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| Title | Book of Hours, Use of Reims (Complete Manuscript) |
| Book Title | Book of hours, use of Reims |
| Date | 1400-1499 |
| Description | COLLATION: parchment, ff. i, ii (paper), iii, iv + 198 + v, vi (paper); ff. i, ii, iii, iv + 25 gatherings of 8 leaves (ff.1-194, f. 1 is inserted and pasted to f.8 with a stub, ) + 1 gathering of 4 leaves. Horizontal catchwords on the verso of the last folio of every quire. On f.118v is present a misplaced catchword, two leaves before the last. LAYOUT: 1 column (full page), frame ruled in lead (86 mm. x 51 mm.). Leroy 02D1, written in 15 lines below top line. The Calendar pages are ruled differently from the text, to accommodate numbers and letters (94mm. x 58 mm.). Leroy 43C1, written in 16 lines below top line. SCRIPT: French Gothic "textura", by the hand of Paulinus the Sorcy, who claims the paternity of the book on the colophon note on f.15r. The first leaf of the Calendar, f.1r e v, is by a different hand, a little closer to a ‘batarde' script. Even the decorated abbreviation KL displays a K which has a different shape from those present on the following pages. This leaf is inserted as a "cancellans" and attached to the eighth leaf of the quire with a visible stub, so probably is from another source. The "Hail Holy Queen" prayer of f.194r lacks of the initial (which was supposed to be decorated) and is written by a third hand, more angular, with a clearer ink. DECORATION: Calendar pages present the abbreviation KL in gold leaf, inscribed in brown and blue ground. The dominical letter A alternates in gold and blue. Ornate pages: ff.17r, 27r, 39r, 44v, 48v, 52v, 57r, 64r, 69r, 105r, 115v, 130v, 174v. The decorations also include secondary gold initials, 4 / 2-line, on brownish and blue ground. Tertiary initials (litterae florissae), alternating gold and blue. Rubrications. Guide titles on the Calendar pages and on some sections throughout the text, in cursive script. BINDING: early 20th century binding. Dark brown leather over pasteboards. Full gilt with internal tools. The pattern is basically geometric, filled with tooled floral elements. Full gilt spine, with corner and center tools. On the second compartment of the spine is gilt: "Horae Diurnae". Pastedowns in Dutch marble. Bound by J. Bold & Sons, Bristol, England (as by indication on the bottom margin of the top flyleaf). Gilt edges with diapered pattern. |
| Scribe | Paulinus de Sorcy
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| Original Item Extent | 140mm. x 100 mm., bound to 151mm. x 110 mm. |
| Original Language | Latin; Old French |
| Genre | manuscripts
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| Subject.Topical (LCSH) | Books of hours
Catholic Church--Prayers and devotions
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Marginal illustrations
Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint
Jesus Christ
Dragons
Musicians
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| Subject.Topical (TGM) | Madonnas
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| Subject (Geographic) | France, Northern
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| Repository | Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries |
| Original Item Location | http://library.uh.edu/record=b2958304~S11 |
| Use and Reproduction | This image is in the public domain and may be used freely. If publishing in print, electronically, or on a website, please use the citation provided by the citation button above. To order a higher resolution reproduction click Request High Res above. |
| Donor | The Rockwell Fund, in memory of James Rockwell |
| Provenance | The scribe gives his name: Paulinus de Sorcy, on colophon note on f.15 r. On the inside of the front board is pasted a printed armorial bookplate. It represents the crest of the Beard family (see Burke, B., The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales, 1842, 4th reprint 1969, p.61): "On a chapeau gules, turned up ermine, a tiger couchant". In a circle / belt around the crest runs the motto "Virtus semper viridis". Underneath the name "Joseph Beard, Alderley". Burke locates this family in Sussex (Aberton and Cowfold). On the top flyleaf is a comment note in English, not signed: "At the foot of page 5 of the prayers (after the Kalendar) is found the name of the writer Paulinus de Sorcy, whose writing seems to have been better than his Latin imposition". On some blank pages are handwritten dedication notes, in French, undated. On f.iii r, in French, 19th century handwriting: "Madame […..] A P[….]e". On f.iv r, in French, 18 century handwriting: "a Joan Garlie Chirurgie". On f.195 v, in French, by an uncertain hand, 19th century handwriting: (partially trimmed) "Monsieur [.]eu, Moreau che Mademoiselle Caton sa soeur le Binson comme". |
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