Manuscript, on parchment, incomplete, of a book of hours, probably Use of Châlons. It contains a calendar (1r-12v); the Hours of the Virgin in the Use of Châlons (13r-70v); Hours of the Cross and Hours of the Holy Spirit (71r-78v); Seven Penetential Psalms (79r-98v); and the Office of the Dead (99r-138v).
Description:
In Latin., Bookseller description available., Script: gothica textualis semi-quadrata., Layout: single column, 14 lines., Decoration: Many small decorated initials, gilt, or with contrasting red and blue penwork; some two-line decorated initials, also gilt. Nearly all pages have one margin filled with an ivyleaf border with gold leaves and colored blossoms. Nine large miniatures accompanied by large gold initials and full gold borders: Annunciation (13r); Nativity (40v); the angel and the shepherds (47r); Presentation in the temple (55v); Coronation of Mary (66r); Crucifixion (71r); Pentecost (76r); David repenting (79r); Mass for the dead with mourners and clerics (99r)., and Binding: eighteenth-century full blind-tooled brown leather, rebacked: spine title "HORAE" on modern spine. Marbled endpapers.
Manuscript on parchment (trimmed) of a Book of Hours, use of Paris. Includes a Full calendar, Fifteen Joys of the Virgin, Seven Requests, and a sonnet, all in French
Description:
In Latin and French., Script: Written in Gothic bookhand., Sixteen miniatures from the workshops of the Lucon Master and the Master of the Duke of Bedford, in blue, pink, and gold arched frames, some with cusping. Each miniature with a lavish acanthus border incorporating arms on ff. 77r and 93r. Text pages with a 3/4 bar border, pink, blue and gold, with interlace knots at corners and terminals and delicate rinceaux, in two sizes on different folios. 3-line initials at text opening, two historiated: f. 77r and f. 93r; f. 51r with a blue and gold diapered ground; the remainder, blue with white highlights or in pink and blue acanthus filled with ivy, with blue and orange leaves, on gold, against pink, blue and/or gold grounds with white filigree; framed in gold, often with small ivy or acanthus serifs. 4- to 2-line initials in text and KL monograms, pink or blue with white highlights, filled with ivy, as above. 1-line initials blue, pink and gold with white filigree. Line endings, blue, pink and gold, three (ff. 57r, 102r, 102v) signed by Petrus Gilberti, known to have signed line-endings in at least four other manuscripts. Rubrics throughout., and Binding: 18th-19th centuries. Gilt edges. Red velvet with a silver fastening and a silver medallion, with unidentified male figure preaching, in center of upper board.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):
Books of hours, Devotional literature, French, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, and Manuscripts, Medieval
In Latin., Script: copied by one hand in Northern Gothica Textualis Formata, in two sizes., Rich decoration: 1-line versals and 2-line initials, both of the dentelle type; 2-line KL-monograms of the same type in the Calendar. Floral outer margin borders normally on the pages with 2-line initials. Four-margins borders and miniatures above 3 lines of text opening with a 3-line foliate initial, on ff. 13r (Annuntiation), 25r (Visitation), 38r (Crucifixion), 39v (Pentecost), 41r (Nativity), 46r (Annuntiation to the Shepherds), 50r (Adoration of the Magi), 58v (Flight into Egypt), 65r (Coronation of the Virgin), 76r (Saint John on Patmos), 99r (Funeral mass). The miniatures are rounded at the top. The borders contain acanths and a multitude of gold vine and other leaves, flowers, animals, hybrids and monsters. The artist is said to be Péronet Lamy, an illuminator in the service of the Dukes of Savoy in the second quarter of the fifteenth century., and Binding: contemporary binding: brown calf over rounded wooden boards. Both covers entirely blind-tooled with rows of juxtaposed stamps: monkeys and fleurs-de-lys in the central panel; rosettes and phoenix(?) in the frame. Clasps missing.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):
Books of hours, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, and Manuscripts, Medieval
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
Manuscript on parchment. The illumination is influenced by the style of Jean Fouquet (d. 1480) and the manuscript belongs to a group that has been called the "Fouquet Workshop Books of Hours".
