[MANUSCRIPT]. [BOURGES] - Lot 24

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[MANUSCRIPT]. [BOURGES] - Lot 24
[MANUSCRIPT]. [BOURGES] Ferial Psalter and Book of Hours, for use in Bourges. In Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment. France, Bourges, after 1477 (circa 1477–1500?). 202 ff., preceded and followed by 3 ff. of paper endpapers, a few missing pages to note (one leaf missing after f. 46, f. 94, f. 106, f. 201, likely with illuminated decoration), horizontal headings sometimes trimmed short, mixed script in brown ink, text in two columns, 23 lines of text per column, ruled in pale red ink (text size: 93x64mm), headings and underlines in red, capitals highlighted in yellow, initials painted in red or blue (1 to 2 lines high), ornate line endings, two initials (3 lines high) in burnished gold on dark pink and blue backgrounds with white highlights, extensions with scrollwork, gold or colored foliage (introducing the Hours of the Cross and the Hours of the Holy Spirit), five initials (4 lines high) in burnished gold on dark pink and blue backgrounds with white highlights, extensions with burnished gold bands and dark pink and blue backgrounds, and scroll borders with flowers, strawberries, and foliage (introducing Psalms 1, 38, 52, 68, 97); the leaves following ff. 46, 94, and 106, which were intended to contain ornamentation for Matins on Monday (Ps. 26), Friday (Ps. 80), and Saturday (Ps. 97)), drawing on fol. 42 (profile of a man); the manuscript was probably intended to contain miniatures, as suggested by the blank leaves preceding the main texts, one of which is an integral part of the quire and the other two are separate. These miniatures were intended to open the psalter (f. 13), the psalms of Vespers (f. 122), and the Common of Saints (f. 155). 18th-century binding, spine with 5 raised bands, compartmentalized and decorated with rosettes, black morocco leather, gilded decoration on the covers (Duseuil style), brass clasps (one clasp missing), endpapers and half-endpapers of marbled paper, gilt edges. Some wear on the upper cap, clasps somewhat fragile. A few stains on the parchment, but otherwise in good condition. Dimensions: 149x113mm Provenance: 1. Manuscript produced for liturgical use in Bourges, as confirmed by the rubric in the Common of Saints: “secundum usum bituricensis” (f. 156). This is confirmed by the record of the liturgical usage of the Hours of the Virgin (ff. 188–193v) and that for the Office of the Dead (ff. 195v–201), as well as the list of saints honored in the Diocese of Bourges in the calendar and in the litanies. In terms of dating, the inclusion in the calendar of the feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary (December 8, in red, f. 12) suggests that the manuscript was produced after 1477, the date of the Indulgence granted by Sixtus IV to those who recite the Office of the Immaculate Conception (Leroquais, Les bréviaires manuscrits…, 1934, I, p. cix), and the feast was first incorporated into the Franciscan calendar. In 1491, the feast was admitted to the Dominican calendar, and its adoption became widespread in 1496 in the Roman calendar (Leroquais 1934, I, pp. ci and cxvii). In the ferial psalter, the division of the psalms follows a secular practice and is therefore intended for a secular cleric, a canon, or a monk of the mendicant orders. 2. In the margin of fol. 125, an inscription: “Raoul 1663 the Younger.” 3. Two inscriptions: “Ludovic de Moussion” (f. 35) and the first name “Ludovic” on the front of the third flyleaf at the beginning of the manuscript (19th-century hand). SEE THE COMPLETE ENTRY IN THE PDF CATALOG (downloadable)
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