Walters Ms. W.104, Book of Hours Hours of the Virgin Seven Penitential Psalms Fifteen gradual psalms, and prayers Litany, petitions, and collects Office of the Dead Prayer and eight imprecations (added) Book of Hours Principal cataloger Randall, Lilian M.C. Cataloger Herbert, Lynley Editor Herbert, Lynley Copy editor Dibble, Charles Contributor Emery, Doug Contributor Herbert, Lynley Contributor Noel, William Contributor Schuele, Allyson Contributor Sedovic, Katherine Contributor Tabritha, Ariel Contributor Toth, Michael B. Contributor Wiegand, Kimber Conservator Owen, Linda Conservator Quandt, Abigail The Walters Art Museum

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 This Book of Hours was created in northeastern France ca. 1340, possibly for the marriage that year of Louis II of Châtillon (d. 1346) and Jeanne of Hainaut, as the Châtillon de Blois arms are depicted on fols. 19r and 81v, and the arms of Hainaut also appear in the borders, including in conjunction with the Châtillon arms on fol. 19r. The manuscript is exceptional for the abundance of drolleries and lively hybrids that inhabit nearly every page. Stylistically these images have been linked to a workshop in the Artois region, possibly based in Arras, and related manuscripts were traced by Carl Nordenfalk in his 1979 publication. Although the manuscript is incomplete, lacking its calendar and likely some images, its surviving illumination provides an excellent example of the playfulness of art during this period. Baltimore The Walters Art Museum W.104 The primary language in this manuscript is Latin. The secondary language of this manuscript is French, Old (842-ca.1400). 1r - 113v Book of Hours Manuscript is incomplete, lacking calendar and beginning of Hours of the Virgin, as well as several other folios throughout; first folio with miniatures and last two folios added early 1r - 49v Hours of the Virgin ...Dominus tecum Incomplete: begins imperfectly within Lesson 1 of Matins, with other folios missing as well; 9-lesson in Matins for Use of Paris with exception of hymn "Quem terra" which is Use of Arras; Lauds through None and Compline for Use of Arras; Vespers capitulary "Beata es virgo" and antiphon "Beatam me" for Use of Paris; first folios of Sext and None missing after fols. 34 and 36; rubrics in French beginning at Lauds 51r - 60v Seven Penitential Psalms No opening rubric; subsequent rubrics in French 61r - 70v Fifteen gradual psalms, and prayers Les .XV. siaumes. (fol. 60v) Ad Dominum cum tribularer clamavi et exaudivit me Rubric is on fol. 60v; beginning of incipit is in red and written within the bottom of the miniature's frame; fols. 61r-69r: Fifteen gradual psalms; fols. 69r-70v: six prayers, rubricated in French and Latin 71r - 73v 75r - 75v Litany, petitions, and collects Kyrieleyson Partially misbound; fols. 71r-73r: Litany: fourteen martyrs, including Marcellus, Leodegar, Dionysius, and Maurice; nine confessors, including Remigius, Gregory, Audoenus, Julian, Aegydius, and Sulpitius; fourteen virgins including Catherine, Margaret, and Juliana; fols. 73r-v and 75r (misbound): Petitions; fol. 75r-v: two collects (rubric for first at bottom of fol. 75r) 74r - 74v 76r - 112r Office of the Dead Vigile des mors. Antene. Siaume. Placebo domino Misbound: correct order as follows: fols. 74r-v, 77r-v, 76r-v, 78r-112r; original text ends imperfectly on fol. 111v, and finished on added folio 112r in sixteenth-century hand; Office is for Use of Paris with exception of Lesson IV, which opens for Arras Use with "Responde michi," but with responsory, "Ne recordis," for Paris Use; rubrics in French for Vespers (fol. 74r) and Matins (fol. 81v) 112r - 113r Prayer and eight imprecations (added) Ave verum corpus natum ex marie virgine Folios added in sixteenth century; fol. 112r: Ave verum corpus; fols. 112v-113r: eight short imprecations

Very well prepared and highly selected, thin to medium parchment

 Foliation: i+113+i16.8 11.8 11.0 6.3 Two sets of pencil foliation, the earlier added in the late nineteenth or early twentieth century, lower right, rectos; more recent pencil foliation upper right corners, rectos (used here)

Quire 1: 8, lacking first folio, with another first folio added early (fols. 1-8); Quires 2-4: 8 (fols. 9-32); Quire 5: 8, lacking third and sixth folios (fols. 33-38); Quire 6: 8 (fols. 39-46); Quire 7: 4 (fols. 47-50); Quire 8: 6, with first folio cancelled (fols. 51-55); Quires 9-15: 8, with Quire 11 misbound (fols. 56-111); Quire 16: 2, added in sixteenth century (fols. 112-113) None None

