Walters Ms. W.189, Book of Hours Calendar Hours of the Holy Spirit Hours of the Cross Hours of the Virgin Advent Office of the Virgin Seven Penitential Psalms, litany, and collects Office of the Dead Mass of the Virgin Added prayers Book of Hours artist Master of the Black Prayerbook artist Circle of Willem Vrelant Principal cataloger Randall, Lilian M.C. Cataloger Herbert, Lynley Cataloger Valle, Chiara Editor Herbert, Lynley Copy editor Dibble, Charles Contributor Emery, Doug Contributor Herbold, Rebekah Contributor Noel, William Contributor Pizzinato, Riccardo 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 likely produced in Bruges ca. 1480-90, as evinced by the saints in the calendar. The provenance is not certain, however, since Bayeux and St. Riquier are also attested by the litany and usage of the Office of the Dead. The book's lavish full-page miniatures in black-grisailles, as well as the facing opening of the Hours, are enframed with foliate borders and drolleries, and have been attributed to the circle of Willem Vrelant and the so-called Master of the Black Prayerbook. Gold was employed for the details of the illuminations, bringing light to the monochrome scenes. Similarly, the text is enlightened by gold-speckled large initials for the opening of each of the Hours, and small ones for minor divisions of the text throughout the manuscript. Baltimore The Walters Art Museum W.189 The primary language in this manuscript is Latin. The secondary language of this manuscript is Dutch; Flemish. 1r - 132v Book of Hours 1r - 12v Calendar Calendar in Dutch, one-fourth filled; major Bruges feasts in red; saints of note include Basil (fol. 6r); Eligius (fols. 6v and 12r) and Bavo (fol. 10r); a few erasures, irregular spellings, and early additions 13v - 15v Hours of the Holy Spirit Shelichs gheest getide Domine labia mea 16v - 18v Hours of the Cross Shelichs cruus ghetide Domine labia mea 19v - 61v Hours of the Virgin Hier begunt onse vrauwe ghetide Domine labia mea Fols. 20r-30v: Matins; fols. 32r-38v: Lauds; fols. 40r-42v: Prime; fols. 44r-46v: Terce; fols. 48r-49v: Sext; fols. 51r-52v: None; fols. 54r-57v: Vespers; fols. 59r-61v: Compline 62v - 69v Advent Office of the Virgin Hier begunt de matten van marie in den advent. ende si ghedueret tot mede winter Domine labia mea 70v - 82v Seven Penitential Psalms, litany, and collects Domine ne in furore tuo Fols. 71r-79r: Seven Penitential Psalms; fols. 79r-81r: Litany, including several bishops of Bayeux: Contestus, Vigor, Exuperius, Lupus, and Ragnobert; fols. 81r-82r: Petitions; fol. 82r-v: Three collects 84r - 108r Office of the Dead Hier begunnen die vigelien over alle zielen Dilexi quoniam exaudiet Dominus Use similar to St. Riquier; text concludes with six collects praying for soul of brother Henry, intercession of Virgin, and souls 109v - 120r Mass of the Virgin Hier beghint onser vrauwe messe Et introito ad altare Dei Fols. 109v-114r: Mass of the Virgin; fol. 114r: Prayer to Christ; fols. 114r-115r: Gospel sequence of John (1:1-14); fols. 115r-120r: Two Prayers to the Virgin 121r - 132v Added prayers Miserere mei Deus secundum Dac ic in ydelheden dus hebbe versleten Prayer added early, a rhymed paraphrase of Psalm 50 in Dutch

Thin to medium-weight parchment, thicker for inserted illuminated leaves; standard preparation, parchment grimed from use; gilt edges; first two folios cropped at lower right corners

 Foliation: 13216.8 12.2 9.84 6.3 Modern pencil foliation, upper right corners, rectos; second earlier set of numbers evident above modern foliation on fols. 20, 24, 32, 38, 40, 44, 48, 51, 55, 56, 67, 84, 85, 98, 115

Quires 1-2: 6 (fols. 1-12); Quire 3: 8, with first, fourth, and seventh folios added (fols. 13-23); Quire 4: 8, with eighth folio added (fols. 24-32); Quire 5: 10, with bifoliate 4-5 after fol. 35, seventh folio added (fols. 33-42) (fols. 43-45) (fols. 46-55) (fols. 56-66) (fols. 67-75); Quire 9: 8, with eighth folio added (fols. 76-84); Quire 11: 8 (fols. 85-92); Quire 12: 8 (fols. 93-100); Quire 13: 8 (fols. 101-108); Quire 14: 6, with first folio added (fols. 109-115); Quire 15: 6, with first folio cancelled, stub visible (fols. 116-120); Quire 16: 8, with stub after eighth folio, leaf cancelled(?) (fols. 121-128); Quire 17: 4 (fols. 129-132)

