Holding institution title: W.90, Book of Hours, Latin (1300-1325 CE, Northeast France (French Flanders))
Holding institution classification: Book of Hours
Holding institution location: Baltimore, MD
URL: https://thedigitalwalters.org/Data/WaltersManuscripts/html/W90/description.html
URL2: https://manuscripts.thewalters.org/viewer.php?id=W.90
Digitization status: Digitized
Date: 1300-1350
Language(s): Latin
Use: Saint-Omer
Country of production: France
City or region of production: Northeastern France
Illumination contents: Janus feasting, Aquarius, Warming by the fire, Pisces, Pruning, Aries, Youth holding branches, Taurus, Falcoming, Gemini, Carrying bundles of sticks, Cancer, Mowing, Leo, Reaping, Virgo, Harvesting grapes, Libra, Sowing seed, Scorpio, Feeding pigs, Sagittarius, Slaughtering a pig, Capricorn, God creating the heavens, God creating the earth, God creating animals, God creating Adam, God creating Eve from Adam, Temptation of Adam and Eve, Day of Rest, Annunciation in initial D, Visitation in initial D, Nativity in initial D, Annunciation to the Shepherds in initial D, Presentation at the Temple in initial D, Adoration of the Magi in initial D, Massacre of the Innocents in initial D, Flight into Egypt in initial C, Christ before Pilate in initial D, Flagellation in initial D, Christ carrying the Cross in initial D, Crucifixion in initial D, Descent from the Cross in initial D, Emtombment and Anointing in initial D, Resurrection in initial D, Pentecost in initial D with owner portrait, Martyrdom of St. Peter in initial D, Martyrdom of St. Paul in initial D, St. James in initial D, Martyrdom of St. Bartholomew in initial D, Martyrdom of St. John the Evangelist in initial D, St. Judas Thaddeus in initial D, St. John Baptist in initial D, Office of the Dead in initial D
Text contents: Calendar, Hours of the Virgin, Long Hours of the Cross, Long Hours of the Holy Spirit, Commendation of Souls, Office of the Dead, Prayer to the Virgin, Athanasian Creed, Litany, Petitions, Collects
Hours intercalated?:
Personalization: Owner portrait (female) depicted on f. 135r before the Pentecost. Her association with a Dominican foundation is suggested by the Office of the Dead.
Scribe: Unknown
Illuminator: Unknown
Patron: Female patron depicted on f. 135r
Materials: Parchment
Binding original?: No
Binding description: Eighteenth-century French binding in the style of Derome; dark green goat leather that has turned brown; board-edges, turn-ins, and spine have gilt decoration; initials of previous owner “J. L.” in gold on upper-board added in second half of the nineteenth century; title inscribed on spine “Ofici B. Mariae”.
Folio height (in centimeters): 13
Folio width (in centimeters): 9.3
