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Manuscript/Mixed Material [Book of hours: use of Sarum]

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Title

  • [Book of hours: use of Sarum]

Names

  • Catholic Church

Created / Published

  • [Bruges], [1430-1440]

Notes

  • -  Ms. Codex.
  • -  Layout: Single column of twenty-one lines, ruled in purple ink; written area: 115 x 80 mm.
  • -  Script: Gothic textura.
  • -  Decoration: 16 large miniatures Illuminated by a follower of the Masters of the Gold Scrolls (active 1415-1455).
  • -  Binding: Brown morocco binding by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. 'Sangorski & Sutcliffe' in gilt lettering to the inner front board.
  • -  Use: English use indicated by the presence of the following feasts: Octave of St. Thomas Becket (5 January), St. Wulstan (19 January), St. Julianus (17 April), St. Elphege (19 April), St. John of Beverly (7 May), Translatio of St. Andrew (9 May ), St. Dunstan (19 May), Translatio of St. Thomas Becket in red (7 July 7), St. Philibert (20 August), St. Bernard in red (25 August), Translation of St. Hugh (6 October), St. Osyth (7 October), St. Paulinus (10 October), St. Wilfrid (12 October), Translatio of St. Ethelreda (17 October), St. Friedswide (19 October), St. Germanus (30 October), St. Hugh in red (17 November), St. Edmund (20 November), St. Birinus (3 December), St. Thomas Becket in red (29 December).
  • -  Contents: Complete calendar (1r-6v). Suffrages (7r-23r) include large miniatures of St. Thomas Becket (8v), St. Christopher (10v), St. Mary Magdalen (12v), St. Katherine of Alexandria (14v). Hours of the Virgin (24v-61r) Include large miniature of the Agony in the Garden (24v), the Betrayal (30v), Christ before Pontius Pilate (41v), the Flagellation (44v), Christ Carrying the Cross (48v), the Crucifixion (51v), the Deposition (54v), and the Entombment (57v). Bonaventure's Carmina super Canticum Salve Regina (63v-71r) includes a large miniature of St. Anna with the Virgin Mary and Christ child with fruit (63v). The Seven Joys of the Virgin Mary (incipit: virgo templum trinitatis 72v-75r) includes a large miniature of the Annunciation (72v). The Penitential Psalms (84v-92r) includes a large miniature of the Last Judgement (84v). Litany (92r-98v). Office of the Dead (105v-116v) includes a large miniature of a funeral (105v). The Commendation of Souls (117v-127v) includes a large miniature of a soul being lifted by Angels (117v). Psalter of the Passion (128r-131v). Prayer to St. Jerome (132r-142v). Psalter of St. Jerome (134v-142v) includes a large miniature of St. Jerome in his study (105v).
  • -  Ex libris Crewe Hall with coat of arms encircled by the motto: sequor nec inferior.

Medium

  • 142 leaves, parchment : illustrations ; 20 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Ms. 213

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2020657363

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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Catholic Church. Book of hours: use of Sarum. [Bruges, to 1440, 1420] Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2020657363/.

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Catholic Church. (1420) Book of hours: use of Sarum. [Bruges, to 1440] [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2020657363/.

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Catholic Church. Book of hours: use of Sarum. [Bruges, to 1440, 1420] Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2020657363/>.