Books of hours
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: book of hours: book containing the prescribed order of prayers, readings from the Scripture, and rites for the canonical hours
Found in 23 Collections and/or Records:
Book of Hours , late 15th century
Item
Identifier: MS 35
Scope and Contents
Book of Hours in Latin from the 15th century, of French origin. The Use is not identified, but is not Besançon or Clermont. It may be peculiar to the Abbey of S. Claude, Condat, to which both Kalendar and Litany particularly belong (see the local saints reported under their respective headings).Golden Numbers: on fly-leaf. These are numbers assigned to each year in sequence in a 19-years cycle and are used in order to calculate the date of Easter. Each number...
Dates:
late 15th century
Book of Hours, 15th century
Item
Identifier: MS 47
Scope and Contents
Book of Hours in Latin and Flemish from the 15th century, of Dutch origin. The Use is not identified, but Kalendar, Litany, and one Flemish rubric establish a Flemish provenance, and seem to point further to Thérouanne and Saint Omer.Kalendar: starts on f. 1r. Contains commemorations of Saints and Martyr, and other festivities (the most important are written in red). The nonth of January is missing.15 February: ...
Dates:
15th century
Book of Hours, mid 15th century
Item
Identifier: MS 307
Contents
MS 307 is a book of hours from the mid-15th century. It was made in France, for the diocese of Troyes.ff. 1r-12v: A full calendar in French. Alternating gold, blue and red ink for effect.ff. 13r-18r: Sequence of the Four Gospels. Prayer begins on f. 14v with Protector in te sperantium...ff. 18v-21v: Alia...
Dates:
mid 15th century
Book of Hours, early 15th century
Item
Identifier: MS 302
Contents
This manuscript is an illuminated book of hours written in France (Paris?) in the early 15th century.
Dates:
early 15th century
Book of Hours, 15th century
Item
Identifier: MS 303
Scope and Contents
This manuscript is an iluminated book of hours, written for the use of a woman, perhaps in England, in the 15th century.
Dates:
15th century
Book of Hours, 15th or 16th century
Item
Identifier: MS 304
Scope and Contents
This manuscript is an illuminated book of hours written in France (Rouen?) in the 15th or 16th century.
Dates:
15th or 16th century
Book of Hours and Prayer Book, 15th century
Item
Identifier: MS 48
Contents
The manuscript is a Book of Hours and Prayer Book from the 15th century. It originated in Germany, possibly in Schleswig. All the prayers are for a masculine owner.The Kalendar starts on f.1r. Some entries in the Kalendar that may reflect the manuscript’s provenance are as follows. 30 January: Aldegonde, Virgin; 17 March: Gertrude, Virgin; 3 June: Erasmus, Martyr; 4 July, Odalrici (Ulrich), Martyr; 8 July: Kilian, Martyr; 11 July: Ketillus, Confessor (of...
Dates:
15th century
Book of Hours (Hours of the Virgin and of Saint Ninian), 15th century
Part
Identifier: MS 42/ff. 7r-130r
Scope and Contents
This section of MS 42 is a 15th-century Book of Hours. Books of Hours, as private devotional texts, were very personal medieval books. This particualar text contains the unusual Hours of Saint Ninian. Saint Ninian as a historical figure is shrouded in mystery. He perhaps lived in the 5th-6th centuries, in Whithorn in south-west Scotland. While the historical figure of Ninian is vague, the chief medieval account comes from the 12th century, and in this Saint...
Dates:
15th century
Book of Hours (Use of Paris), 15th century
Item
Identifier: MS 36
Contents
A Book of Hours from the 15th century in Latin and French, of French origin. The Use is Parisian. The Kalendar and Litany are also probably Parisian. Some of the prayers have masculine endings on the adjectives, meaning that it was produced for a man.Kalendar (in French): starts on f.1Sequences of the Gospels (in Latin): starts on f.13.Obsecro te Domina (in Latin): starts on f.19. This has...
Dates:
15th century
Book of Hours (Use of Paris), end of the 15th century
Item
Identifier: MS 309
Contents
Book of Hours in French and Latin from the end of the 15th century, of French provenance and possibly Parisian. The Use is that of Paris.Kalendar: ff. 1r-6v. Contains commemorations of Saints and Martyrs, and other festivities; the most important are written in golden letters, whereas the other lines alternate blue and red for effect. Written in French. The French, and possibly Parisian, provenance is also suggested by the prominence given to the festivity of...
Dates:
end of the 15th century