Accession number
MS M.700
Object title
DuBois hours (MS M.700).
Created
England, probably Oxford, ca. 1325-1330.
Binding
English 16th-century tan calf gilt stamped in the Lyonnaise style; in brown morocco case.
Credit line
Purchased in 1929.
Description
198 leaves (1 column, 18 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 318 x 216 mm
Provenance
Made for Hawisia DuBois (or De Bois; family arms throughout the manuscript; her name inserted in prayers on fol. 30, 146v, 147, 147v); Giffard family, 14th century (added obituaries in the calendar); William Welughby, d. 1409 (calendar obituary); Palmes family, 17th century (added arms); Captain B.C. Vernon-Wentworth, Wentworth Castle, Barnsley, Yorkshire; his sale (London, Christies, Nov. 20, 1919; purchased from Quaritch in 1929.
Notes
Ms. book of hours for the use of Sarum (Hours of the Virgin); written and illuminated in England, probably Oxford, ca. 1325-1330.
Decoration: 4 full-page miniatures, 24 calendar medallions, 41 large and 3 small historiated initials; marginal and bas-de-page vignettes on almost every page, heraldic shields throughout.
Decoration: 4 full-page miniatures, 24 calendar medallions, 41 large and 3 small historiated initials; marginal and bas-de-page vignettes on almost every page, heraldic shields throughout.
Script
textura
Language
Latin and French
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