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BOOK OF HOURS, use of Rome, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum [northern Italy, c.1475]
A fine Italian Book of Hours enlivened by eight glowing initials illuminated in the northern Italian style.
161 x 112mm. i + 193 + ii (modern foliation 1-194 followed here), 14 lines, ruled space: 86 x 60mm, illuminated initials throughout, eight large decorated initials (4- to 6-line) with border flourishing on ff. 24, 48, 53v, 58v, 63v, 68v, 77v, 93, (lacking three leaves). 18th-century red gilt calf (stain to front cover).
Provenance: Bookplate of Robert Chambers (perhaps the Scottish publisher, 1802-1871).
Content: Calendar ff.1-12; Office of the Virgin ff.13-92 (lacking opening leaf of Matins); Mass of the Virgin ff.93-98; Gospel lessons ff.98-104; Office of the Dead, incorporating the Penitential Psalms ff.105-174 (lacking opening leaf); Litany and Suffrages ff.174v-186; Hours of the Cross ff.186-192 (lacking opening leaf); blanks ff.193-4.
The style of the initials is typical of that seen across northern Italy around the middle of the second half of the fifteenth century, both in Books of Hours and choirbooks. The present examples are quite fine, with delicately applied gold leaf and intricate patterning.
A fine Italian Book of Hours enlivened by eight glowing initials illuminated in the northern Italian style.
161 x 112mm. i + 193 + ii (modern foliation 1-194 followed here), 14 lines, ruled space: 86 x 60mm, illuminated initials throughout, eight large decorated initials (4- to 6-line) with border flourishing on ff. 24, 48, 53v, 58v, 63v, 68v, 77v, 93, (lacking three leaves). 18th-century red gilt calf (stain to front cover).
Provenance: Bookplate of Robert Chambers (perhaps the Scottish publisher, 1802-1871).
Content: Calendar ff.1-12; Office of the Virgin ff.13-92 (lacking opening leaf of Matins); Mass of the Virgin ff.93-98; Gospel lessons ff.98-104; Office of the Dead, incorporating the Penitential Psalms ff.105-174 (lacking opening leaf); Litany and Suffrages ff.174v-186; Hours of the Cross ff.186-192 (lacking opening leaf); blanks ff.193-4.
The style of the initials is typical of that seen across northern Italy around the middle of the second half of the fifteenth century, both in Books of Hours and choirbooks. The present examples are quite fine, with delicately applied gold leaf and intricate patterning.
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