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Manuscript Sections & Illuminated Folios

Calendar 1r - 13v;

    Suffrages 14r - 15v;

    Illuminations (14)

    • Virgin and Child attended by angel, revered by cleric fol. 39v
    • Initial "T" with Trinity fol. 84r
    • Initial "A" with angel fol. 84v
    • St. John the Baptist fol. 85v
    • St. Peter as pope; Christ on the shore of the Sea of Tiberius, the miraculous catch of fishes fol. 86v
    • Initial "O" with St. Sebastian in armor holding lance and arrows fol. 88r
    • Initial "A" with St. Rochus fol. 88v
    • St. Jerome in penance fol. 89v
    • Initial "O" with St. Bernard trampling the devil fol. 90v
    • St. Anne with the Virgin Mary and Christ Child fol. 91v
    • Initial "G" with St. Catherine fol. 92r
    • Initial "A" with St. Barbara fol. 93r
    • Initial "O" with St. Ursula sheltering a pope, cardinal, and female virgin saints fol. 94r
    • Initial "S" with St. Agnes with tooth attribute of St. Apollonia fol. 94v

    Gospel Sequences 16r - 24r;

    Illuminations (1)

    • Annunciation fol. 17v

    Devotional Sequence 24v - 39r;

    Illuminations (7)

    • Christ Child supported and flanked by six angels holding instruments of the Passion fol. 24v
    • Trinity: Throne of Grace fol. 25v
    • Agony in the Garden fol. 56v
    • Christ as Man of Sorrows seated on cross, revered by cleric fol. 57v
    • Mass of St. Gregory, vision of Christ flanked by instruments of the Passion fol. 61v
    • Crucifixion fol. 70v
    • Lamentation, witnessed by reverent cleric fol. 72v

    Suffrages to female saints 39v - 52v;

    Illuminations (1)

    • Virgin and Child attended by angel, revered by cleric fol. 39v

    Suffrage to the Holy Face 53r - 56r;

      Devotional Sequence 56v - 83v;

      Illuminations (7)

      • Christ Child supported and flanked by six angels holding instruments of the Passion fol. 24v
      • Trinity: Throne of Grace fol. 25v
      • Agony in the Garden fol. 56v
      • Christ as Man of Sorrows seated on cross, revered by cleric fol. 57v
      • Mass of St. Gregory, vision of Christ flanked by instruments of the Passion fol. 61v
      • Crucifixion fol. 70v
      • Lamentation, witnessed by reverent cleric fol. 72v

      Suffrages 84r - 94v;

      Illuminations (14)

      • Virgin and Child attended by angel, revered by cleric fol. 39v
      • Initial "T" with Trinity fol. 84r
      • Initial "A" with angel fol. 84v
      • St. John the Baptist fol. 85v
      • St. Peter as pope; Christ on the shore of the Sea of Tiberius, the miraculous catch of fishes fol. 86v
      • Initial "O" with St. Sebastian in armor holding lance and arrows fol. 88r
      • Initial "A" with St. Rochus fol. 88v
      • St. Jerome in penance fol. 89v
      • Initial "O" with St. Bernard trampling the devil fol. 90v
      • St. Anne with the Virgin Mary and Christ Child fol. 91v
      • Initial "G" with St. Catherine fol. 92r
      • Initial "A" with St. Barbara fol. 93r
      • Initial "O" with St. Ursula sheltering a pope, cardinal, and female virgin saints fol. 94r
      • Initial "S" with St. Agnes with tooth attribute of St. Apollonia fol. 94v

      Prayer to the Virgin 95r - 95v;

        All Illuminations

        Illuminations (22)

        • Annunciation
        • Christ Child supported and flanked by six angels holding instruments of the Passion
        • Trinity: Throne of Grace
        • Virgin and Child attended by angel, revered by cleric
        • Agony in the Garden
        • Christ as Man of Sorrows seated on cross, revered by cleric
        • Mass of St. Gregory, vision of Christ flanked by instruments of the Passion
        • Crucifixion
        • Lamentation, witnessed by reverent cleric
        • Initial "T" with Trinity
        • Initial "A" with angel
        • St. John the Baptist
        • St. Peter as pope; Christ on the shore of the Sea of Tiberius, the miraculous catch of fishes
        • Initial "O" with St. Sebastian in armor holding lance and arrows
        • Initial "A" with St. Rochus
        • St. Jerome in penance
        • Initial "O" with St. Bernard trampling the devil
        • St. Anne with the Virgin Mary and Christ Child
        • Initial "G" with St. Catherine
        • Initial "A" with St. Barbara
        • Initial "O" with St. Ursula sheltering a pope, cardinal, and female virgin saints
        • Initial "S" with St. Agnes with tooth attribute of St. Apollonia
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        Manuscript Overview
        References
        Bindings & Oddities

        Abstract

        This Prayer Book, ca. 1500, is a compilation of several texts from at least five different hands, with the miniatures featuring several hands as well. The illusionistic borders with exceptional motifs are of particular note. Borders towards the beginning of the book appear to be by a different artist, as later groups of borders differ in both design and color, with smaller motifs, less crowding, blossoming red carnations and lilies, and some amusing drolleries (fol. 57r-v).

