Book of hours, use of Paris

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Creator

Catholic Church.

Title

Book of hours, use of Paris.

Created

France, ca. 1425.

Physical Description

1 item ( leaves) : parchment ; 179 mm x 120 mm

Language

Latin; French, Middle (ca. 1400-1600)

Notes

Forms part of the Otto Ege Collection.

Layout: single column of 16 lines.

Script: gothic textualis

Decoration: two quarter-page miniatures: of John on f. 23v and of Mary on f. 85v. Four quarter-page miniatures wanting (Hours of the Virgin (Matins), Penitential psalms, Hours of the Cross, Office of the dead). Single- and multi-line initials in red, blue, and gold ink. Several openings of the Hours decorated with floral decorations in the margins.

Binding: 19th-century red, gold-tooled goat leather. Traces of clasps. Edges gilt.

In Latin and Middle French.

Provenance

Contemporary manuscript inscriptions (f. 130v) recording births, deaths, and marriages of Estienne Pradal(e) (1484; d. 1492), Jehanne Pradale (1487), Margarite Pradale (1491). Reference to Montferrand (the family may have ties to southern France). Front pastedown includes British booksellers’ catalogue description; Cleveland Museum of Art label, “TR12828/47”; and black Otto Ege monogram, pasted in upsidedown. Flyleaf ir: “377” circled, “#77” in upper right; multiple price-codes. Flyleaf iv: Mrs. Ege’s description, “MS of 15th Century 130 leaves / 10 borders / 2 miniatures / 1 Initial cut out.” Also “97” in pencil in lower left corner; annotation “l / ms / s” over the number “193” in pencil. Formerly owned by Otto F. Ege (Ege 550.1983). Manuscript volume was on deposit with the Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA). Purchased from John M. Freudenheim, Tom Freudenheim, Jo Freudenheim, Susan Core, Richard Core, and Michael Frisch, via JSJT Holdings, LLC, 2015-2018, with Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, Herman W. Liebert Book Fund, and the John W. Corwith Memorial Fund.

Access and use

This material is open for research.

Summary

Illuminated manuscript, in unidentified hand, on parchment, of a book of hours, use of Paris. Contains: calendar in Middle French (ff. 1r-12r), Gospel lessons (ff. 13r-17r), Obsecro te (ff. 17r-20r), O intemerata (ff. 20r-23r), Passion reading from John (ff. 23v-24v), Prayers (25r-26v), Hours of the Virgin (ff. 27r-67v), Penitential psalms (ff. 68r-78r), Litany and prayers (ff. 78r-81r), Hours of the Cross (ff. 81r-85r), Doulce Dame (ff. 85v-90r), Doulx Dieu (ff. 90v-92v), Office of the dead (ff. 93r-130r). Imperfect: several opening folios with quarter-page miniatures wanting.

Format

Archives or Manuscripts

Added to Catalog

March 22, 2024

Indexes/Finding aids

Finding aid available.

Subjects

Catholic Church > Prayers and devotions > Early works to 1800.

Books of hours > Early works to 1800.

Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven.

Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval > Early works to 1800.

Subjects (Local Yale)