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Auction archive: Lot number 35

BOOK OF HOURS, use of Rome, in Latin and French, ILLUMINATED...

Estimate
£18,000 - £25,000
ca. US$35,750 - US$49,653
Price realised:
£45,600
ca. US$90,567
Auction archive: Lot number 35

BOOK OF HOURS, use of Rome, in Latin and French, ILLUMINATED...

Estimate
£18,000 - £25,000
ca. US$35,750 - US$49,653
Price realised:
£45,600
ca. US$90,567
Beschreibung:

BOOK OF HOURS, use of Rome, in Latin and French, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM
BOOK OF HOURS, use of Rome, in Latin and French, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM [Burgundy, c.1490]145 x 102mm. iv + 142 + iii leaves: 1 6, 2 7(of 8 + first leaf, lacking vii and viii), 3 5(?of 8 lacking i, now f.7, vii and viii), 4 6(of 8 lacking i and viii), 5-8 8, 9 3(of 4 lacking iv), 10 7(of 8 lacking i), 11 5(of 6, vi cancelled blank), 12-13 8, 14 6, 15 6(of 8 lacking iii and vi), 16 6(of 8 lacking ii and vii), 17 8, 18 6, 19-20 8, 21 7(of 8, viii cancelled blank), 18 lines written in black ink in a lettre bâtarde between two verticals and 19 horizontals ruled in pink, justification: 87 x 54 mm, rubrics in red, one- to five-line initials in liquid gold on grounds alternately blue and pink patterned with gold, 24 CALENDAR MINIATURES IN ARCHITECTURAL FRAMES also enclosing the text, ONE HISTORIATED INITIAL AND 25 SMALL MINIATURES EACH ACCOMPANIED BY A BORDER in the outer margin of acanthus and flower and fruit sprays with an infill of burnished gold disks, many with birds, animals and grotesques, TWELVE LARGE ARCH-TOPPED MINIATURES, ONE FULL-PAGE, WITH FULL BORDERS of a similar type, some on divided grounds (lacking twelve written leaves, one with a large miniature and possibly five with small miniatures, lower margins of ff.8-10 replaced, flaking from miniature f.7v, Calendar rubbed, some borders worn, border motif erased f.95v, some initials rubbed). Early 20th-century blind-stamped calf. PROVENANCE: 1. The manuscript was written for use in Burgundy: the Calendar includes in gold Sts Didier of Langres (May 23), Claude of Besançon (6 June) and Philibert of Tournus (Aug. 20); the litany names Didier and Mammes of Langres and Benignus of Dijon, both of whom appear in the usual alternating red and blue in the calendar (Aug. 17 and Nov. 24). The Master of the Burgundian Prelates, responsible with his workshop for the illumination, was probably centred in Dijon or Autun. The coat of arms painted over the border decoration on f.7v, azure an oak tree or on a crescent argent, might be connected with the family of Broch; by the 17th century the Broch d'Hotelans established at Vesoul in the Franche Comté bore a similar charge on gules. 2. A 17th-century hand has added instructions for asperging with holy water, f.129; a prayer for France, probably added during the Revolutionary upheavals, may be by the hand that recorded hearing three masses 23 April 1805, f.142v. CONTENT: Calendar ff.1-6; Obsecro te ff.8-11v; Memorials, ff.11v-13v: Sts Michael f.11v, John the Baptist f.12, James f.12v, Lawrence f.13, Mary Magdalen (lacking end) f.13v; Gospel extracts ff.14-18v: St John f.14, St Luke f.15, St Matthew f.16v, St Mark (lacking end) f.18; Office of the Virgin, use of Rome, ff.19-71v: matins (lacking bifolium with opening and leaf at third lesson) f.19, lauds f.27, prime f.37v, terce f.41v, sext f.44v, none f.47v, vespers f.51, compline (lacking final leaf with prayers) f.56v, seasonal variants (lacking opening) f.60; Hours of the Cross ff.72-75; Hours of the Holy Spirit ff.75v-78v; ruled blank f.79; Penitential Psalms ff.80-91; litany ff.91-95; Office of the Dead, use of Rome (lacking bifolium of second leaf and leaf with opening of matins, bifolium of leaf with first lesson and leaf with parts of psalms 24 and 26) ff.95v-119v; Passion according to St John ff.120-129; Suffrages ff.129v-142: for the dead f.129v, the Trinity f.130v, God the Father f.131, the Son f.131v, the Holy Spirit f.132, Sts John the Evangelist f.132v, Peter and Paul f.133, Stephen f.133v, Christopher f.134, Sebastian f.135, Denis f.136, Nicholas f.137, Claude f.137v, Anthony Abbot f.138v, Anne f.139, Katherine f.140, Margaret f.140v, Barbara f.141, Apollonia f.142. ILLUMINATION: The Master of the Burgundian Prelates was named from his work for ecclesiatics from great Burgundian families like the Rolin (Breviary for the bishop of Autun, San Marino, Huntington Library, HM 1077), Clugny (Missal for the bishop of Tournai, Siena, Biblioteca communale, ms X.V.1)

