Holding institution title: Book of Hours
Holding institution classification: Book of Hours
Holding institution location: New York, NY
URL: https://www.themorgan.org/manuscript/76904
URL2: N/A
Digitization status: Partially digitized
Date: 1405-1455
Language(s): Latin, French
Use: Besançon
Country of production: France
City or region of production: Besançon
Illumination contents: St. John the Evangelist, St. Luke, St. Matthew, St. Mark, Death of the Virgin, Pietà, Annunciation, Visitation, Nativity, Annunciation to the Shepherds, Adoration of the Magi, Presentation in the Temple, Flight into Egypt, King David praying, Crucifixion, Pentecost, Office of the Dead, Virgin and Christ enthroned with kneeling female owner portrait and St. Claude of Besancon, St. Sebastian
Text contents: Gospel Sequences, Obsecro te, O Intemerata, Hours of the Virgin, Penitential Psalms, Litany, Prayer to Christ, Hours of the Cross, Hours of the Holy Spirit, Office of the Dead, Fifteen Joys of the Virgin in French, Seven Requests to Our Lord in French and Latin verse, Suffrages, Added inscription in French
Hours intercalated?:
Personalization: St. Claudius of Besançon presents the kneeling female owner to the Virgin Mary and Christ Child enthroend on f. 149r.
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Materials: Vellum
Binding original?: No
Binding description: French 19th century green velvet, gauffered edges; in blue morocco case lettered: Hours for Besançon Paris School – c. 1440
Folio height (in centimeters): 19.5
Folio width (in centimeters): 14.2
