Collection ID: 0023 | Metadata type: TEI | TEI XML | Data

Title

Book of Hours, Use of Besançon?

Other related names

• Richardson, Thomas F., former owner
• Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932, former owner (http://viaf.org/viaf/63874811)
• Lewis, Anne Baker, former owner

Funders

• Council on Library and Information Resources

Call number

Lewis E 85
(Philadelphia, United States, Free Library of Philadelphia, John Frederick Lewis Collection of European Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• deRicci: 58

Publisher

Free Library of Philadelphia

Language

Latin

Origin

Place

Besançon?, France

Summary

This Book of Hours, produced around 1430, is likely for the Use of Besançon. The text of the Hours of the Virgin is corrupted and only includes seven hours. Seven miniatures are included for the Hours of the Virgin, preceded by a miniature of Saint John the Baptist in the guise of John the Evangelist, and followed by a miniature of the penitent King David. The calendar, which contains many saints local to Besançon, is a separate textual unit.

Notes

• The text of the Hours of the Virgin is corrupt; it follows Besançon use in Matins, Lauds, Nones, Vespers, and Compline with slight variation; there are, however, only seven hours: Matins, Lauds, Vespers, and Compline have rubrics; Nones is complete according to Besançon use; the remaining three hours are combined into two hours which share antiphons, capitula, and prayers usually found separately in the Prime, Terce, Sext sequence of Besançon use; it appears the scribe has mistakenly merged these three hours into two
   
• In the calendar and Litany local Besançon saints predominate, including Maimbodus, Prothadius, Ferreolus and Ferrucius, Antidius, Claudius, Desideratus, and Agapitus
   

Extent

Iii+162+iii; 132 x 92 mm bound to 138 x 101 mm

Foliation

Modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto

Collation

1-2 (8), 3 (2), 4 (4), 5-13 (8), 14 (6), 15 (10), 16 (8), 17 (10, -10), 18 (10), 19-20 (8), 21 (10, -10)

Support

Parchment

Catchwords

Original catchwords in ink, lower right at fols. 38v, 46v, 54v, 62v, 70v, 78v, 86v, 94v, 100v, 110v, 118v, 137v, 145v, 153v

Binding

Modern dark red morocco stamped in black, all edges gilt, decorated clasps

Layout

One column of eleven lines, frame ruled in purple ink; calendar ruled in red; written area: 72 x 49 mm

Decoration

Nine large illuminated miniatures, some with natural backgrounds, others with grounds checkered in red, blue, and gold, all with decorative initials and within full-page borders; ornamental initials and line-fillers in red, gold, and blue; rubrication in red

Script

Gothic--textualis

Provenance

• Given by John Frederick Lewis's widow, Anne Baker Lewis, to the Free Library of Philadelphia in 1936
   

Keywords

• Book of Hours
• 15th century
• Miniature
• Illumination
• Illustration
• France
• French
• Christian
• Private devotional text
• Devotion
• Liturgy

Licenses

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Table of contents

• fol. 1r — Calendar
• fol. 19r — Gospel Lessons
• fol. 31r — Hours of the Virgin, Use of Besançon?
• fol. 128r — Penitential Psalms, Litany, and Prayers

