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BOOK OF HOURS, use of Rome, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Tuscany, probably Florence, third quarter 15th century]
A notably well-preserved Tuscan Book of Hours illuminated in the characteristic pinks, greens, blues of the Florentine palette, heightened by shining gold; the manuscript is graced with three appealing historiated initials – the preferred decorative choice for demarcating the texts in Italian Hours – surrounded by acanthus borders including bright-yellow lemons and caterpillars.
123 x 88mm. ii + 207 + ii, lacking the opening leaves for Matins and for the Hours of the Cross (likely with historiated initials), some catchwords surviving but elsewhere misbound and mis-rubricated, 12 lines, ruled space: 60 x 43mm. Two historiated initials with full acanthus borders incorporating a historiated roundel, putti, birds and beasts, another historiated initial, 8 decorated 4- and 5-line initials with acanthus flourishing, illuminated initials and flourishing throughout. Later vellum over pasteboard.
Content: Calendar ff.1-12; Hours of the Virgin, with additional texts for feast days and specified weekdays ff.13-86 (opening imperfectly, misbound); Hours of the Cross ff.87 (opening imperfectly, f.119 a blank); Office of the Dead ff.123-179; Seven Penitential Psalms and Litany ff.181-209. The historiated initials depict a male saint (f.45), Golgotha (f.123) and King David (f.181).
A notably well-preserved Tuscan Book of Hours illuminated in the characteristic pinks, greens, blues of the Florentine palette, heightened by shining gold; the manuscript is graced with three appealing historiated initials – the preferred decorative choice for demarcating the texts in Italian Hours – surrounded by acanthus borders including bright-yellow lemons and caterpillars.
123 x 88mm. ii + 207 + ii, lacking the opening leaves for Matins and for the Hours of the Cross (likely with historiated initials), some catchwords surviving but elsewhere misbound and mis-rubricated, 12 lines, ruled space: 60 x 43mm. Two historiated initials with full acanthus borders incorporating a historiated roundel, putti, birds and beasts, another historiated initial, 8 decorated 4- and 5-line initials with acanthus flourishing, illuminated initials and flourishing throughout. Later vellum over pasteboard.
Content: Calendar ff.1-12; Hours of the Virgin, with additional texts for feast days and specified weekdays ff.13-86 (opening imperfectly, misbound); Hours of the Cross ff.87 (opening imperfectly, f.119 a blank); Office of the Dead ff.123-179; Seven Penitential Psalms and Litany ff.181-209. The historiated initials depict a male saint (f.45), Golgotha (f.123) and King David (f.181).
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