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1. Hours, use of Amiens
- Published / Created:
- [between 1425 and 1450]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 505
- Image Count:
- 304
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment. Includes Calendar, Fifteen Joys of the Virgin, and Seven Requests to the Lord, all in French
- Description:
- In Latin and French., Script: Written in Northern Gothica Textualis Formata by two hands, marked by a different use of the two forms of a. Hand A, the main scribe, using almost only double-bow a, copied ff. 1r-21v11; 33r-108v11; 125r-144v. Hand B, who normally writes box-a, copied ff. 21v12-32v; 108v12-124v., Illuminated leaves have been excised after ff. 14, 58, 86, 94, 137., Headings in blue or red ink. The majuscules are heightened in yellow. The decoration consists of line-fillers in gold and blue and red paint and the following initial types: (1) dentelle initials, 1 line; (2) foliate initials, 2 lines; (3) foliate initials, 4 lines, always accompanied by full acanthus borders and, except on f. 142r, by a picture in an arched compartment above 5 lines of text. Seven of these miniatures remain. The borders are framed in gold ink. All ordinary text pages, including the Calendar, have unframed outer margin borders the height of the text area, with patterns traced from rectos to versos., and Binding: Nineteenth century (?). Red velvet over cardboard boards, on which the original decorated gilt brass bosses (4 corner pieces and a central piece) and one decorated clasp in the same material, fixed to the rear cover, have been mounted. Yellow silk pastedowns. Gilt edges.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Catholic Church
- Subject (Topic):
- Books of hours, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Hours, use of Amiens
2. Livre de bonnes meurs
- Creator:
- Legrand, Jacques, approximately 1365-1415
- Published / Created:
- [1425-1475]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 905
- Image Count:
- 115
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper of Jacques Legrand (c. 1360-1415/1418), Livre de bonnes meurs
- Description:
- In French., Script: copied by the unrecorded scribe Lambert in Gothica Cursiva Libraria/Currens (Bastarda)., Watermarks: two parallel keys, Briquet 3818; three monograms, var. Briquet 9746 (DP) and 9913-9916., Red paragraph marks, red stroking of the majuscules and of the punctuation marks. The words following a majuscule are generally written in large and narrow Gothica Textualis and barred with horizontal parallel red lines. 2-line plain initials in red, with guide letters (3-line on ff. 2r and 3r)., and Binding: 21st century. Bound in paper cover.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Legrand, Jacques, approximately 1365-1415.
- Subject (Topic):
- Didactic literature, French and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Livre de bonnes meurs