[Flemish book of hours].

Format:

• Book
• Manuscript

Contributor:

• Dienheim, Eberhard von, 1540-1610, former owner.
• Bennett, Joseph, 1834- former owner.

Language:

Latin

Subjects (All):

• Catholic Church--Prayers and devotions--Early works to 1800.
• Illumination of books and manuscripts--Specimens.

Genre:

• codices (bound manuscripts)
• books of hours.
• illuminated manuscripts.
• Prayers.
• Manuscripts, Latin -- 15th century.
• Manuscripts, Medieval.

Penn Provenance:

• Possibly formerly owned by Eberhard von Dienheim, bishop of Speyer 1581-1610 (note in ink on parchment, pasted to end flyleaf).
• Formerly owned by Joseph Bennett, 19th or early 20th century (Cork, Ireland; Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts).
• Sold at auction at Sotheby's (London) for Joseph Bennett, 16 June 1937, lot 577, to Francis Edwards Ltd. (London; Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts).
• Formerly owned by a Swiss private owner (Koller).
• Sold at auction at Koller Zürich, auction A212 (26 March 2025), lot 4501.

Physical Description:

144 leaves : parchment, color illustrations ; 122 x 88 (75 x 52) mm bound to 127 x 100 mm

Place of Publication:

[Bruges], [circa 1470]

Language Note:

Latin.

Summary:

Flemish illuminated book of hours with the Hours of the Cross, the Hours of the Holy Spirit, and Mass of the Virgin preceding the Hours of the Virgin titled as Use of Rome (f. 37v). The calendar at the beginning of the volume (f. 1r-12v) includes feasts associated with Bruges (Basil, 14 June; Donatian, 14 October) and Flanders (Aldegund, 30 January; Amand, 6 February; Eligius, 25 June (translation) and 1 December; Lambert, 17 September). Full-page miniatures on the versos of inserted leaves precede major text divisions (f. 13v, 20v, 37v, 87v, 98v, 112v). The saints in the accessory prayers (f. 87v-94v) are Gregory the Great, John the Baptist, Peter and Paul, Sebastian, Christopher, Catherine of Alexandria, and Barbara.

Contents:

• 1. f.1r-12v: [Calendar]
• 2. f.13v-19v: Hore Sancte Crucis
• 3. f.20v-25v: Hore Sancti Spiritus
• 4. f.26r-36r: Missa beate Marie virginis
• 5. f.37v-86v: Hore beate Marie virginis secundum usum Romanum
• 6. f.87v-94v: [Prayers and suffrages]
• 7. f.98v-111v: Septem psalmi penitenciales, Letania
• 8. f.112v-138r: Vigilie mortuorum
• 9. f.139r-144v: Obsecro te, O intemerata.

Notes:

• Ms. codex.
• Title supplied by cataloger.
• Foliation: Parchment, 144; collation cannot be determined; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto, [1-144]
• Layout: Written in 17 long lines; ruled in faint red ink with vertical bounding lines.
• Script: Written in Gothic bậtarde script.
• Decoration: 6 full-page arched miniatures (Crucifixion, f. 13v; Pentecost, f. 20v; Annunciation, f. 37v; Mass of Saint Gregory, f. 87v; King David in prayer, f. 98v; raising of Lazarus, f. 112v) with foliate borders facing text pages with full foliate borders and decorated initials on gold grounds, 4 to 7 lines in height; 15 historiated initials on gold grounds, 5 to 7 lines in height (Virgin and Child, f. 26r; Visitation, f. 48r; Nativity, f. 59r; Annunciation to the Shepherds, f. 63r; Adoration of the Magi, f. 68r; Presentation in the Temple, f. 71r; Massacre of the Innocents, f. 78r; Flight into Egypt, f. 82r; John the Baptist with the Lamb of God, f. 89r; Saint Peter and Saint Paul, f. 89v; Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian, f. 90r; Saint Christopher carrying Jesus, f. 90v; Saint Catherine of Alexandria, f. 91v; Saint Barbara, f. 92r; Lamentation, f. 139r), on leaves with partial foliate borders; 12 3-line KL initials in gold on pink and blue grounds in calendar (f. 1r-12r); 1-line and 2-line initials in gold on pink and blue grounds throughout.
• Binding: Full morocco (late-18th/early-19th-century) with gilt-stamped double spine label (Preces piae, Codex in membranis), gilt spine, cover fillets, gilt inner edges, marbled endpapers and gilt edges (Koller); green ribbon bookmark,
• Origin: Written in Bruges, circa 1470 (Koller).

Cited as:

Flemish Book of Hours (Ms. Codex 2324). Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania.

OCLC:

1533177143