Walters Ms. W.176, Suchtelen Hours Calendar Mass of the Virgin Hours of the Virgin Advent Office of the Virgin Prayer to the Virgin Prayer to Christ Suffrages Suchtelen Hours Principal cataloger Randall, Lilian M.C. Cataloger Shartrand, Emily Editor Herbert, Lynley Copy editor Dibble, Charles Contributor Emery, Doug Contributor Noel, William Contributor Tabritha, Ariel Contributor Toth, Michael B. Contributor Valle, Chiara Contributor Wiegand, Kimber Conservator Owen, Linda Conservator Quandt, Abigail The Walters Art Museum

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 The Suchtelen Hours is a fine example of artists working in the style of the Master of the Prayerbooks ca. 1500. The book is believed to have been produced in Bruges and owned by someone associated with the Franciscan order and the Utrecht diocese. The nine extant, full-page, highly detailed miniatures exhibit clarity of forms and a vivid color palette. Of particular interest are the border illuminations that appear either surrounding the miniatures or as strips running along the sides of the text. Illusionistic flowers, insects, and animals lend to the charm of the manuscript, and speak to the skill of the artist. Baltimore The Walters Art Museum W.176 The primary language in this manuscript is Latin. 1v - 164v Suchtelen Hours 1v - 11v Calendar Januarius xxxi et luna xxx Calendar two-thirds full; graded in rose and brown ink; contents indicate Utrecht diocese and connection with Franciscan order; saints of note include: Isidore (Jan. 7), Julianus (Jan. 9), Agatha "Aghate" (Feb. 5), Dorothy (Feb. 12), Anthony of Padua (Feb. 15), Seventy-nine Martyrs (Feb. 21), Cyprian (Mar. 21), Gorgonius (Mar. 11), Hilary (Mar. 16), Ludger (Mar. 26), Gregory I (Mar. 29), Firminus (Apr. 6), Mark (May 18), Rogatus "Rogatini" (June 10), Willibald (July 7), Gereon (Aug. 17), Othger "Otgeri" (Sept. 10), Clare (Oct. 2, translation Franciscan), Three hundred Moorish Martyrs "Maurorum M." (Oct. 15), Chrysanthus and Daria "Crisati and darie" (Oct. 25), Valentine (Dec. 16) Missing two folios that would have included second half of April to the first half of May and second half of November to first half of December 12r - 27v Mass of the Virgin Incipit missa beate virginis Et introibo ad altare dei 28v - 123v Hours of the Virgin Incipiunt hore beate marie virginis secundum usum Romanum. Ad Matutinas Domine labia mea Use of Rome 124v - 143v Advent Office of the Virgin Incipit officium gloriosissime marie virginis quod dicitur per totum adventum ad vesperas Deus adjutorium meum 144r - 148v Prayer to the Virgin O intemerata 149r - 151v Prayer to Christ O bone Iesu o dulcissime iesu o piissime iesu 152r - 164v Suffrages De sancto michaele antiphone Michael archangele Nine prayers to male saints: SS. Michael, John the Baptist, Peter and Paul, James the Greater, Christopher, Sebastian, Blasius, Anthony of Padua, and Francis; three prayers to female saints: Catherine, Barbara, and Mary Magdalene

Well-selected and prepared but very thin parchment; surface has a satin quality; thicker folios used for inserted full-page miniatures

 Foliation: iii+164+ii7.5 5.2 3.8 2.5 Front flyleaf iii is not foliated, but is structurally part of first quire and should therefore have been counted as a folio

Quire 1: 8, with first folio cancelled that was presumably front flyleaf or pastedown (fols. 1-7); Quire 2: 6 (fols. 8-13); Quire 3: 8, with first folio cancelled and second folio added after fol. 13 (fols. 14-21); Quire 4: 8 (fols. 22-29); Quire 5: 8 (fols. 30-37); Quire 6: 8, with second folio added (fols. 38-46); Quire 7: 8 (fols. 47-54); Quire 8: 8, with first and eighth folios added (fols. 55-64); Quire 9: 4 (fols. 65-68); Quire 10: 8, with first and eighth folios added (fols. 69-78); Quire 11: 8, with fourth(?) folio cancelled and fifth folio added after fol. 82 (fols 79-86); Quire 12: 8, with eighth folio added (fols. 87-95); Quire 13: 6 (fols. 96-101); Quire 14: 8, with first folio added (fols. 101-110); Quire 15: 8, with stub after fol. 112v (fols. 111-118); Quire 16: 4 (fols. 119-122); Quires 17-18: 8 (fols. 123-152); Quire 19: 8 (fols. 153-160); Quire 20: 4 (fols. 161-164) Possible signature in brown ink on lower right of August calendar page (fol. 8r) but could also be the name of the month Appear written vertically along the lower side of spine-edge throughout the beginning and end of the text (eg. fol. 18v), light brown ink; resemble the catchwords found in Vat. Ross. 94 (cf. III. 2,4) Images inserted

