Book of Hours, use of Tournai


Description

Title
Book of Hours, use of Tournai
Published / Created
between 1500 and 1525
Publication Place
Bruges
Description
Binding: Partly original binding in blind-tooled brown calf by the Bruges binder Ludovicus Bloc (1484-1529). The original binding is inset in brown morocco by F. Bedford (?) On each cover a panel with eight animals in tendrils, surrounded by the inscription in Roman Capitals Ob laudem Christi librum hunc recte ligavi Ludovicus Bloc, is stamped four times; between the upper and the lower panel imprints is a five-compartment frieze containing animals. On the modern blind-tooled spine gold-tooled modern inscriptions HORAE / B.V.M. / TORNACENSIS and MS./ BRUGES / C. 1520. Gilt and gauffered edges. White parchment endleaves.
Blanks not digitized. ff. 1v-3v, 16v, 19v, 47v, 131v, 196r-201v lined only, not digitized.
Cite as: Book of Hours, Use of Tournai. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Headings in red. Lavish decoration in Ghent-Bruges style. Rectangular line-fillers in red, blue, green and gold. Trompe-l'oeil initials (1 line, 2 lines, 3 lines (rarely), 5 lines) consist of twisted branches in mat gold projecting shadow on a square background in red, blue or green. Full-page miniatures are painted on the verso of inserted singletons and are framed by four-margin borders which have their counterpart on the facing text page. Text miniatures (height: 7-8 lines) are painted in regular quires and are accompanied by four-margins, mostly floral borders.
In Latin with some Dutch headings.
Manuscript on parchment. Collation impossible due to the tight binding. The full-page pictures are executed on the verso of inserted singletons, the recto of which is blank. Many blank parchment leaves inserted in modern times (they are included in the foliation). Copied by one Northern scribe writing Southern Textualis Formata (Rotunda) with some Humanistic features (Capital A, straight d alternating with Gothic d).
The Calendar points to the diocese of Tournai and probably to Bruges, although important saints venerated in that city are missing (Basilius, Donatian), while Bavo (Ghent) is prominent. Text and headings contain numerous errors and the illumination is of strikingly uneven quality.
Extent
ff. ii + 201 + ii : parchment ; 185 x 120 mm.
Extent of Digitization
Completely digitized
Language
Dutch; Flemish
Latin

Collection Information

Call Number
Beinecke MS 663

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Format
mixed material
Genre
Decorated initials
Illuminated manuscripts
Manuscripts, Medieval
Miniatures (Illuminations)
Resource Type
Archives or Manuscripts
Subject (Name)
Catholic Church
Subject (Topic)
Books of hours--16th century
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscripts, Medieval -- Connecticut -- New Haven

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
9616583
OID
9998937
More Information
https://pre1600ms.beinecke.library.yale.edu/docs/pre1600.ms663.htm

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