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Books of hours.

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Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Books containing the prescribed order of prayers, readings from the Scripture, and rites for the canonical hours.

Found in 64 Collections and/or Records:

15th-century book of hours, according to the Use of Paris, written in France.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.18.8.12
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Calendar in French in red and black. Entries in red include Saints Eloi (24 June) and Marcel (3 November) (folio 2).(ii) Hours of the Blessed Virgin Mary (folio 14).(iii) Penitential Psalms and Litany (folio 54).(iv) Hours of the Cross (folio 72).(v) Hours of the Holy Ghost (folio 76).(vi) Office of the Dead (folio 79 verso).(vii) The Sept Requestes and a hymn to the Cross in...
Dates: 15th century.

15th-century book of hours, according to the Use of Paris, written in France.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.18.8.13
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Calendar in French, in red, blue and gold (folio 1). Entries in gold include Saints Genevieve (3 January), Stephen (3 August), Lupus and Giles (1 September) and Denis (9 October). St Martial appears in red on 26 July.(ii) Sequences of the Gospels (folio 14).(iii) `Obsecro te` (in the masculine form), `O intemerata` (in the feminine form) and suffrages to St Sebastian. (folio 20 verso)(iv) Hours of the Blessed...
Dates: 15th century.

15th-century book of hours, according to the Use of Rome, written in Italy.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.18.8.15
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Hours of the Blessed Virgin Mary (folio 1). The Te Deum at Matins is replaced by the canticle ‘Te matrem laudamus’. The Hours are followed (folio 77 verso) by the same office for Advent.(ii) Gradual and Penitential Psalms (folio 95 verso).(iii) Litany and prayers (folio 128).(iv) Office of the Dead (folio 141 verso).(v) Hours of the Cross (folio 199 verso).(vi) Office of the Cross (folio...
Dates: 15th century.

15th century Book of Hours, probably from north-eastern France., 15th century.

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Identifier: Acc.12059/2
Scope and Contents The contents of the volume are as follows:Calendar (the feasts of Saint Eligius, Bishop of Noyon and Tournai, are in red: 23 June, 1 December); Hours of the Cross (beginning missing); Mass of the Virgin; Sequences of the Gospels; Hours of the Virgin (use of Rome); Office for Advent; Penitential Psalms; Litany; Office of the Dead.The miniatures include the Nativity, showing the Virgin reading and Saint Joseph seated by a fire, and the Resurrection of the Dead...
Dates: 15th century.

'Bohun Psalter' made in England in the late 14th-century for Eleanor de Bohun, Duchess of Gloucester.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.18.6.5
Scope and Contents The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) Calendar in black, blue and red (folio 3). Entries in red include Saints Edward (18 March) and Dunstan (19 May), `Depositio sancti Augustini` (26 May), ordination of St Gregory (3 September) and translations of Saints Hugh (6 October) and Edward (13 October).(ii) Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary for Advent (folio 9) and from Christmas to the Purification (folio 11 verso).(iii) Confession, attributed in the...
Dates: Late 14th century.

Book of hours., 15th century.

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Identifier: MS.5765
Scope and Contents Contains the following:(i) Hours of the Blessed Virgin Mary and of the Cross, according to the Use of Sarum (folio 1); (ii) Prayers, part of the Office of the Dead (apparently not of Sarum Use), psalms and suffrages of saints (folio 50); (iii) Penitential Psalms (folio 89); (iv) Psalms 132-134 (folio 99); (v) The Litany, which does not include any English saints (folio 102); (vi) 'Ave Maria' and the Creed (folio 111 verso); (vii) Fragment of a fourteenth-century glossed text of...
Dates: 15th century.

Book of hours, according to the use of Amiens.

