Horae
Catholic Church
Category
Manuscripts and documents
Date
1400 - 1429
Materials
Brass, Leather, Paper
Place of origin
Delft
Order this imageCollection
Vyne Estate, Hampshire
NT 3082900
Summary
A 15th century Book of Hours in Dutch. Evidence for the Calendar and Litany and decorative evidence and ordering of Hours suggests a Delft origin. Contents: ff1r-11v: Calendar of Utrecht; ff. 12r-27v: Hours of the Holy Ghost (trans. by Geert Grote); ff. 28r-105v: Hours of the BVM (Geert Grote); ff. 106r-119v: Short Hours of the Holy Cross (Geert Grote); ff. 120v-121r: blank; ff. 122r-161v: Seven Penitential Psalms and Litany (Geert Grote); ff. 162r-211r Office of the Dead (Geert Grote); ff. 211v-226v: Communion Prayers. The start of each Hour within the texts is marked by an initial modelled on the major initials above (3ll. high), again superimposed on earlier initials. Sections within each Hour are marked by alternate blue and red painted intials (2ll high). Alternate red and blue initials throughout text for each new sentence. All subsequent initials have been painted over pre-existing ones. Hands: ff. 1-27v: good Gothic Textualis; semi-quadrata; ff.28r-226v: less formal and accomplished Gothic Bookhand, with rounder aspect, sporadic spiking of ascenders. Heavily cropped. Major initials: At start of each text (ff. 12r, 28r, 106r, 122r, 162r, 212r) same style of initial is used: in gold (30x30mm) on blue background outlined in black and with some white highlighting; bowl of letter filled with maroon with white overpainted design, gold bar extends above and below initial. The first initial is considerably better executed than later intials. Ruled in ink and written below top line: ff. 1-11; 16ll; ff.12-27, 14ll; ff.28-226, 13ll. Written space: ff.1-11 (Calendar) 71x50mm; ff.12-27 (quires 2-3) 65x45mm; ff.28-226 65x50mm.
Bibliographic description
i,226 leaves . 102 x 75mm.. Some quires mounted on vellum guards.. Provenance: The prominence given to Agatha in the Litany might suggest this manuscript commissioned for the Franciscan Convent of St. Agatha in Delft? Armorial bookplate of Chute of the Vyne [i.e.: Chaloner William Chute (1838-1892)].. Binding: Fifteenth-century stamped leather binding; one brass clasp wanting; front flyleaf manuscript waste; restored and conserved by Nicholas Pickwoad, 1984.
Makers and roles
Catholic Church , issuer