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Heures nouuelles dédiées a Monseigneur Dauphin / écrites et grauées par Elisabeth Senault.
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- Format:
- Book
- Standardized Title:
- Book of hours. French (Senault)
- Language:
- French
- Latin
- Subjects (All):
- Books of hours--Texts--Early works to 1800.
- Catholic Church--Prayers and devotions--Early works to 1800.
- Catholic Church.
- Books of hours.
- Genre:
- devotional literature.
- prayer books.
- Devotional literature
- Early works
- Engravings
- Prayers
- Prayers and devotions
- Texts
- Devotional literature.
- Prayers.
- Engravings.
- Books of hours.
- Engraved books.
- Penn Provenance:
- Bourbonnois, Mademoiselle (former owner) (Lea Library copy)
- Physical Description:
- [4], 212 pages ; 12 cm
- Other Title:
- Hevres nouvelles dédiées a Monseignevr Davphin
- Heures nouvelles dédiées a Monseigneur Dauphin
- Place of Publication:
- A Paris : Chez l'autheur, rue du Petie Lion : Chez Mr Frontié au Fauxbour St Germain : Et chez Claude de Hansy sur le Pont au Change a l'Image St Nicolas, [approximately 1690?]
- Language Note:
- Primarily in French, with occasional prayers in Latin.
- Summary:
- The first of several prayer books produced by Elizabeth Senault for the French court, entirely engraved in an attempt to mirror the illuminated manuscripts of the Middle Ages.
- Notes:
- Engraved throughout. Numerous ornaments, head- and tailpieces, ornamental and floriated initials, etc. Each page of text within double rule.
- Signatures: pi² A-C⁴ D² E-Z⁴ &⁴ a-c⁴
- Signatures appear in head inner corner of leaves.
- Local Notes:
- Lea Library copy purchased for the Penn Libraries from Simon Beattie.
- Lea Library copy bound in contemporary full dark red morocco; boards tooled in gold; owner's name ("MADEMOISELL BOURBONNOIS") stamped in gold on boards; gold-tooled cover edges; 4 raised bands on spine; gold-tooled spine panels; title ("HEUR NOUVE") stamped in gold on spine; blue silk endpapers; all edges gilt.
- OCLC:
- 77674832
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