Red ink ruling for text and calendar Five full-page grisailles miniatures with facing borders at the beginning of each Hour, fols. 19v, 31v, 39v, 43v, 47v, 50v, 53v, and 58v Written in irregular textura Full-page miniature fol. 13v with facing foliate borders and drolleries Full-page illumination fol. 16v with facing foliate borders and drolleries Full-page miniature fol. 62v with facing foliate borders Full-page miniature fol. 70v with facing foliate borders Full-page grisaille miniature fol. 83v with facing foliate borders Full-page grisailles miniature fol. 109v with facing foliate borders Foliate borders on three sides of fol. 121r Fourteen full-page grisaille illuminations with facing acanthus and flower borders at opening of each Hour; large (5-6 lines) grisaille initials on gold-speckled ground for major text divisions, and smaller initials (1-2 lines) for minor text divisions; drolleries on fols. 13v and 17r for the Hours of the Holy Spirit and the Cross; fol. 121r has bracket-shaped panel enclosing text on three sides; rubrics in red; text in brown and black ink Trinity enthroned Hours of the Holy Spirit Full-page miniature

book inscribed in gold: "Ego sum alpha trinus et novissimus"

 Opening of the Hours of the Holy Spirit with foliate border Hours of the Holy Spirit Marginal illumination Crucifixion Hours of the Cross: Matins Full-page miniature Opening of the Hours of the Cross with foliate border Hours of the Cross: Matins Marginal illumination Annunciation Hours of the Virgin: Matins Full-page miniature

On the scroll: "Ave gratia plena dominus tecum"

 Opening of the Hours of the Virgin with foliate border Hours of the Virgin: Matins Marginal illumination Visitation Hours of the Virgin: Lauds Full-page miniature Opening of the Hours of the Virgin with foliate border Hours of the Virgin: Lauds Marginal illumination Nativity Hours of the Virgin: Prime Full-page miniature Opening of the Hours of the Virgin with foliate border (Prime) Hours of the Virgin: Prime Full-page miniature Annunciation to the shepherds Hours of the Virgin: Terce Full-page miniature Opening of the Hours of the Virgin with foliate border (Terce) Hours of the Virgin: Terce Full-page miniature Adoration of the Magi Hours of the Virgin: Sext Full-page miniature Opening of the Hours of the Virgin with foliate border Hours of the Virgin: Sext Marginal illumination Presentation in the Temple Hours of the Virgin: None Full-page miniature Opening of the Hours of the Virgin with foliate border Hours of the Virgin: None Marginal illumination Massacre of the Innocents Hours of the Virgin: Vespers Full-page miniature Opening of the Hours of the Virgin with foliate border Hours of the Virgin: Vespers Marginal illumination Flight into Egypt Hours of the Virgin: Compline Full-page miniature Opening of the Hours of the Virgin with foliate border Hours of the Virgin: Compline Marginal illumination Coronation of the Virgin Advent Office of the Virgin Full-page miniature Opening of the Advent Office of the Virgin with foliate border Advent Office of the Virgin Marginal illumination David penitent Penitential Psalms Full-page miniature Opening of the Seven Penitential Psalms with foliate border Penitential Psalms Marginal illumination Funeral service Office of the Dead Full-page miniature Opening of the Office of the Dead with foliate border Office of the Dead Marginal illumination Virgin lactans enthroned Mass of the Virgin Full-page miniature Opening of the Mass of the Virgin with foliate decoration Mass of the Virgin Marginal illumination

Flemish, sixteenth-century brown leather binding over oak boards with wide chamfer at outer edges; modern repairs to spine; sides impressed in blind with panel stamps with the same design on both covers; St. John the Baptist preaching with seated woman and man on each side; dog seated on ground at front seen from back; St. Michael vanquishing devil; four peasants dancing at the center of the cover separate the saints' portraits; remains of green and crimson silk in tailband; former fastening at center fore-edge is now missing; panels with SS. John the Baptist and Michael are also on a Flemish Book of Hours in the Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique (iv 315), and a Greek Evangeliary in the Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (Suppl. grec. 175)

 Ca. 1480-90 Flanders (Bruges?) Made likely in Bruges ca.1480-90 for owner connected to Bayeux and Flanders (see saints in the litany, fols. 79-108) Re-bound in the second quarter of the sixteenth century in Flanders Louvain, mid-sixteenth-century owner (inscription "...Lovanii" on fol. 1r in brown ink; name effaced) Henry Walters, Baltimore, purchased between 1895 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. 801, cat. no. 281. 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. 417-423, cat. no. 280. 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 Flemish Book Codex Illumination Manuscript Miniature Painting Flanders Devotion Grisaille Grotesques Notable binding Walters Art Museum 15th century Christian