Description:
In Latin., Script: The Calendar is copied by a scribe writing Northern Gothica Textualis Formata, Variant III in the Oeser system; the text is by another scribe, writing Variant IV in the Oeser system, in two sizes., Headings in red. Heightening of the majuscules in yellow. Rectangular line-fillers in blue and red with white pernwork and some gold. 1-line dentelle initials with a blue and red background. 2-line foliate initials alternately in blue and red. These are accompanied by a rectangular unframed outer-margin acanthus border. Arch-topped miniatures above three lines of text, with 3-line foliate initial and full acanthus border, framed in red and often containing grotesques., and Binding: ca. 1600. Brown morocco over pasteboard, covers and spine elaborately gold-tooled. 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
Manuscript on parchment of a Book of Hours with full calendar, Fifteen Joys of the Virgin, Seven Requests, and a sonnet, all in French. The volume was misbound, with many folios out of order; it was corrected by N. R. Ker in 1971
Description:
In Latin., Script: Written in gothic script of two sizes, verging on batarde, by one person., Two miniatures (ff. 84r and 131r) of poor quality remain. The location of the other miniatures can no longer be determined due to rebinding. On f. 84r Pentecost, in an arched frame; miniature and text in a 3/4 bar border, gold with flowers, attached to an historiated initial (Dove) and a full acanthus border (blue and beige acanthus, flowers, birds, and gold dots) with four scenes inserted in corners, clockwise from lower right: Christ on the road to Emmaus, Christ appearing to Mary Magdelen, Noli me tangere, and the Ascension; the entirety within a blue bounding line. On f. 131r the Virgin and Child enthroned, with two angels in a thick brown arched frame; miniatures and text in a 3/4 border, a twig with branches lopped off, in blue with white highlights, attached to an historiated initial (Joseph) and a full acanthus border, as above, with a green bounding line. 6-line historiated initial in the same style on f. 139v, with St. Dionysius and his companions, Rusticus and Eleutherius. On all other pages, outer margin, traced border as above, with green bounding line, except ff. 23-29 (quire III), in red. 2-line initials, blue or pink with white highlights on gold ground, filled with flowers, fruit, or ivy. 1-line initials and line-endings, gold on pink and blue grounds, with white highlights. KL monograms in Calendar, as 2-line initials; names of months, dates, and important feasts in gold; other feasts alternately in red and blue., Water damage on ff. 2 and 3; portion of border on f. 35 cut out; last folio damaged by moisture and acid., and Binding: 1976. Dark brown calf over wooden boards, blind-tooled. Bound in Yale Library Conservation Studio. Previous French binding, 19th century, boxed with the codex.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):
Books of hours, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscript on parchment of Book of Hours, with Full calendar in French
Description:
In Latin and French., Script: Written in elegant batarde., Fourteen full-page miniatures in elaborate architectural frames, gold, with marbelized columns on plinths capped with a lintel or arched, scalloped or triangular pediments, with swags and putti. Twenty-five small miniatures, 13- or 12-line, in black and gold frames, one, f. 106v in a gold and magenta arched frame. Calendar with twenty-four small miniatures in upright rectangular brown and gold frames in outer margin; occupations of the months on rectos, signs of zodiac on versos. 6-line initials with full-page miniatures, blue curling scrolls filled with red, blue and green flowers against gold or gold flowers against red; red and gold grounds with gold filigree. 3- to 1-line initials, gold, against red or blue grounds. Line-fillers and KL monograms in the same manner. Feasts alternate red and blue, with important feasts in gold. Rubrics throughout., and Binding: 18th-19th centuries. Brown calf, gold-tooled, in a reddish-brown gold-tooled box lined with a paste paper. Traces of two fastenings.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):
Books of hours, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscript on parchment of a Book of Hours. With Calendar, Fifteen Joys of the Virgin, and Seven Requests, all in French
Description:
In Latin and French., Script: Written in liturgical gothic bookhand in two sizes, by a single scribe. Prayers (ff. 1r-2v, 49r-v, 101r-103r) added in an informal batarde script, apparently by a single person., The manuscript originally contained the full complement of miniatures; their removal (following ff. 8, 13, 22, 33, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 49, 61, 64, and 87) is indicated by stubs, missing bifolios and breaks in the text. The remaining decoration consists of compartmentalized borders typical of late 15th-century Rouen manuscripts. One full border (f. 3r) in red bounding lines with pink and blue acanthus leaves on a gold ground, alternating with flowers and strawberries on parchment ground, filled in with black and gold dots; three borders (ff. 4r, 6r, 7r) in outer margin only. 3/4 band borders (with 5- and 4- line initials); single bands in outer margin (with 2-line initials); additional small bands occur when 2-line initial is on a recto. Borders are traced whenever they occur on recto and verso of same leaf; all with blue and gold acanthus leaves, flowers on parchment ground, filler as for full border. Many pages have no border. Initials, 5-, 4-, 2-, and 1-line, gold, on blue and red grounds with white highlights; 4-line initials, blue on a gold ground, filled with red and blue trilobe leaves in lattices; the 2-line initials occasionally with a narrow border in inner margin with flowers, black hair-spray, and gold dots (red bounding lines). Ribbon and quatrelobe line-fillers in gold, blue, and red, highlighted in white. Rubrics in orange-tinted red. Calendar has months, dates, and important feasts in gold; other feasts alternately in blue and red. Most spaces for initials within the added prayers have not been filled., and Binding: Seventeenth century. Dark red goatskin, gold-tooled, with a smooth spine.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):
Books of hours, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a missal containing: Mass for Mary from the Nativity to the Purification; Mass for Mary from the Purification to Easter; Mass for Mary from Easter to Pentecost; and Mass for the patron saint of the church
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in two sizes of gothic script (littera textualis formata), with a slightly smaller script for chants., and Decoration: 2- and 3-line initials are in gold on ground of blue and purple decorated with white penwork; 1-line capitals including the first letter after the initials in gold are in brown filled with yellow wash; rubrics written in red or in brown underlined with red and are in the same script as the text; punctuated with the punctus, punctus elevatus, and punctus interrogativus; hyphenation is in the same ink as the text; the use of "Ff" suggests England.
In Latin., Script: Copied by one hand in Northern Gothica Textualis Formata. Rubrics in Gothica Hybrida Formata (Bastarda). Music notation in Nota Quadrata., Red rubrics. Heightening of majuscules in yellow. Alternately red and blue1-line plain initials on ff. 176r-177r. Flourished initials (height: 1 stave + 1 text line) alternately red with purple penwork and blue with red penwork. Cadels (same size) in a rectangular frame decorated with foliage on a yellow background. On f. 1r damaged large golden initial (2 staves + 2 lines of text) on a blue background containing coat of arms of Hugo Gontard, a canon in the collegiate church of St. Genesius (St. Genez) at Clermont-Ferrand in 1515 and "abbot" of the said church, 1519-1545., Many pages badly damaged and faded, especially f. 1r., and Binding: Nineteenth century. Marbled leather over cardboard, repaired. Gold-tooled spine with title on red leather label: "LIVRE D'HEURES". Brown marbled paper endpapers.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):
Liturgy, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, Music, and Processionals (Liturgical books)