Holding institution title: Book of Hours
Holding institution classification: Book of Hours
Holding institution location: New York, NY
URL: https://www.themorgan.org/manuscript/141481
URL2: N/A
Digitization status: Partially digitized
Date: 1402
Language(s): Latin, French
Use: Nantes
Country of production: France
City or region of production: Nantes and Paris
Illumination contents: Visitation, Nativity, Annunciation to the Shepherds, Adoration of the Magi, Presentation in the Temple, Flight into Egypt, God the Father with symbols of the Evangelists, Crucifixion, God supports wounded half-figure of Christ, Trinity enthroned, Office of the Dead
Text contents: Calendar, Gospel Sequences, Ex libris inscription of Marianne Mazerie, Hours of the Virgin, Penitential Psalms, Litany, Hours of the Cross, Hours of the Holy Spirit, Hours of the Trinity, Obsecro te, O Intemerata, Office of the Dead, Colophon
Hours intercalated?:
Personalization: An ex libris inscription of Marianne Mazerie is on f. 20v. Folio 94r is signed “Lucas,” and below is the erased original provencance inscription, “Ceste matines sont a Guileume Mauleon.” The prayers Obsecro te and O Intemerata are in the masculine form, and Lucas signs his name a second time on f. 150v. A French colophon on f. 216r reads, “Y. Lucas. L’an mil lici et li furent escriptes et enlumines cestes matines a la ville de Nantes. Priez pour les trespesses que dieux les face merci. Amen.”
Scribe: Yves Lucas (signed in four places: ff. 12v, 94r, 150v, and 216v)
Illuminator: Master of the Coronation of the Virgin and Workshop
Patron:
Materials: Vellum
Binding original?: No
Binding description: French 16th-century brown morocco calf, gilt-tooled with 16th century dentelleĢe pattern featuring an olive branch motif; the center piece of both covers frames a medallion stamped with emblems of the Passion, flanked by the letters F.D.D.
Folio height (in centimeters): 14
Folio width (in centimeters): 10