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Identifier: MS.8893
Scope and Contents (i) Calendar in French in red and black. Entries in red include Saints Firmin (13 January, 1 and 25 September) and Fuscian (11 December). A table for determining the date of Easter is included in March. (Folio 1.) (ii) St John's Gospel, I, volumes 1-14, and prayers. (Folio 13.) (iii) Hours of the Blessed Virgin Mary. (Folio 17.) (iv) Hours of the Cross. (Folio 76.) (v) Hours of the Holy Ghost. (Folio 88.) (vi) 'Deus propicius esto', 'Obsecro te' and Suffrages, including Saints Fiacre and...
Dates: 15th century.

Book of hours, according to the Use of Paris.

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Identifier: MS.10981
Scope and Contents (i) Suffrage to St Anthony and a prayer to the Virgin, 'Veni vena venie'. (Folio 1.) (ii) Sequences of the Gospels. (Folio 3.) (iii) 'Obsecro te' and 'O intemerata'. (Folio 9.) (iv) Hours of the Virgin. (Folio 17.) (v) Penitential psalms, litany hymn 'Salve sancta caro Dei' (U. Chevatier, ‘Repertorium hymnologicum’ (Louvain, 1892-1921), number 18175) and prayers (Folio 80.) (vi) Hours of the Cross. Matins and Lauds are missing. (Folio 106.) (vii) Hours of the Holy Ghost. Matins and Lauds and...
Dates: 1st half of 15th century.

Book of hours, according to the Use of Rome, probably written in Padua.

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Identifier: MS.9742
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows. (i) Hours of the Virgin. (Folio 1 verso.) (ii) Penitential Psalms and Litany. (Folio 97.) (iii) Mass of the Virgin from the Common of Saints. The text up to the Gospel has been deleted with red paint. (Folio 129.) (iv) Hours of the Cross. (Folio 133.) (v) Hours of the Holy Ghost. (Folio 138.) (vi) Office of the Dead. (Folio 145.)Written in littera semi-gothica textualis. Folio 9 appears to have been written after folio 10. Folios 94 verso-96, 128,...
Dates: 2nd half of 15th century.

Book of hours, according to the Use of Rome, written in Florence.

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Identifier: MS.9743
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows.(i) Calendar in red and brown, KL monograms in blue. Entries include Saints Aquilinus (15 May, in red), Clare of Assisi (12 August), and Nicholas of Tolentino (10 September). Folios 13-14 are blank but ruled. (Folio 1.)(ii) Hours of the Virgin. (Folio 15.)(iii) Office of the Dead. (Folio 81.)(iv) Penitential Psalms and Litany. (Folio 119.)(v) Hours of the Cross. (Folio 140.)(vi) Hours of the...
Dates: [Circa 1450-circa 1460.]

Book of hours according to the Use of Rome, written in France., [Circa 1500.]

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Identifier: MS.1903
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Hours of the Blessed Virgin Mary (folio 1);(ii) Hours of the Holy Cross (folio 51);(iii) Hours of the Holy Ghost (folio 54);(iv) Penitential Psalms (folio 57); Litany (folio 67);(v) Office of the Dead (folio 73); Sequences of the Gospels (folio 98); Eight Verses of St Bernard (folio 102);(vi) Prayers, 'Obsecro te' (folio 104) and 'O intemerata' (folio 108); 'Les sept ioies principales de...
Dates: [Circa 1500.]

Book of hours, according to the Use of Rome, written in northern France., Late 15th century.

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Identifier: MS.6130
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Calendar in French in red and black; added in black in a later hand at the end of March are Saints Dennis [sic], Patrick and Grizel, in English (folio 6);(ii) Hours of the Cross (folio 18);(iii) Hours of the Holy Ghost (folio 26);(iv) Hours of the Blessed Virgin Mary (folio 31);(v) Office of the Dead (folio 92);(vi) Penitential Psalms and Litany (folio 132);(vii) 'Obsecro te'...
Dates: Late 15th century.

Book of hours according to the Use of Rouen., 15th century.

