University of Pennsylvania Libraries (contributor); Temple University Libraries, Special Collections Research Center (contributor)
Date:
1450
Description:
Special Collections Research Center, SPC.MSS.133. France, Written and illuminated in the Lorraine or Champagne regions of northeastern France, circa 1450-1475, with later notes added circa 1500; second half 15th century. This book of hours was made in northeastern France following the Use of Toul in the Hours of the Virgin and Office of the Dead, with Infancy Cycle miniatures for the Hours of the Virgin. The calendar, brief Hours of the Cross and Hours of the Holy Spirit precede the Hours of the Virgin, with the Penitential Psalms, Litany, and Office of the Dead following, along with various prayers in Latin and French. The usual Marian prayer O intemerata and Gospel readings from Matthew, Mark, and Luke are not present. A bifolium in a later hand (circa 1500) from another manuscript with suffrages to Saints Michael, John the Baptist, John the Evangelist, and Peter and Paul (fol. 123r-124r) is at the end of the volume.
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