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BOOK OF HOURS, use of Paris, in Latin and French ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM
BOOK OF HOURS, use of Paris, in Latin and French ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM [Paris, c.1490] 167 x 115mm. ii (i as pastedown) + 217 + ii (inserted before f.217 used as pastedown): 1-26, 38, 47(of 8 lacking ii), 5-88, 97 (of 8 lacking i), 10-128, 133 (of 2+iii), 142, 153 (of 4 lacking i), 162, 178, 182 (of 4 lacking ii and iii), 197 (of 6+iii), 208, 216, 227 (of 8 lacking i), 23-308, 313 (of 4 lacking iv), 328, 332 (ii as pastedown, with inner added parchment bifolium), catchwords to right of lower margins of some final versos, 14 lines written in black ink in a gothic book hand between two verticals and 15 horizontals ruled in pink, justification: 84 x 51mm, rubrics in blue, text capitals touched yellow, one- to three-line foliate initials in blue red and white on burnished gold grounds, similar line-endings, A BORDER ON EVERY PAGE to the three outer margins, some with birds, animals and grotesques, TWENTY-FOUR CALENDAR MINIATURES IN MARGINS, TEN SMALL MINIATURES, TWO LARGE MINIATURES AND THIRTEEN FULL-PAGE MINIATURES within broad frames of foliate and other motifs on burnished gold (lacking seven leaves, probably six with miniatures; slight rubbing to miniatures ff.74v, 86v, 91v). Red velvet over wooden boards. PROVENANCE: (a) Although the Office of the Dead is unidentified, the other texts suggest an origin in Paris or a Parisian model. (b) Given by Léonard Renard to his daughter Anne in 1683 as inscribed inside upper cover. (c) FRANçOIS-MICHEL-CéSAR LE TELLIER, MARQUIS DE COURTANVAULX (1718-1781): his engraved armorial bookplate inside upper cover; his stamp COURTANVAUX on ff.2 and 215v. The Marquis was encouraged by the inheritance in 1764 of the considerable library of his son, Charles- François-César, marquis de Montmirail, to form one of the outstanding libraries of his age; lot 42 in his sale, Jean-Luc Nyon, Catalogue des livres de la Bibliothèque de feu François-César le Tellier, Marquis de Courtanvaux, le 4 mars et les jours suivants, Paris, 1782, p.3. (d) SUSANNAH MONYPENNY, d.1873, as inscribed on upper cover: 'This book was the property of Susannah Monypenny, my father's sister, but was presented to me at her demise by R P D M her son Obiit February 21st 1873 aet. 71 anno'. Susannah, daughter of James Dearden of Handle Hall, Lancs, married in 1835 Robert Joseph Monypenny of Maytham Hall, Kent (1806-1842), a descendant of the Monypennys of Pitmilly in Fife, Scotland. Susannah had four brothers; the youngest, Peregrine Royds Dearden (1811-1879), was joint guardian of her son, Robert Philips DeardenMonypenny (1836-1890), and it was probably one of Peregrine's daughters who was given the Book of Hours. Other candidates are the daughters of her eldest brother, James Dearden F.S.A., who owned an illuminated manuscript Dutch Book of Hours (Amsterdam, Menno Herzberger cat. 100, 1940, no 1) as part of the extensive library he built up at Rochdale Manor, which he had purchased from Lord Byron. Unfortunately his daughter named for Susannah, Susanna-Ada, had died in 1848. CONTENT: Calendar ff.1v-13; Gospel extracts ff.14-21v: St John f.14, St Luke f.16, St Matthew f.18, St Mark f.21(lacking end); Obsecro te ff.22-26v; O intemerata ff.26v-29v; Office of the Virgin, use of Paris, ff.31-109v: matins f.31 (lacking penultimate leaf), lauds f.60, prime f.75, terce f.82, sext f.87, none f.92 (lacking end), vespers f.96, compline f. 104 (lacking end); Hours of the Cross ff.110-113 (lacking opening); Hours of the Holy Spirit ff.114-118; Penitential Psalms (lacking end) ff.119-133v; Litany ff.134-139; Office of the Dead, unidentified use, ff.140-195v; Quinze joies ff.196-202; Sept requêtes ff.202v-206v; Suffrages ff.207-215: St Michael f.207, St John the Baptist f.207v (lacking end), St John the Evangelist f.208, Sts Peter and Paul f.208v, St Sebastian f.209, St Nicholas f.210v, St Anne f.211v, St Catherine f.212, St Margaret f.213, St Barbara f.214, St Avoye f.214v. The Office of the Dead has Ottosen: 72, 14, 24, 57, 24, 68, 28