        Hand note

        Written in Burgundian littera batarda; scribal hand I

        Contributors

        Principal cataloger: Randall, Lilian M.C.

        Cataloger: Herbold, Rebekah

        Editor: Herbert, Lynley

        Copy editor: Wallace, Susan

        Contributor: Brown, Emily

        Contributor: Emery, Doug

        Contributor: Herbold, Rebekah

        Contributor: Noel, William

        Contributor: Tabritha, Ariel

        Contributor: Toth, Michael B.

        Contributor: Wiegand, Kimber

        Conservator: Polidori, Tia

        Conservator: Quandt, Abigail

        Bibliography

        De Ricci, Seymour, and W. J. Wilson. Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada. Vol. 1. New York: H. W. Wilson Company, 1935; p. 809, cat. no. 328.


        Randall, Lilian M. C. Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Walters Art Gallery. Vol. 3. Belgium, 1250-1530. Baltimore and London: Johns Hopkins University Press in association with the Walters Art Gallery, 1989; pp. 509-521, cat. no. 295.


        These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.

        Upper board outside

        Lower board outside

        Spine

        Fore-edge

        Head

        Tail

        Keywords
        Prayer book
        Flemish
        Grotesques
        Historiated initial
        Miniature
        Flanders
        16th century
        Devotion
        Christian
        15th century

        Origin Place

        Ghent

        Date

        Ca. 1500 CE

        Form

        book

        Binding

        Non-original Binding

        Binding Description

        Mid-nineteenth-century French binding by Capé, Paris; brown leather; modern sewing on five chords; apparent set of five pairs of deep cuts is evidence in the first quire of earlier sewing; sides feature fleurs-de-lis; modern gilt edges; name of binder in gold capitals centered on inside of front cover, tail-edge (Capé was active at 16 rue Dauphine in Paris, 1848-67: Devauchelle, vol. 2, pp. 200, 205, vol. 3, pp. 41-42; for another Capé binding, see WAG 1957, no. 554)

        Language

        The primary language in this manuscript is Latin.

        Provenance

        Transcriptions by five or more scribes, ca. 1490-1510; links with Rooclooster suggested; illuminated in the style of Ghent-Bruges school, probably Ghent, ca. 1500; ecclesiastical patronage, English connection indicated; presumed first patron depicted on fol. 39v

        Unidentified presumed second patron depicted on fols. 57v and 72v

        Seventeenth-century

        Rebound in the mid-nineteenth century in Paris by M. Capé

        Henry Walters, Baltimore, purchased between 1895 and 1931

        Acquisition

        Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters' bequest

        ← search Prayer Book (compilation) W.436

        Origin Place

        Ghent

        Date

        Ca. 1500 CE

        Form

        book

        Language

        The primary language in this manuscript is Latin.

        Provenance

        Transcriptions by five or more scribes, ca. 1490-1510; links with Rooclooster suggested; illuminated in the style of Ghent-Bruges school, probably Ghent, ca. 1500; ecclesiastical patronage, English connection indicated; presumed first patron depicted on fol. 39v

        Unidentified presumed second patron depicted on fols. 57v and 72v

        Seventeenth-century

        Rebound in the mid-nineteenth century in Paris by M. Capé

        Henry Walters, Baltimore, purchased between 1895 and 1931

        Acquisition

        Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters' bequest

        Manuscript Overview

        Abstract

        This Prayer Book, ca. 1500, is a compilation of several texts from at least five different hands, with the miniatures featuring several hands as well. The illusionistic borders with exceptional motifs are of particular note. Borders towards the beginning of the book appear to be by a different artist, as later groups of borders differ in both design and color, with smaller motifs, less crowding, blossoming red carnations and lilies, and some amusing drolleries (fol. 57r-v).

        Hand note

        Written in Burgundian littera batarda; scribal hand I

        References

        Contributors

        Principal cataloger: Randall, Lilian M.C.

        Cataloger: Herbold, Rebekah

        Editor: Herbert, Lynley

        Copy editor: Wallace, Susan

        Contributor: Brown, Emily

        Contributor: Emery, Doug

        Contributor: Herbold, Rebekah

        Contributor: Noel, William

        Contributor: Tabritha, Ariel

        Contributor: Toth, Michael B.

        Contributor: Wiegand, Kimber

        Conservator: Polidori, Tia

        Conservator: Quandt, Abigail

        Bibliography

        De Ricci, Seymour, and W. J. Wilson. Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada. Vol. 1. New York: H. W. Wilson Company, 1935; p. 809, cat. no. 328.


        Randall, Lilian M. C. Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Walters Art Gallery. Vol. 3. Belgium, 1250-1530. Baltimore and London: Johns Hopkins University Press in association with the Walters Art Gallery, 1989; pp. 509-521, cat. no. 295.


        Bindings & Oddities

        These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.

        Upper board outside

        Lower board outside

        Spine

        Fore-edge

        Head

        Tail

        Keywords
        Prayer book
        Flemish
        Grotesques
        Historiated initial
        Miniature
        Flanders
        16th century
        Devotion
        Christian
        15th century
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