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Identifier: MS.7126
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Calendar in gold, blue, and red; entries in gold include Saints Gervais (19 June), Eloi (25 June), Romain (23 October), and Thomas Becket (29 December) (folio 1); (ii) Sequentiae of the Gospels (folio 12); (iii) Hours of the Virgin (folio 18); (iv) Penitential Psalms (folio 62); (v) Litany and Supplications (folio 73); (vi) Hours of the Cross (folio 78); (vii) Hours of the Holy Ghost (folio 80); (viii) 'Obsecro te' and 'O intemerata' (folio...
Dates: 15th century.

Book of hours according to the Use of Rouen., 2nd half of 15th century.

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Identifier: MS.7127
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Calendar in gold, red and blue. Entries in gold include St Mor (15 January), la feste des neiges (5 August), St Romain (23 October), and St Thomas Becket (29 December) (folio 1); (ii) Sequentiae of the Gospels (folio 13); (iii) 'Obsecro te' and 'O intemerata' (folio 16); (iv) Hours of the Virgin (folio 21); (v) Penitential Psalms (folio 46); (vi) Litany and Supplications (folio 53 verso); (vii) Hours of the Cross (folio 58); (viii) Hours of the...
Dates: 2nd half of 15th century.

Book of hours, according to the Use of Rouen., Late 15th century.

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Identifier: MS.6129
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Calendar in French in gold, red and blue; entries in gold include Saints Eloi (25 June), Martial (3 July) and Romain (23 October) (folio 1);(ii) Sequences of the Gospels (folio 13);(iii) 'Obsecro te' and 'O intemerata' (folio 18);(iv) Hours of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The office of Nones is incorrectly described as Vespers (folio 25);(v) Penitential Psalms and Litany (folio 72);(vi) Hours...
Dates: Late 15th century.

Book of hours, according to the Use of Rouen., Late 15th century.

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Identifier: MS.6131
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows.(i) Calendar in French in red and black. Entries in red include Saints Nicholas (9 May and 6 December) and Martial (3 July). (Folio 1.)(ii) Sequences of the Gospels. (Folio 10.)(iii) Passion according to St John. (Folio 13 verso.)(iv) Hours of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The whole of Sext, Nones, and Vespers, and much of the other offices is missing. It is probable that Lauds was followed by Matins and Lauds of the...
Dates: Late 15th century.

Book of hours, according to the Use of Rouen.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.18.7.12
Scope and Contents (i) Calendar in French in red, blue and gold (folio 1). Entries in gold include Saints Martial (3 July), Stephen (3 August), Romain (23 October) and Thomas (29 December). A number of feasts of the Rouen diocese appear in red or blue, including the translation of St Ouen (5 May), and Notre-Dame des Neiges (5 August) instituted in 1454.(ii) Sequences of the Gospels (folio 7).(iii) Prayers (folio 9), including ‘Obsecro te`, `O intemerata’ (in the masculine form) and `Ave...
Dates: Late 15th century.

Book of hours, according to the Use of Sarum., 15th century.

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Identifier: MS.3178
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Calendar; later entries have been made as follows: Hyginus (12 January), Hilarius (13 January), Marcellinus (16 January), Anastasius (27 April), Felix (30 May), Stephanus (3 August), Calixtus (14 October), Linus (26 November) (folio 1);(ii) Hours of the Blessed Virgin Mary (folio 13);(iii) Penitential Psalms (folio 65); Fifteen Gradual Psalms (cues only for the first twelve) (folio 77 verso);(iv) Litany, followed...
Dates: 15th century.

Book of Hours, according to the use of Sarum, written and illuminated in the Netherlands.

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Identifier: MS.16499
Scope and Contents For further details see ‘Medieval manuscripts in British libraries’ by Neil R Ker, volume 2 (Oxford, 1977), pages 581-583.The contents are as follows: (i) Calendar (folio 1). The only English saint, St Thomas Becket (29 December), has been erased. (ii) Oes of St Bridget. (Folio 13.) (iii) Prayers. (Folio 23.) (iv) Memoriae of Saints John the Baptist, John the Evangelist, Thomas Becket, Anne, Mary Magdalene, Katherine, Barbara, and Margaret. (Folio 27.) Folio 37 verso blank. (v)...
Dates: 15th century-16th century.