 Layout does not apply to calendar: 2.7 x 4.0 cm, 3 columns of 17 lines One full-page miniature, fol. 124v Italianate gotica rotunda Twenty illustrations of labors of the months and zodiac in bottom borders; illusionistic borders surrounding text with flowers and wildlife Eight full-page miniatures on versos of inserted pages, fols. 28v, 56v, 74v, 82v, 89v, 96v, 103v, and 115v Historiated initial fol. 144r Historiated initial fol. 149r Historiated initials fols. 152r, 153r, 154r, 155r, 156r, 157r, 158r, 159v, 160v, 161v, 162v, and 163v Nine full-page miniatures on versos of inserted folios; twenty calendar illustrations; fourteen historiated initials (8 lines); illusionistic borders with flowers and wildlife throughout; liquid gold decorated initials; red and blue line fillers with gold decoration; rubrics in red; text in brown ink Labors of the Months: Man feasting Calendar: January Border illustration Zodiac: Aquarius Calendar: January Border illustration Labors of the Months: Man pruning Calendar: February Border illustration Zodiac: Pisces Calendar: February Border illustration Labors of the Months: Man digging Calendar: March Border illustration Zodiac: Aries Calendar: March Border illustration Labor of the Month: Man with branch Calendar: April Border illustration Zodiac: Gemini Calendar: May Border illustration Labors of the Months: Man scything Calendar: June Border illustration Zodiac: Cancer Zodiac: July Border illustration Labors of the Months: Man reaping Calendar: July Border illustration Zodiac: Leo Calendar: July Border illustration Labors of the Months: Man threshing Calendar: August Border illustration Zodiac: Virgo Calendar: August Border illustration Labors of the Months: Man crushing grapes Calendar: September Border illustration Zodiac: Libra Calendar: September Border illustration Labors of the Months: Man sowing Calendar: October Border illustration Zodiac: Scorpio Calendar: October Border illustration Labors of the Months: Man beating acorns Calendar: November Border illustration Zodiac: Capricorn Calendar: December Border illustration Annunciation Hours of the Virgin: Matins Full-page miniature Visitation Hours of the Virgin: Lauds Full-page miniature Nativity-Adoration Hours of the Virgin: Prime Full-page miniature Annunciation to the Shepherds Hours of the Virgin: Terce Full-page miniature Adoration of the Magi Hours of the Virgin: Sext Full-page miniature Presentation in the Temple Hours of the Virgin: None Full-page miniature Massacre of the Innocents Hours of the Virgin: Vespers Full-page miniature Flight into Egypt Hours of the Virgin: Compline Full-page miniature God the Father Blessing the Virgin Advent Office of the Virgin Full-page miniature Initial "O" with the Virgin and John the Evangelist O intemerata Historiated initial "O," 8 lines Initial "O" with the Christ Child O bone ihesu Historiated initial "O," 8 lines

Marginal decoration of an armed monkey fending off a bird

 Initial "M" with St. Michael vanquishing female demon Suffrage to St. Michael Historiated initial "M," 8 lines Initial "I" with St. John the Baptist pointing to lamb of God Suffrage to St. John the Baptist Historiated initial "I," 8 lines Initial "P" with SS. Peter and Paul Suffrage to SS. Peter and Paul Historiated initial "P," 8 lines Initial "O" with St. James the Greater Suffrage to St. James the Greater Historiated initial "O," 8 lines Initial "A" with St. Christopher and the Christ Child Suffrage to St. Christopher Historiated initial "A," 8 lines Initial "B" with St. Sebastian Suffrage to St. Sebastian Historiated initial "B," 8 lines Initial "A" with St. Blasius Suffrage to St. Blasius Historiated initial "A," 8 lines Initial "S" with St. Anthony of Padua Suffrage to St. Anthony of Padua Historiated initial "S," 8 lines Initial "S" with St. Francis Suffrage to St. Francis Historiated initial "S," 8 lines Initial "U" with St. Catherine Suffrage to St. Catherine Historiated initial "U," 8 lines Initial "A" with St. Barbara Suffrage to St. Barbara Historiated initial "A," 8 lines Initial "M" with St. Mary Magdalene Suffrage to St. Mary Magdalene Historiated initial "M," 8 lines

Re-bound in seventeenth-century dark crimson leather with beveled edges, produced in France or Russia; black border with gilt foliate design, ribbed spine with same gilt design and initials "O. B. V."; gilt page edges, cast and pierced metal clasp that hinges from upper board

