[Book of hours] : [Use of Rome]

Name:

Catholic Church

Date:

1450

Description:

Miniature book of hours on parchment for the Use of Rome, made in northern Italy in the second half of the 15th century. Illuminated leaves at the beginning of the Hours of the Virgin, the Penitential Psalms, and the Office of the Dead, probably with miniatures, were removed and replaced with parchment leaves with text only, possibly in the 19th century (f. 13, 120, 150-151). Latin prayers for the Eucharist with Italian headings added at the end (f. 224r-227r), probably in the 19th century.

Language:

Latin

Provenance:

Formerly owned by P. Pacifico Luini, Milan (inscription in ink, f. iii verso).; Sold at auction by Venator & Hanstein (Cologne, Germany), sale 169 (30 September 2022), lot 342.; Luini, P. Pacifico, 19th century, former owner.

Relation:

The Constance L. Rosenthal Book Fund Home Page: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366271

Subject:

Catholic Church -- Prayers and devotions -- Latin

Form/Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts); books of hours; devotional calendars; Devotional literature; Prayers; Manuscripts, Latin; Manuscripts, Medieval; Manuscripts, Renaissance; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

227 leaves : parchment; 70 x 48 (40 x 28) mm bound to 71 x 54 mm

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Latin, with later title and instructions for one later prayer in Italian (f.226r-226v); Title supplied by cataloger.; Table of contents: 1. f.1r-12v: [Calendar] -- 2. f.13r-29v: Ad Matutinum -- 3. f.29v-47r: Ad Laudem -- 4. f.47r-53v: Ad Primam -- 5. f.53v-60r: Ad Tertiam -- 6. f.60r-65v: Ad Sextam -- 7. f.66r-72r: Ad Nonam -- 8. f.72r-83r: Ad Vesperas -- 9. f.83r-115v: Ad Completorium -- 10. f.116r-119v: Missa beate Marie virginis -- 11. f.120r-149v: Septem psalmi penitentiales cum litaniis -- 12. f.150v-206v: Officium defunctorum -- 13. 208r-212r : [Hours of the Cross] -- 14. f.213r-221r: Dulcissime Domine / Beatus Augustinus -- 15. f.221v-223v: Orationes -- 16. f.224r-227r: Orazione à Gesù Chisto [sic] .; Collation: Parchment, ii (19th-century (?) paper) + i (parchment) + 227 + iii (19th-century (?) paper); 1¹² 2-6⁸ 7-12¹⁰ 13⁸ 14⁸⁺¹(+9?) 15-16¹⁰ 17⁸⁺¹(+9) 18¹⁰ 19-22⁸ 23⁸⁻² (-7, -8 canceled) 24⁶ 25¹⁰ 26⁴; modern foliation in pencil, [i-iii, 1-227, i-iii], upper right recto.; Layout: Written in 13 long lines; ruled in lead with vertical bounding lines.; Script: Written in Gothic rotunda script by a single hand.; Decoration: 9 illuminated 3- to 6-line initials in pink, blue, green, red, and white on gold grounds with foliate extensions (f. 29v, 47r, 53v, 60r, 66r, 72r, 83r, 116r, 213v); 1- and 2-line initials alternating between red with purple penwork and blue with red penwork throughout; rubrication in red throughout.; Binding: Later full leather, blind-tooled and -stamped but very worn; spine leather cracked vertically.; Origin: Written in northern Italy (Venator & Hanstein) after 1450 (inclusion of Saint Bernardino of Siena, canonized 1450, in calendar, f. 5v).; Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Constance L. Rosenthal Book Fund.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 2136

Collection:

Constance L. Rosenthal Book Fund