE PROFANATION OF A HOSTIE HAS BEEN ADDED.
ORIGIN A
work produced in a workshop in Bourges working for its Franc-Comtois sponsor, Jean de Vienne.
COMPOSITION
129 sheets of parchment bearing 22 calligraphic lines on the page.
ff. 1-9 v°: calendar (in French);
ff. 10-11: a double sheet (smaller) added, bearing, on the v° of the 10, a large miniature and, on the r° of the 11, the prayer "O Salutaris Hostia";
ff. 12-21 v°: the Gospels and the Passion of N.S.J.C. (16 ff.);
ff. 22-33, 33 v° - 40 v° & 41-43 v°: the Hours of the Blessed Virgin;
ff. 44 - 96 v°: prayers, psalms and litanies of the saints;
ff. 97 & 98: white;
ff. 99 - 103: the Lauds of the Blessed Virgin;
ff. 104: white; ff. 105 - 108 v°: primes, thirds, sixths, nuns, vespers and compline;
ff. 109: white;
ff. 110 - 113 v°: prayers to the Holy Trinity;
ff. 114 - 118 v°: "Oroison a tous les sains" (also in Latin);
ff. 119 - 128: particular prayers (or orations) (with a few lines in French in ff. 121 v°, 122 v° - 123 & 124 v° - 125 v°)
; ff. 128 v° - 129: prayer to St. Adrian (added at the same time).
ILLUSTRATIONS & ORNAMENTALS
Eighteen large miniatures:
f. 10 v°: a large host pierced by a Jew (miniature added);
f. 12: St. John the Evangelist (style A);
f
. 13: St. Luk
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