Book of hours according to the Use of Tournai., 15th century.

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Identifier: MS.7128
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Prayers in Latin and Dutch in the female form (folio 1); (ii) Calendar, containing in red several saints from the Ghent area, such as Veerelt (4 January), Macharis (9 May), Amelberga (10 July), Bave (1 October) and Lievin (12 November) (folio 4); (iii) Hours of the Virgin (folio 16); (iv) Mass of the Virgin (folio 56); (v) Prayers to the Blessed Sacrament and to the Virgin (folio 61 verso); (vi) Penitential Psalms (folio 65); (vii) Litany and...
Dates: 15th century.

Book of hours according to the Use of Utrecht., 15th century.

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Identifier: MS.7129
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Hours of the Virgin, with collects and antiphons for different classes of feast days (folio 1); (ii) Penitential Psalms (folio 71); (iii) Office of the Dead, with additional collects (folio 79).Lacking leaves before folio 1 and after folios 70, 76, 78, and 115. The lower margins of folios 1 and 81 have been cut away, without loss of text. Decorated penwork initials in red, blue, gold, and green at folios 1, 19 verso, 30 verso, 35 verso,...
Dates: 15th century.

Book of hours according to the Use of Utrecht., 1473.

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Identifier: MS.7130
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows.(i) Calendar and tables for finding Easter. The Calendar includes many Utrecht saints in red. (Folio 1.) (ii) Hours of the Cross. (Folio 15.) (iii) Hours of the Virgin. (Folio 17.) (iv) Penitential Psalms. (Folio 39.) (v) Litany and Supplications. (Folio 44.) (vi) Office of the Dead. (Folio 49.) (vii) Prayers at Communion. Four of these occur in Brussels, Bibliothèque Royale, MS.11171, folios 75, 81-82, 98 verso. See M Meertens, ‘De Godsvrucht in de...
Dates: 1473.

Book of hours, according to the use of Utrecht, made in the second half of the 15th century in the western Netherlands, probably in the province of South Holland.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.18.7.11
Scope and Contents The manuscript was made in the western Netherlands, probably in the province of South Holland.The contents are as follows:(i) Calendar in red and black (folio 1). Entries in red include Saints Ponciaen (14 January), Pancraes (12 May), Servaes (14 May), Odulf (13 June), Lebuin (25 June and 12 November), and Geroen (17 August).(ii) Hours of the Blessed Virgin Mary (folio 13).(iii) Hours of the Cross (folio 44).(iv) Hours of the Holy...
Dates: 2nd half of 15th century.

Book of hours, according to the Use of Utrecht, written in the western Netherlands, probably in the province of South Holland, in the second half of the 15th-century.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.18.6.18
Scope and Contents The manuscript was made in the western Netherlands, probably in the province of South Holland.The contents are as follows:(i) Calendar and table of Golden Numbers in red and black. Entries in red include Saints Servatius (13 May), Jero (17 August) and Lambert (17 September). June and November are missing. (Folio 1.)(ii) Hours of the Blessed Virgin Mary, a hymn `Ave rosa sine spinis’ (‘Repertorium hymnologicum’, number 2084), and `Obsecro te`. (Folio...
Dates: 2nd half of 15th century.

Book of hours and devotions., 15th century.

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Identifier: MS.7135
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Hours of the Holy Ghost (folio 1); (ii) Prayers and devotional exercises (folio 33); (iii) Suffrages of the saints (folio 55); (iv) Hours of the Cross (folio 65 verso).The volume would appear to be no more than a fragment, as there are leaves missing after folio 32, containing the conclusion of (i), and folios 1 and 62-65 are replacements in another hand for missing originals. (The leaves missing after folios 48, 49, and 64 do not...
Dates: 15th century.