Ruled in brown ink Two different sixteenth-century hands Written in textura formata; three artists' hands distinguishable: highest-quality images by first artist on fols. 51r and 81v; secondary artist responsible for historiated initials in Hours of the Virgin; third less skilled artist responsible for remaining miniatures Two full-page miniatures on fol. 1r-v, added early; historiated initials on fols. 19r, 28r, 32v, 39v, and 45v Small miniature fol. 51r Small miniatures on fols. 61r and 70v Small miniature on fol. 71r Small miniatures on fols. 74r and 81v Eight miniatures (two full-page, added early); five extant historiated initials set within heavy gold architectural frames (10-13 lines), drolleries and grotesques throughout; decorated illuminated initials at secondary text divisions (2 lines) and at versals (1 line); borders around text and line fillers found intermittently throughout, with line fillers containing hybrids, dragons, fish, animals, and foliage; rubrics in red; text in black ink Crucifixion with the Virgin and John Full-page miniature

Added early

 Virgin and Theophilus Full-page miniature

Added early

 Initial "D" with the Annunciation; drolleries and jousting knights in margins Hours of the Virgin: Lauds Historiated initial "D," 10 lines

Knights jousting carry shields bearing heraldry of Châtillon de Blois and Hainaut (or Flanders). Heraldic imagery of Châtillon de Blois, Hainaut (Flanders), Namur, and Vinacourt also in borders.

 Initial "D" with the Visitation; drolleries with apes, hybrid musicians, and doctor with matula (for uroscopy) in margins Hours of the Virgin: Prime Historiated initial "D," 10 lines Initial "D" with the Nativity; hybrids, angel musicians, and doctor with matula in margins Hours of the Virgin: Terce Historiated initial "D," 10 lines Initial "D" with the Presentation in the Temple; musicians, hybrids, and stag hunt in margins Hours of the Virgin: Vespers Historiated initial "D," 10 lines Initial "C" with the Massacre of the Innocents; heraldry of Hainaut or Flanders, musicians, apes, and children playing game in margins Hours of the Virgin: Compline Historiated initial "C," 13 lines Three kings playing music; hybrid musicians and men holding scrolls in margins Seven Penitential Psalms Small miniature, 10 lines King David kneeling before Christ; hybrids and musicians in margins Fifteen gradual psalms Small miniature, 10 lines Virgin and Child enthroned with angels; hybrids, angels, and seraphim in margins Fifteen gradual psalms Small miniature, 7 lines Three clerics singing before lectern; hybrids and SS. Andrew, Bartholomew, Peter, and John the Baptist in margins Litany Small miniature, 7 lines Funeral service; Franciscan and Dominican monks and nuns (both hybrid and human) holding books in margins Office of the Dead Small miniature, 10 lines King David and Christ; jousting knights bearing arms of Namur and Châtillon, hybrids, and clerics in margins Office of the Dead Small miniature, 10 lines

French seventeenth-century brown calf decorated on sides with oval wreathes on both boards and gilt fillets at the edges; edges regilt; spine with four compartments containing gilt floral and foliate motif; nineteenth- or early twentieth-century brown case decorated with gilt fleurs-de-lis on upper cover and gilt inscription: "livre / d'heures / de / Marie de Hainaut / et de / Louis de Chastillon / 1300-1310"

 Ca. 1340 CE Northeast France Created ca. 1340 for Use of Arras and Paris, possibly for the marriage that year of Louis II of Châtillon (d. 1346) and Jeanne of Hainaut, as the Châtillon de Blois arms are depicted on fols. 19r and 81v, and the arms of Hainaut also appear in the borders, including in conjunction with the Châtillon arms on fol. 19r (see Randall 1997, cat. no. 55, p. 144 for further explanation) Heraldic bookplate of unidentified owner added ca. 1600 at time of rebinding, with rampant lion on blue shield flanked by larger lions (Randall's description: "d'azur au lion d'or accompagnant trois boulettes de sable") Motto "En espoyr vi" inscribed on fol. 113r, added presumably along with text in sixteenth century by unknown owner Inscribed by later owner "au L Fr. Pri por nous P. Pinay (?)" above sketches of doe and stag Henry Walters, Baltimore, purchased from unknown source between 1895 and 1931 Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters' bequest Relevant Works Owens, M.B. 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Wilson Company, 1935; p. 784, cat. no. 172. Wieck, Roger S. Time Sanctified: The Book of Hours in Medieval Art and Life, exhibition catalogue. Baltimore: Trustees of the Walters Art Gallery, 1988; cat. no. 8, fig 72. Lewis, Suzanne. Beyond the Frame: Marginal Figures and Historiated Initials in the Getty Apocalypse. The J. Paul Getty Museum Journal 20 (1992): 53-76; pp. 75-76 (n. 16 for p. 63). Randall, Lilian M. C. Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Walters Art Gallery. Vol. 1, France, 875-1420. Baltimore and London: Johns Hopkins University Press in association with the Walters Art Gallery, 1997; pp. 142-145, cat. no. 55. De Beaumanoir, Philippe. Le Roman de la Manekine. Amsterdam: Rodopi Publishers, 1999; pp. xvi-xvii (figs. 48-49), 32-34, 37. Smeyers, Mauritius. Flemish Miniatures from the 8th to the mid-16th Century: The Medieval World on Parchment. Turnhout: Brepols, 1999; pp. 125-127 (fig. 21), 172. Bennett, Adelaide. 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