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Book of Hours, Sarum use : [manuscript]

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ff. 1-142v: [Book of Hours]: ff. 1-6v: Calendar; ff. 7-42: Hours of the Virgin, use of Sarum with the hours of the Cross worked in and with suffrages after lauds of the Holy Spirit, the Trinity, the Cross, Michael, John the Baptist, John the Evangelist, Peter and Paul, Andrew, Lawrence, Stephen, Thomas of Canterbury (erased), Nicholas, Catherine of Alexandria, Margaret, All Saints; f. 42v, ruled, but blank; ff. 43-62v: Penitential psalms, gradual psalms and litany; ff. 63-64, blank; ff. 65-103: Office of the Dead, Sarum use; f. 103v, blank; ff. 104-119: Commendation of souls; f. 119v, blank; ff. 120-137v: Psalter of St. Jerome; ff. 138-142v: the 15 Oes of St. Bridget, beginning and ending defectively.
Type
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Date
[between 1400 and 1415]
Call number
mssHM 19913
Creator
Catholic Church(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
In the lower margin of f. 1 are the initials "I.G." in a late sixteenth or early seventeenth century hand. Acquired by Dr. Eric G. Millar (1887-1966) from James Thorp in London, 1934; his notes, ff. i-ii, and on file; his sale, Sotheby's, 15 June 1959 lot 190 with a plate of all 4 miniatures. Acquired by the Huntington Library at that time.
Restrictions
RESTRICTED. Available with curatorial approval. Requires extended retrieval and delivery time.
Dimensions
82 x 110 mm
Associated people
Scheerre, Herman, (active 1405-1425‏,)
Associated organization
Henry E. Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.
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