1. Book of Hours (fragment).
- Alana Bennett (Unlicensed)
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| Repository | State Library of Victoria | |
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| Shelf mark | RARES 096 R66 | |
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| Manuscript name | ||
| Name | Book of Hours (fragment). | |
| Contents | ||
| Summary | Fol. 1r. Hours of the Cross. Fol. 2r. Hours of the Holy Cross. Fol. 3r. Sequences of the Gospels. Fol. 4v. Passion according to John. Fol. 5r. Deus qui manus tuas et pedes tuos… (Leroquais, Vol. I, pp. 34, 136. Fol. 5v. Sancta maria regina celorum mater domini… Fol. 5v. Domine ihesu christe qui hanc sacratissimam carnem… Fol. 6r. [Beda, De septem verbis Christi in cruce]. Domine ihesu christequi septem verba… (Migne, PL, Vol. XCIV, 561-2; Leroquais, Vol. I, p. 3., Vol. II, p. 342). Fol. 6v. Anima Christi sancrifica me… Fol. 7r. Domine ihesu christe qui inter cetera opera… Fol. 7v. Virgo sancta katherina grecie gemma… Fol. 7v. Pro rege. Quesimus omnipotens deus ut famulus tuus… (contains the words ‘ut famulus tuus karolus rex noster’, probably alluding to Charles VI of France )1368-1422). Fol. 8r. Secreta. Munera tibi domine deus oblata… Fol. 8r. O tres certaine esperance et dame de tous ceulx qui se attendant… (Leroquais, Vol. I, pp. 52ff., Vol. II, p. 332; Sonet, no. 1538). Fol. 9r. [Gautier de Coincy, Prière, here without attribution]. Dieu qui es sans fin et sans inicion… (Sonet, nos 409, 515). Fol. 9v. Doulce vierge mere et pucelle… (Sonet, no. 484). | |
| Physical description | ||
| Support | Parchment | |
| Extent | 9 leaves | |
| Collation | 18, 21. | |
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| Foliation | Foliated 1-9. | |
| Condition | ||
| Layout | Text space: 107 x 71 mm. Ruled in brown ink, twenty-five long lines. Red rubrics. | |
| Scribes | ||
| Scripts | French gothic bookhand textualis in black ink. | |
| Language | Latin and French | |
| Decoration | One - and two - line initials in red and blue ink, or in gold on alternateing blue and red grounds with gold patterning. Matching red and blue line-endings. Ivy leaf fronds and a gold vertical bar border extend from an historiated initial of the Crucifixion which shows Mary and St. John on either side of the crucified Christ. | |
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| History | ||
| Origin | Fourteenth century, France, Metz? | |
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| Analysis | ||
| Commentary | The style of the Crucifixion image indicates a Metz origin.[i] | |
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| Digital copies | http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/147694 |