Marquand hours, use of Rome, 1475 - 1500
Abstract
This is a book of hours from the fourth quarter of the fifteenth century from Italy, Use of Rome. There are eleven full-page miniatures surrounded by full borders, which include the full Infancy cycle for the Hours of the Virgin, as well as miniatures for the Short Hours of the Cross and the Short Hours of the Holy Spirit. Previous owners include the Discalced Augustinians of San Carlo, Turin in the eighteenth century, Eleanor Cross Marquand, and Allan P. Marquand.
Table of contents: Calendar; Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary, use of Rome; Seven Penitential Psalms; Litany and prayers; Office of the Dead, use of Rome(?); Short Office of the Cross; Short Office of the Holy Spirit; Obsecro te [Leroquais, LH 2.346-7].
Dates
- Creation: 1475 - 1500
Extent
1 volumes
Language of Materials
Latin
Custodial History
Written in the Piedmont in final quarter of the fifteenth century. On f. ii recto: "Presbyt. Caroli Francisci Frasconi a sanctis caeremoniis in cathedrali Novaniensi" and in the same hand, "Marchionis Porri-Carcani Patritii Comensis 1808. 30 augusti" On f. 1r in lower margin in an earlier hand : "Ex Conventu S. Caroli Taurini FF. Eremit: Discalc: S. Augustini Congregationis Italie et Germanie minor". Catalogue entry attatched to f. ii recto: "Ufficio della Madonna in pergamena con ricche miniature." Owned in the eigthteenth century by the Discalced Augustinians of San Carlo, Turin. Given in 1808 by Marchese Porri-Carcani, of Como, to Abate Carlo Francese Frasconi, of the Cathedral at Novara. In the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Allan P. Marquand, the former a professor of Art and Archaeology at Princeton University. Given to Bryn Mawr College by his daughter, Eleanor Marquand Delanoy (bookplate).
Other related names
- Discalced Augustinians, former owners
- Porri-Carcani, former owner
- Francese Frasconi, Carlo, former owner
- Marquand, Eleanor Cross, former owner
- Marquand, Allan P., former owner
- Delanoy, Eleanor Marquand, former owner
- Delanoy, Eleanor Marquand, donor
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Given to Bryn Mawr College (bookplate) in December, 1974 by Eleanor Marquand Delanoy.
Physical Description
Previously Marquand 2. Previous foliation skipped leaf between 14 and 15; leaf now numbered 14a. Full-page illuminations rubbed; pages of the calendar and first illumination torn.
Parchment support. f. iii (contemporary paper, i=front pastdown) + 161 + ii (contemporary paper, ii=pastedown).
Eighteenth-century Italian limp vellum; two leather cords showing at hinges. On spine in ink: "Ufficio, e/ Orationi/ in/ Miniature".
ii+162+i; 143 x 102 mm bound to 150 x 106 mm
Single column, fifteen lines, ruled in brown ink, single vertical bounding lines full length; written area: 80 x 57 mm
Gothic-rotunda script written by a single scribe.
Eleven full-page illuminations (one missing) in arched gold frames (82 x 58 mm.) are surrounded by a border of penwork vines, small gold leaves, acanthus leaves, fruit, and flowers, in red, green, blue, orange and brown. The colors in the border are rather dull, and the red in the border as well as in the illustrations is dark--maroon, almost burgundy, rather than bright or pastel. The first seven illuminations, for the Hours of the Virgin, follow the traditional program of the infancy of Christ.The illustrations are skillfully rendered, with great attention paid to drapery, architecture, and landscape, yet a lack of fine detail and the limited palette separates these paintings from more sophisticated illuminations.
The illustrations are skillfully rendered, with great attention paid to drapery, architecture, and landscape, yet a lack of fine detail and the limited palette separates these paintings from more sophisticated illuminations. A matching border surrounds the text on the page facing each of these illustrations. There are many 2-line initials, gold on a blue or red ground with white penwork infilled with the opposite color. Other 1-line initials, either gold or blue, begin each sentence. Rubrics are in red throughout. The book is well worn, many of the illuminations and border decorations have been cracked and rubbed off.
Modern foliation in pencil, 1-14, 14a, 15-161, upper right recto
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