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

 Item
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' and hymns to the Virgin in Latin and French (folio 147 verso);

(viii) Sequences of the Gospels (folio 164 verso);

(ix) 'Deus propitius esto', prayers, and Suffrages (folio 170 verso);

(x) Suffrages to Saints Andrew, Leger and Petronilia, in a later hand (folio 188 verso);

(xi) Prayers and the seven verses of St Bernard (folio 193).

There are also hymns in French, and prayers, written in a late fifteenth century cursive hand (folios 1-5, 190-192, and 196 verso).

The two folios preceding sections (iii) and (iv), which contained miniatures, are missing. The remaining miniatures are in floral borders: the Crucifixion (folio 18); the Visitation (folio 48 verso); the Nativity (folio 60 verso); the Annunciation to the Shepherds (folio 65 verso); the Adoration of the Kings (folio 70); the Purification (folio 74 verso); the Flight into Egypt (folio 79); the Coronation of the Virgin (folio 87); Burial of the Dead (folio 92); David in prayer (folio 132).

Historiated initials with floral and gold ivy-leaf borders containing birds and insects precede the prayer and hymns to the Virgin, the Sequences of the Gospels, and the Suffrages.

Dates

  • Creation: Late 15th century.

Conditions Governing Access

Normal access conditions apply.

Conditions Governing Use

Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.

Extent

200 Leaves ; 150 x 110 millimetres.

Language of Materials

From the Collection: Undetermined

Arrangement

iv (paper) + 196 folios.

Collation: 1⁵, 2-3⁶, 4⁸, 5⁸ (-1, 7), 6-10⁸, 11⁶, 12-17⁸, 18⁴ (-2, 3), 19-22⁸, 23⁶, 24⁸, 25⁶, 26⁶ (-6), 27⁶ (-5, 6), 28-29⁴. With catchwords. 15 lines.

Custodial History

Contains the bookplate of John Borthwick of Crookston.

On folio 10 verso is recorded the birth in 1507 of Claude, son of Tahen[?] de Mailly and Anne du Fan.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Bought, 1961.

Physical Description

Vellum. Late seventeenth or early eighteenth century French binding of red morocco, gilt-tooled.

Repository Details

Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository

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