A la louenge de Dieu et de la tressainte a glorieuse Vierge Marie et a l'edification de tous bons Catholiques : ont este commences ces presentes heures a lusaige de Romme tout au long sans riens requerir avec ung commun antiennes suffrages et oraisons de plusieurs sainets a sainctes selon l'edit usaige et plusieurs austres comme on verra en la table. (Hours of the Virgin Mary), 1504

Item

Identifier: 1000-124

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Scope and Contents

A book of Hours. "Imprimers nouvellememet a Paris par Gillet Hardouyn libraire demourst au bout du pont nostre Dame deuant Sainct Denis de la Chartre a lenseigne de la rose. Et Germaine Hardouyn demourant entre les deur portres du Palays a lenseigne Sainete Marguerite"--T.p.

Hours of the Virgin, use of Rome.

Printed and decorated on vellum in Paris, ca. 1504 ; in Latin with title and colophon in French ; text ruled in red by hand in Gothic script 33 lines to a page ; illustrations include 14 full page woodcuts and 26 small woodcuts of saints ; gilt edges ; bound in black morocco, probably in the 18th century ; handwritten and printed material concerning the volume laid in container ; date of 1504 on container spine.

Dates

Creation: 1504

Extent

0.1 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

French

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The provenance is confused. According to a 1985 article, this was purchased by Ben Henneke in London before WW2. There is a note saying that it was purchased from Andrew Black, London. According to Henneke in his 2009 notes it was a Lita Chapman accrual. There is a note in the box saying that this was the edition sold by Sothebys in June 1961. Ben and Ellen Henneke Fund according to the gift plate.