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Book of Hours (use of Rome); in Latin and French, illuminated manuscript on parchment

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ILLUMINATED PRAYER BOOK MADE FOR A WOMAN AND DECORATED BY AN IMPORTANT FOLLOWER OF JEAN COLOMBE. In Latin and French, illuminated manuscript on parchment, France, Bourges, c. 1490-1500. Dimensions 135 x 90 mm., 166 folios, lacking 2 leaves, written in dark brown ink in a cursive gothic bookhand on 15 lines, 1- and 2- line initials, in-filled with gold leaves and flower throughout, 4 FULL-PAGE MINIATURES with architectural frames or frames embellished with jewels and pearls, inscribed with the incipit of the prayer in gold. BINDING: 18th-century brown sheepskin over pasteboard, spine with four raised bands. ILLUSTRATION: The four full-page miniatures are by the Master of Jean de Ferrières, a rare artist who enjoyed success at the Bourbon court in Moulins, and whose career certainly deserves further study. Enshrined within golden frames that simulate the metalwork of devotional altarpieces, these miniatures demonstrate an intimate understanding and singular interpretation of Jean Colombe's prolific production. PROVENENACE: Stylistic evidence indicates that the present manuscript was illuminated in Bourges, probably in the 1490s. The textual features of the manuscript confirm this location, and the fact that this was made for a woman (female form of the Obsecro te). An inscription was added on f. 163v in the early sixteenth century shortly after the completion of the Book of Hours: "Vostre tresobeissant et meilleur filz a jamais: Du Breul" [Your most obedient and best son forever: Du Breul]. This inscription was likely added by the son of the original owner of the manuscript, as a token of love and respect for his mother. He signs his name as Du Breul, which must have been his father's name as well. CONDITION: slight dampstaining to some opening pages, but with no damage to the text, faces of the miniature on f. 1 quite worn, slight stains on the frame of the miniature on f. 103, corners of binding worn, otherwise in good condition. Full description and images available. (BOH 193)

  • Bookseller Les Enluminures US (US)
  • Book Condition Used - Very Good
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  • Publisher France, Bourges, c. 1490-1500
  • Keywords Books of Hours, Book of Hours, illuminated manuscript, 15th century, 15th century manuscript, fifteenth century, fifteenth-century manuscript, prayer book, France, Bourges, French manuscript, Jean Colombe, women and the book, women’s studies

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A PRINTED BOOK OF HOURS ON VELLUM, IN LATIN AND FRENCH. USE OF ROME
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Paris: Gillet Hardouin, 1516 [calendar covering the years 1516-27]. 197 x 120 mm. (7 3/4 x 4 1/2"). 104 leaves. FINE CONTEMPORARY BLIND-TOOLED CALF, covers with multiple rules and floral rolls, raised bands, gilt lettering in two compartments, skillfully rebacked in the style of the period, four brass clasps and catch plates (possibly renewed), original vellum endleaves. In a vellum clamshell box. WITH 23 VIGNETTES AND 16 FULL-PAGE METAL CUTS within architectural borders, BEAUTIFULLY ILLUMINATED IN COLORS AND GOLD BY A CONTEMPORARY HAND. Front pastedown with engraved bookplate of "J. R. P.," rear endleaves with genealogical information in an early hand. The coloring of one of the vignettes left unfinished. ◆Extremities and raised bands with a little rubbing, minor (and very well done) repairs to a few places at the corners and edges, but the extremely attractive binding completely sound and pleasing. One miniature with faint creasing (mostly touching the robes of two figures), a few miniatures… Read More
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Printed Book of Hours (use of Rome); In Latin and French, printed and illuminated on parchment
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CHARMING TINY PRINTED BOOK OF HOURS WITH EXPERTLY ILLUMINATED METALCUTS IN AN UNUSUAL OBLONG FORMAT, In Latin and French, printed and illuminated on parchment in Paris, c. 1536. Dimensions 143 x 76 mm., 90 folios, complete, 32 lines printed in Roman font in black ink (justification 118 x 47 mm), single-, double-, and triple-line initials in gold paint on alternating red and blue grounds, 14 metal-cuts, hand-illuminated in full color with gold borders. BINDING: Nineteenth-century brown leather with gilt-ruled frame, gold-tooled spine, worn with losses at joints and edges, small scratches and abrasions to the covers. TEXT AND ILLUSTRATION: Printed Books of Hours, like this rare example, consciously imitated illuminated manuscripts. In this particularly appealing volume by the Hardouyn Workshop, fourteen metalcuts are so vibrantly and expertly painted that they are practically indistinguishable from illuminated miniatures. This is a very rare imprint, not in Lacombe (1907) or Brunet (1860–1865); very… Read More
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A PRINTED BOOK OF HOURS ON VELLUM, IN LATIN AND FRENCH. USE OF ROME
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Paris: Germain Hardouyn, 1533 [with Calendar covering 1520-32]. 207 x 125 mm. (8 1/8 x 5"). 92 (of 96) unnumbered leaves (without A1, C8, D8, and I1). Remnants of green brocade over old (perhaps contemporary) thin wooden boards. WITH 12 SMALL MINIATURES AND 17 LARGER ONES (five of the latter full-page, and the others from a half to two-thirds of a page), ALL COLORED BY A CONTEMPORARY HAND (lacking a miniature on each of three missing leaves); ALSO WITH EVERY PAGE (except those featuring a larger miniature) ENCLOSED BY A HAND-PAINTED DECORATIVE OR INHABITED FRAME, the frames always in pairs, with a conventional border of plants, fruits, and geometric shapes on one page and on the opposite page a border constituting an original painting of an outdoor scene, always containing humans and/or animals, MANY OF THE INHABITED FRAMES OF IMMENSE CHARM, even if essentially naïve in style. Front free endleaf with (illegible) early ink inscription. Not in Adams or Brunet. ◆Binding quite worn but still… Read More
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BOOK OF HOURS (USE OF ROME); illuminated manuscript on parchment in Latin
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BOOK OF HOURS (USE OF ROME); illuminated manuscript on parchment in Latin

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SUBSTANTIAL BOOK OF HOURS IN GOOD CONDITION WITH MANY LARGE AND SMALL MINIATURES. Illuminated manuscript on parchment, in Latin, Southern Netherlands, Ghent or Bruges, c. 1460-1470. Dimensions 179 x 124 mm., 118 folios, complete, written in brown ink in a textualis formata bookhand on 19 lines, one-line initials, 2- to 3- line champ initials, fourteen 6-line initials, one HISTORIATED INITIAL (5-lines), ELEVEN SMALL MINIATURES (6-lines), FOURTEEN FULL-PAGE MINIATURES, 28 FULL BORDERS. BINDING: nineteenth-century dark brown calf, gold-tooled, contains words in gilt (mostly rubbed out) MARIE (front board) and ROSARIE (back board), gauffered edges. ILLUSTRATION: Painted in the style of the Masters of the Beady Eyes, this Book of Hours is distinguished by its unusual and enigmatic details. The artist is eager to represent architectural and structural details, which sometimes lead to curious spatial arrangements and juxtapositions. PROVENANCE: The painting style situates the production of this book in Ghent… Read More
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