Decorations

• fol. 1r — Two line illuminated initials KL
• fol. 2v — Two line illuminated initials KL
• fol. 4r — Two line illuminated initials KL
• fol. 5v — Two line illuminated initials KL
• fol. 7r — Two line illuminated initials KL
• fol. 8v — Two line illuminated initials KL
• fol. 10r — Two line illuminated initials KL
• fol. 11v — Two line illuminated initials KL
• fol. 13r — Two line illuminated initials KL
• fol. 14v — Two line illuminated initials KL
• fol. 16r — Two line illuminated initials KL
• fol. 17v — Two line illuminated initials KL
• fol. 19r — Large miniature, John the Baptist (in place of John the Evangelist)
• fol. 19r — Border decoration
• fol. 19r — Three line Illuminated initial I
• fol. 21v — Two line illuminated initial P
• fol. 22r — Two line illuminated initial E
• fol. 23r — Two line illuminated initial I
• fol. 25r — Two line illuminated initial C
• fol. 27r — Two line illuminated initial I
• fol. 31r — Large miniature, Annunciation
• fol. 31r — Border decoration
• fol. 31r — Three line Illuminated initial D
• fol. 31v — Two line illuminated initial D
• fol. 32r — Two line illuminated initial U
• fol. 34v — Two line illuminated initial Q
• fol. 37v — Two line illuminated initial C
• fol. 40v — Two line illuminated initial D
• fol. 42v — Two line illuminated initial P
• fol. 43r — Two line illuminated initial O
• fol. 44r — Two line illuminated initial O
• fol. 45r — Two line illuminated initial O
• fol. 45v — Two line illuminated initial T
• fol. 49v — Large miniature, Visitation
• fol. 49v — Border decoration
• fol. 49v — Three line Illuminated initial D
• fol. 50r — Two line illuminated initial D
• fol. 51v — Two line illuminated initial I
• fol. 52v — Two line illuminated initial D
• fol. 54v — Two line illuminated initial D
• fol. 56r — Two line illuminated initial B
• fol. 59r — Two line illuminated initial L
• fol. 62v — Two line illuminated initial L
• fol. 64r — Two line illuminated initial U
• fol. 64r — Two line illuminated initial O
• fol. 65v — Two line illuminated initial B
• fol. 68v — Two line illuminated initial D
• fol. 68v — Two line illuminated initial C
• fol. 70v — Large miniature, Nativity
• fol. 70v — Border decoration
• fol. 70v — Three line Illuminated initial D
• fol. 71r — Two line illuminated initial U
• fol. 72v — Two line illuminated initial L
• fol. 73r — Two line illuminated initial A
• fol. 74r — Two line illuminated initial L
• fol. 75v — Two line illuminated initial L
• fol. 77v — Two line illuminated initial A
• fol. 79r — Two line illuminated initial C
• fol. 79r — Two line illuminated initial E
• fol. 80v — Large miniature, Annunciation to the Shepherds
• fol. 80v — Border decoration
• fol. 80v — Three line Illuminated initial D
• fol. 81r — Two line illuminated initial U
• fol. 82v — Two line illuminated initial A
• fol. 83v — Two line illuminated initial A
• fol. 85r — Two line illuminated initial Q
• fol. 86r — Two line illuminated initial E
• fol. 87r — Two line illuminated initial D
• fol. 87v — Two line illuminated initial C
• fol. 87v — Two line illuminated initial E
• fol. 89r — Large miniature, Adoration of the Magi
• fol. 89r — Border decoration
• fol. 89r — Three line Illuminated initial D
• fol. 89v — Two line illuminated initial U
• fol. 90v — Two line illuminated initial I
• fol. 92r — Two line illuminated initial N
• fol. 93v — Two line illuminated initial B
• fol. 95r — Two line illuminated initial E
• fol. 95v — Two line illuminated initial D
• fol. 96r — Two line illuminated initial C
• fol. 96v — Two line illuminated initial E
• fol. 97r — Two line illuminated initial U
• fol. 98v — Two line illuminated initial S
• fol. 99r — Two line illuminated initial D
• fol. 100v — Two line illuminated initial D
• fol. 101v — Two line illuminated initial E
• fol. 102r — Two line illuminated initial D
• fol. 102v — Two line illuminated initial C
• fol. 103r — Two line illuminated initial E
• fol. 104r — Large miniature, Presentation in the Temple
• fol. 104r — Border decoration
• fol. 104r — Three line Illuminated initial D
• fol. 104v — Two line illuminated initial D
• fol. 106r — Two line illuminated initial L
• fol. 107v — Two line illuminated initial L
• fol. 109r — Two line illuminated initial N
• fol. 110v — Two line illuminated initial L
• fol. 112v — Two line illuminated initial B
• fol. 113r — Two line illuminated initial A
• fol. 114v — Two line illuminated initial M
• fol. 116v — Two line illuminated initial D
• fol. 116v — Two line illuminated initial C
• fol. 117r — Two line illuminated initial E
• fol. 119r — Large miniature, Coronation of the Virgin
• fol. 119r — Border decoration
• fol. 119r — Three line Illuminated initial C
• fol. 120r — Two line illuminated initial M
• fol. 122v — Two line illuminated initial E
• fol. 123v — Two line illuminated initial E
• fol. 124v — Two line illuminated initial U
• fol. 125r — Two line illuminated initial S
• fol. 125r — Two line illuminated initial N
• fol. 126r — Two line illuminated initial U
• fol. 126v — Two line illuminated initial G
• fol. 127r — Two line illuminated initial B
• fol. 128r — Large miniature, King David Penitent
• fol. 128r — Border decoration
• fol. 128r — Three line Illuminated initial D
• fol. 130r — Two line illuminated initial B
• fol. 132r — Two line illuminated initial D
• fol. 135v — Two line illuminated initial M
• fol. 139r — Two line illuminated initial D
• fol. 143r — Two line illuminated initial D
• fol. 144r — Two line illuminated initial D
• fol. 146v — Two line illuminated initial K
• fol. 156r — Two line illuminated initial P
• fol. 157v — Two line illuminated initial O