Auction archive: Lot number 35
Auction:
Datum:
6 Jun 2007
Auction house:
Christie's
6 June 2007, London, King Street
Beschreibung:

BOOK OF HOURS, use of Rome, in Latin and French, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM
BOOK OF HOURS, use of Rome, in Latin and French, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM [Burgundy, c.1490]145 x 102mm. iv + 142 + iii leaves: 1 6, 2 7(of 8 + first leaf, lacking vii and viii), 3 5(?of 8 lacking i, now f.7, vii and viii), 4 6(of 8 lacking i and viii), 5-8 8, 9 3(of 4 lacking iv), 10 7(of 8 lacking i), 11 5(of 6, vi cancelled blank), 12-13 8, 14 6, 15 6(of 8 lacking iii and vi), 16 6(of 8 lacking ii and vii), 17 8, 18 6, 19-20 8, 21 7(of 8, viii cancelled blank), 18 lines written in black ink in a lettre bâtarde between two verticals and 19 horizontals ruled in pink, justification: 87 x 54 mm, rubrics in red, one- to five-line initials in liquid gold on grounds alternately blue and pink patterned with gold, 24 CALENDAR MINIATURES IN ARCHITECTURAL FRAMES also enclosing the text, ONE HISTORIATED INITIAL AND 25 SMALL MINIATURES EACH ACCOMPANIED BY A BORDER in the outer margin of acanthus and flower and fruit sprays with an infill of burnished gold disks, many with birds, animals and grotesques, TWELVE LARGE ARCH-TOPPED MINIATURES, ONE FULL-PAGE, WITH FULL BORDERS of a similar type, some on divided grounds (lacking twelve written leaves, one with a large miniature and possibly five with small miniatures, lower margins of ff.8-10 replaced, flaking from miniature f.7v, Calendar rubbed, some borders worn, border motif erased f.95v, some initials rubbed). Early 20th-century blind-stamped calf. PROVENANCE: 1. The manuscript was written for use in Burgundy: the Calendar includes in gold Sts Didier of Langres (May 23), Claude of Besançon (6 June) and Philibert of Tournus (Aug. 20); the litany names Didier and Mammes of Langres and Benignus of Dijon, both of whom appear in the usual alternating red and blue in the calendar (Aug. 17 and Nov. 24). The Master of the Burgundian Prelates, responsible with his workshop for the illumination, was probably centred in Dijon or Autun. The coat of arms painted over the border decoration on f.7v, azure an oak tree or on a crescent argent, might be connected with the family of Broch; by the 17th century the Broch d'Hotelans established at Vesoul in the Franche Comté bore a similar charge on gules. 2. A 17th-century hand has added instructions for asperging with holy water, f.129; a prayer for France, probably added during the Revolutionary upheavals, may be by the hand that recorded hearing three masses 23 April 1805, f.142v. CONTENT: Calendar ff.1-6; Obsecro te ff.8-11v; Memorials, ff.11v-13v: Sts Michael f.11v, John the Baptist f.12, James f.12v, Lawrence f.13, Mary Magdalen (lacking end) f.13v; Gospel extracts ff.14-18v: St John f.14, St Luke f.15, St Matthew f.16v, St Mark (lacking end) f.18; Office of the Virgin, use of Rome, ff.19-71v: matins (lacking bifolium with opening and leaf at third lesson) f.19, lauds f.27, prime f.37v, terce f.41v, sext f.44v, none f.47v, vespers f.51, compline (lacking final leaf with prayers) f.56v, seasonal variants (lacking opening) f.60; Hours of the Cross ff.72-75; Hours of the Holy Spirit ff.75v-78v; ruled blank f.79; Penitential Psalms ff.80-91; litany ff.91-95; Office of the Dead, use of Rome (lacking bifolium of second leaf and leaf with opening of matins, bifolium of leaf with first lesson and leaf with parts of psalms 24 and 26) ff.95v-119v; Passion according to St John ff.120-129; Suffrages ff.129v-142: for the dead f.129v, the Trinity f.130v, God the Father f.131, the Son f.131v, the Holy Spirit f.132, Sts John the Evangelist f.132v, Peter and Paul f.133, Stephen f.133v, Christopher f.134, Sebastian f.135, Denis f.136, Nicholas f.137, Claude f.137v, Anthony Abbot f.138v, Anne f.139, Katherine f.140, Margaret f.140v, Barbara f.141, Apollonia f.142. ILLUMINATION: The Master of the Burgundian Prelates was named from his work for ecclesiatics from great Burgundian families like the Rolin (Breviary for the bishop of Autun, San Marino, Huntington Library, HM 1077), Clugny (Missal for the bishop of Tournai, Siena, Biblioteca communale, ms X.V.1)

Auction archive: Lot number 35
Auction:
Datum:
6 Jun 2007
Auction house:
Christie's
6 June 2007, London, King Street
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