Browse the Western Manuscript Collection: B (continued)
Book of Hours
One leaf, 18 cm x 13 cm.
Ms. 002288
Single leaf of an English book of hours, ca. 1350, in a fine gothic hand with six capitals in red and blue. The embellishment includes gold with blue and red vine tracery. Gift of W.E. Thomas.
Book of Hours
One leaf, 15 cm x 10 cm.
Ms. 002289
Single leaf of a fifteenth-century French book of hours written in a pointed gothic hand. The text contains part of the office of the Blessed Virgin. Decoration includes initials and fillers in gold with floral decoration.
Book of Hours
One leaf, 13 cm x 11 cm.
Ms. 002400
Single leaf of a fifteenth-century French book of hours. Written in a gothic hand, the text contains portions of Psalm 62 and Psalm 99. Decoration includes historiated initials, fillers in gold, blue, and red, and borders with floral and vine decorations.
Book of Hours
One leaf, 17.5 cm x 12.5 cm.
Ms. 002491
Single leaf of a Dutch book of hours written in Dutch in a fine fourteenth-century hand. The pen flourishes on the upper, left, and lower borders are in blue and red. It contains three fine decorated initials as well as a series of smaller initials in blue and red. The text is on twenty-two lines on both the recto and verso. Purchase on the Benz Fund.
Book of Hours
137 leaves, 19 cm x 14 cm.
Ms. Codex 003103
Book of hours written in France in a gothic hand in the third quarter of the fifteenth century. It contains eight full-page miniatures and ten large initials. The first miniature precedes the calendar and is of Saint Roch and is followed by the appropriate antiphon and prayers. From the library of Samuel Barlow. Gift of the estate of William J. Bryant.
Book of Hours
126 leaves, 18 cm x 14 cm.
Ms. Codex 003133
Franco-Flemish book of hours written by at least two scribes, ca. 1450, in a gothic hand. The volume, in a later binding, contains fourteen large miniatures by at least two artists as well as many initials. The calendar is in Latin with some French as well. Several of the texts are incomplete. The coats of arms of the original owners, on f. 15r, on the page withthe Annunciation scene, have been defaced. Contains the bookplate of Henry Harris. Gift of Madelyn C. Hickmott.
Book of Hours
79 leaves, 20 cm x 13 cm.
Ms. Codex 003134
A Flemish book of hours, written ca. 1425 by a Flemish scribe in a gothic hand. The volume, in a later binding and modern slipcase, contains thirteen large miniatures as well as initials. In a contemporary hand, on f. 79v, is the ownership notation: "ce livre appertien a isabelle louchier." Gift of Madelyn C. Hickmott.
Book of Hours
186 leaves, 20 cm x 16 cm.
Ms. Codex 003141
Book of hours created in France in ca. 1440. It contains thirteen full-page miniatures andtwenty-four miniatures in the calendar pages. The text is written in a fine gothic hand. It is bound in blue velvet with silver clasps and in a clasped box stamped with the French royal arms. From the collection of Clarence H. Clark. Gift of Madelyn C. Hickmott.
Breviary
One leaf, 19 cm x 14 cm.
Ms. 001280
Single leaf of a fifteenth-century French breviary written in a rounded gothic hand. The leaf contains one large decorated initial and several smaller initials in red and blue. Gift of Arthur L. Gale.
Breviary
Two leaves, 14 cm x 10 cm.
Ms. 001311
Bifolium from a late fourteenth-century French breviary. Written in a gothic hand, the leaves contain four large capitals in gold and fifteen smaller capitals in blue and red.