 Ca. 1500 Bruges Bruges; illuminated in style of Master of the Prayerbooks, ca. 1500; owner associated with Franciscan Order and Utrecht diocese (fol. 160v) Rebound in seventeenth century in France or Russia Russia, St. Petersburg, armorial bookplate engraved "Bibliotheca Suchtelen/ Aequa Mente"; name of library stamped on fol. 164v, nineteenth century L.P. "Urusof" Ouroussoff, nineteenth-century Russian ex libris on front and back flyleaves "Omg. IV No. 12 (123)" and "Ex libris / du Prince L. P. Ouroussoff" A. Polovtsoff, Paris, November 14, 1910 sale to Cornuau, penciled note on flyleaf "Ravissant Manuscrit Flamand du XV Siecle" Henry Walters, purchased from unknown seller between 1910 and 1931 Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters' bequest Relevant Works De Ricci, Seymour, and W. J. Wilson. Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada. Vol. 1. New York: H. W. Wilson Company, 1935; p. 807, cat. no. 307. Miner, Dorothy. Illuminated Books of the Middle Ages and Renaissance: An Exhibition Held at the Baltimore Museum of Art. Baltimore: Trustees of the Walters Art Gallery, 1949; cat. no. 136. Spencer, E.P. Fruit and Flowers. Exhibition Catalogue, Baltimore Museum of Art, 1961. Baltimore: Baltimore Museum of Art, 1961; pp. 8, 19. Diringer, David. The Illuminated Book: Its History and Production. Revised edition. NY: Philosophical Library, 1967; p. 452. Owens, M.B. "Musical Subjects in the Illumination of Books of Hours from Fifteenth-Century France and Flanders." Ph.D. diss, University of Chicago, 1987; p. 390. Wieck, Roger S. Time Sanctified: The Book of Hours in Medieval Art and Life. Exhibition Catalogue. Baltimore, Walters Art Gallery. NY: George Braiziller, 1988; pp. 119, 216, cat. no. 100, fig. 100. Randall, Lilian M. C. Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Walters Art Gallery. Vol. 3, Belgium, 1250-1530. Baltimore and London: Johns Hopkins University Press in association with the Walters Art Gallery, 1997; pp. 465-470, cat. no. 287. As-Vijvers, Anne Margreet. "More than Marginal Meaning? The Interpretation of Ghent-Bruges Border Decoration." Oud-Holland: Tijdschrift voor Nederlandse kunstgeschiedenis 116 (2003): 3-33; pp. 14, 30. Art Medicine Museum Poetry Script Muhammad, the Prophet Kashmiri Horses Walters Art Museum Document Astrology Devotion History Legal Literature -- Poetry Literature -- Prose Liturgy Philosophy Science Science -- Medicine Scripture Sufism Theology Mineralogy Logic Geography Geomancy Cosmology Cartography Fortune-telling Koran Qur`an Firman Palimpsest Prayer Bible Gospels Psalter Missal Lectionary Book of Hours Antiphonary Homilary Processional Horologion Breviary Hymnal Chronicle Maghreb Sub-Saharan (West) Africa Turkey Afghanistan Central Asia Egypt England India Iran Iraq Pakistan Germany France Austria Netherlands Ethiopia Armenia Flanders Greece Mamluk Mughal Ottoman Ottonian Armenian Byzantine Abbasid Qajar Rajput Christian Arabic Austrian Dutch Egyptian Fatimid German Indian Islamic Persian Safavid Timurid Turkish Umayyad English French Flemish Ethiopian Carolingian Calligraphy Colophon Headpiece Illumination Illustration Medallion Miniature Ornament Painting Early Abbasid script Ragini Romanesque Gothic Watermark Grotesques Historiated initial Inhabited initial White-vine lettering Textura Batarda Humanistic Uncial Accordion book Album Book Codex Manuscript Heraldry Saint's Life Drawing Grisaille New Abbasid style Musical notation Russia Romania Charter Russian Genealogy Mass book Prayer book Gospel Lectionary Psalter-Hours Treatise Grammar Gloss Pontifical Private devotional text Gradual Protective scroll Scroll 10th century 11th century 12th century 13th century 14th century 15th century 16th century 17th century 18th century 19th century 20th century 8th century 9th century Block book Caroline minuscule Central Arab lands (Near East) Chart English secretary hand Kufic Gothic book hand Original binding Treasure binding Gospel Book Spanish Spain Italian Italy Coptic Scrapbook American United States Maryland Historical Society Friendship book Friendship Biography Judaism Talmud Collection of Sermons Notable Notable binding Liturgical Devotional Scriptural Theological Legal Historical Scientific Scientific -- Medical Literary -- Prose Literary -- Poetry Philosophical Astrological Sufi English Book of Hours Christian Flemish Codex Manuscript Miniature Walters Art Museum Flanders 15th century 16th century Devotion Historiated initial Illumination Painting