Holding institution title: W.281, Malet-Lannoy Hours, Latin (1420-1440 CE, Northeastern France (French Flanders))
Holding institution classification: Book of Hours
Holding institution location: Baltimore, MD
URL: https://thedigitalwalters.org/Data/WaltersManuscripts/html/W281/description.html
URL2: https://manuscripts.thewalters.org/viewer.php?id=W.281
Digitization status: Digitized
Date: 1395-1465
Language(s): Latin
Use:
Country of production: France
City or region of production: Northeastern France
Illumination contents: St. John the Evangelist, St. Luke painting image of Virgo lactans, St. Matthew, St. Mark, Marriage of the Virgin added c. 1430, Annunciation, Visitation, Nativity, Annunciation to the Shepherds, Adoration of the Magi, Presentation in the Temple, Flight into Egypt, Coronation of the Virgin, King David Penitent, Crucifixion, Pentecost, Office of the Dead, Trinity enthroned, St. Michael, St. John the Baptist, St. John the Evangelist, St. Bartholomew with male owner portrait, St. Christopher, St. Anthony, Assumption of St. Mary Magdalene, St. Catherine, St. Avia given Communion by the Virgin
Text contents: Calendar, Gospel Sequences, Obsecro te, O Intemerata, Hours of the Virgin, Penitential Psalms, Litany, Petitions, Collects, Hours of the Cross, Hours of the Holy Spirit, Eight Verses of St. Bernard, Prayer to Christ, Office of the Dead, Suffrages, Seven Joys of Mary Magdalene, Five Joys of St. Catherine, French Verse Prayer to St. Avia, Prayer for Recitation before Christ on the Cross
Hours intercalated?:
Personalization: Male owner portrait kneels before St. Bartholomew on f. 233r.
Scribe: Unknown
Illuminator: Unknown; miniatures linked with works of by Bedford Master, Master of Morgan 453, and illuminators active in Amiens
Patron: Unknown man; his heraldry was added thirty-five times throughout the book
Materials: Medium to thick, carefully selected, and highly prepared parchment;
Binding original?: No
Binding description: Eighteenth-century red morocco with gilt dentelle floral and foliate decoration on the sides and gilt guilloche pattern on the board-edges; the spine has four raised bands with floral and foliate decoration
Folio height (in centimeters): 21.2
Folio width (in centimeters): 21.4
