Book of Hours - Libro d'ore ROUEN 1475

BOOK OF HOURS USE OF ROUEN ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM - LIBRO D'ORE ALL'USO DI ROUEN MANOSCRITTO MINIATO SU PERGAMENA

      Rouen (France) 1475 - BOOK OF HOURS, USE OF ROUEN. [Illuminated manuscript on vellum, in Latin and French. Rouen, about 1475]. 8vo (165x122 mm), XIXth full calf century binding, gilt tooled borders on both covers and squares, elaborate gilt decorations and rules at spine (recently restored) ff. (108, last two leaves ruled but left blank). Gothic type, 18 lines (16 for the calendar) in sepia ink. EIGHT FULL-PAGE MINIATURES, INSERTED IN A RICH FOLIATED BORDER WITH FLOWERS, FRUITS AND GOLD BANDS ENRICHED BY GOLD AND COLORS THREE LINES ILLUMINATED INITIALS. NINE THREE LINES GOLD AND COLORS ILLUMINATED INITIALS ALONG THE TEXT, SURROUNDED BY A THREE SIDES FULL PAGE RICH FLORAL BORDER WITH ACANTHUS AND FLOWERS. 137 TWO LINES AND HUNDREDS OF ONE LINE GOLD AND COLORS ILLUMINATED INITIALS. CALENDAR ILLUMINATED IN BLUE, RED AND GOLD. END LINES IN GOLD, BLU AND OCHRA. TEXT: Calendar, ff. 1-12; Gospel Lessons, ff. 13-17; Obsecro te, ff. 17-20; O intemerata, ff. 20-23; Hours of the Virgin use of Rouen, ff. 24-56 (last is ruled but left blank); Penitential Psalms and Litany, ff. 57-70; Hour of the Cross, ff. 71-73; Hour of the Holy Spirit, ff. 73-75; Office of the Dead, ff. 76-99; Devotional in French, ff. 100-108 (last two leaves ruled but left blank) FULL PAGE MINIATURES: The four Evangelists, f. 13r; Annunciation, f. 24r; Nativity, f. 41r; David in Penance, f. 57r; Crucifixion, f. 71r; Pentecost, f. 73v; Burial, f. 76r; Lamentation, f. 100r. ORIGIN: some saints highlighted within the calendar, the specificity in liturgy and the style of the miniatures ascribe this Book of Hours to the production of Normandy, and more specifically to the area of Rouen. After a pause of almost hundred years, starting from the second quarter of XVth century we can assist to the renaissance of the manuscript production in Normandy where Rouen, the capital, immediately take the led of the artistic movement of illuminations overtaking in a short time the other very famous illumination site of the region, Caen. After a short period where the style of the illuminators relieved of the strong influence from Paris, the Rouen style started to gain the peculiarity that made him one of the most famous in manuscript production in France. Minor marks of use, but a very good copy with unusual high margins PROVENANCE: I. Contemporary handwritten note Communitati Sancti Coenobii Praemonstratensis at upper margin of first calendar leaf. II. At front inside cover, ex-libris of Edward Hailstone, English bibliophile (1818-1890). LIBRO D'ORE, USO DI ROUEN. [manoscritto miniato su pergamena, in Latino e Francese. Rouen, circa 1475]. In-8° (165x122 mm), legatura ottocentesca in cuoio bruno con ricca cornice dorata ai piatti e alle unghie, elaborate decorazioni dorate e filetti al dorso (trace di recenti restauri), cc. (108, le due ultima carte sono bianche con rigature di riferimento). Gotico, 18 linee (16 per il calendario) in inchiostro seppia. OTTO MINIATURE A PIENA PAGINA, INSERITE IN UNA RICCA CORNICE DECORATA CON FIORI, FRUTTI E BANDE DIAGONALI IN ORO, ARRICCHITE DA CAPILETTERA MINIATI SU TRE LINEE IN ORO E VARI COLORI. NOVE ALTRI CAPILETTERA NEL TESTO, MINIATI IN ORO E COLORI SU TRE LINEE, CIRCONDATI SU TRE LATI DA UNA RICCA CORNICE A PIENA PAGINA DI ACANTO, FIORI E FRUTTA. 137 PICCOLI CAPILETTERA SU DUE LINEE E CENTINAIA SU UNA LINEA MINIATI IN ORO E COLORI VARI. CALENDARIO ILLUMINATO IN BLU, ROSSO E ORO. FINE LINEA IN BLU ORO E OCRA. TESTO: Calendario, cc. 1-12; Letture dai Vangeli, cc. 13-17; Obsecro te, cc. 17-20; O intemerata, cc. 20-23; Officio della Vergine all'uso di Rouen, cc. 24-56 (ultima carta con rigatura ma bianca); Salmi Penitenziali e Litanie, cc. 57-70; Ore della Croce, cc. 71-73; Ore dello Spirito Santo, cc. 73-75; Ufficio dei Morti, cc. 76-99; Devozionale in Francese, cc. 100-108 (ultime due carte con rigatura di riferimento ma bianche). MINATURE A PIENA PAGINA: Tetramorfo (Quattro Evangelisti), c. 13r; Annunciazione, c. 24r; Natività, c. 41r; Re Davide in Preghiera, c. 57r; C