Walters Ms. W.195, Book of Hours Calendar (added) Hours of the Cross Hours of the Virgin Seven Penitential Psalms Litany, petitions, and collects Five Prayers of St. Gregory Devotional sequence Book of Hours Principal cataloger Randall, Lilian M.C. Cataloger Shartrand, Emily Editor Herbert, Lynley Copy editor Dibble, Charles Contributor Brown, Emily Contributor Emery, Doug Contributor Herbold, Rebekah Contributor Noel, William Contributor Schuele, Allyson Contributor Tabritha, Ariel Contributor Toth, Michael B. Contributor Wiegand, Kimber Conservator Owen, Linda Conservator Quandt, Abigail The Walters Art Museum

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 Illuminated in the style of Willem Vrelant, this Book of Hours was completed for Use in Rome ca. 1470. The manuscript contains a calendar in French intended for the diocese of Bayeux that was added in the late fifteenth century, with border miniatures painted in Rouen. Prayers to St. Gregory as well as the large number of female saints included in the litany indicate that the original owner was female. The Hours of the Virgin are illuminated with images of Christ's Passion. Baltimore The Walters Art Museum W.195 The primary language in this manuscript is Latin. The secondary language of this manuscript is French, Middle (ca.1400-1600). 1r - 121v Book of Hours 1r - 12v Calendar (added) Janvier a xxxi jour. La lune xxx jours. Calendar added ca. 1500; full, graded in gold, blue, and red; association with Bayeux diocese, western Flanders, Amiens; saints of note include: William (Jan. 12), Ulphia (Jan. 31), Crato (Feb. 15), Modestus (Mar. 13), Joseph (Mar. 18), Anianus (Mar. 24), Regulus (Mar. 30), Elphege (Apr. 19), invention of relics at Bayeux (July 1), Vigor (July 14), Rasyphus and Ravennus (July 23), Taurinus (Aug. 11), Reverentius (Sept. 12), "Saint lennet de flanders" (Oct. 20), All Saints (Nov. 1), All Souls (Nov. 2), Vigor (Nov. 3), Gerebold (Dec. 7) Major feasts in gold, others alternate between red and blue 13v - 19v Hours of the Cross Incipiunt hore de sancta cruce Domine labia mea Ends imperfectly with missing folio after fol. 19 20v - 75v Hours of the Virgin Incipiunt hore beate marie virginis secundum usum romanum Domine labia mea Ends imperfectly at Compline due to missing folio after fol. 75 76v - 86v Seven Penitential Psalms Sequuntur septem psalmi penitencial. Antiphona Domine ne in furore 87r - 92v Litany, petitions, and collects Letanie sanctorum Kyrieleison For Use of Rome; majority of female saints: sixteen apostles, nine martyrs, seven pontiffs/confessors/doctores, seven monks/hermits/priests/levites, ten virgins/widows 93v - 97v Five Prayers of St. Gregory Quinque versiculi beati gregorii Domine ihu xpi adoro te 98r - 116v Devotional sequence Oratio devota de sancta maria Obsecro te domina sancta maria Prayers for a female supplicant

Well-selected and highly prepared parchment of medium weight; added calendar is of lower quality parchment

 Foliation: iii+121+iii17.6 12.1 9.8 6.5

Quires 1-2: 6 (fols. 1-12); Quire 3: 10 (fols. 13-22); Quire 4: 8 (fols. 23-30); Quire 5: 8, with first folio added (fols. 31-39); Quire 6: 8, with fourth and ninth folios added (fols. 40-49); Quire 7: 8, with fourth and tenth folios added (fols. 50-59); Quire 8: 8, with fourth folio added (fols. 60-68); Quire 9: 4, with third folio added (fols. 69-73); Quire 10: 8, with third folio added (fols. 74-82); Quire 11: 10 (fols. 83-92); Quire 12: 4, with first folio added (fols. 93-97); Quire 13: 8, with first folio added (fols. 98-106); Quire 14: 8, with fourth folio added (fols. 107-115); Quire 15: 6 (fols. 116-121)

Calendar has 3 columns and 17 lines Textura; pauses marked by punctus elevatus or punctus Twelve border miniatures with the labors of the months as well as foliate decoration Full-page miniature, fol. 13v Eight full-page miniatures on fols. 20v, 31v, 43v, 48v, 53v, 58v, 63v, and 71v Inserted full-page miniature on fol. 76v Inserted full-page miniature, fol. 93v Full-page miniature, fol. 98v Calendar illustrations in borders (5 lines); thirteen full-page miniatures; two historiated initials (6 lines); decorated borders and initials; rubrics in red; text in brown ink Man Feasting January Marginal miniature Man by Fire February Marginal miniature Man Pruning March Marginal miniature Man with Flowers April Marginal miniature Couple on Horseback May Marginal miniature Man Shearing Sheep June Marginal Miniature Man Scything July Marginal miniature Man Bundling Wheat August Marginal mniature Man Sowing September Marginal miniature Man Treading Grapes October Marginal miniature Man Slaughtering Pig November Marginal miniature Man Baking December Marginal miniature Salvator Mundi Hours of the Cross: Matins Full-page miniature

Originally illustrated a now lost section of text; was rebound to begin Hours of the Cross

 Agony in the Garden Hours of the Virgin: Matins Full-page miniature Betrayal and Arrest Hours the Virgin: Lauds Full-page miniature Christ before Pilate Hours the Virgin: Prime Full-page miniature Flagellation Hours the Virgin: Terce Full-page miniature Christ Carrying the Cross Hours the Virgin: Sext Full-page miniature Crucifixion Hours the Virgin: None Full-page miniature Deposition Hours the Virgin: Vespers Full-page miniature Entombment Hours the Virgin: Compline Full-page miniature Last Judgement Seven Penitential Psalms Full-page miniature Mass of St. Gregory with instruments of the Passion Five Prayers of St. Gregory Full-page miniature Virgin and Child Prayer to the Virgin Full-page miniature Initial "U" with St. Anthony Suffrages: Suffrage to St. Anthony Historiated initial "U," 6 lines St. John the Evangelist Devotional sequence Full-page miniature St. Catherine of Alexandria Devotional sequence Full-page miniature

Rebound in London by Riviere and Son first quarter of the twentieth century; black morocco style with imprinted decoration; spine has five raised bands with ornament in all compartment except second and third which have gold gilt lettering that reads "Horae/ B.V.M. // Ms. Gall/ Saec. XV."

 Ca. 1470 CE; added calendar 1500 CE Bruges: main text; Rouen: calendar Created for Use of Rome, ca. 1470; prayer sequences indicate female owner Calendar for diocese of Bayeux added ca. 1500; feasts indicate western Flanders and Amiens Rebound in England first quarter of twentieth century Acquired by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 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. 802, cat. no. 288. Kessler, Herbert. "A Book of Hours from the Atelier of Willem Vrelant." Scriptorium 18, no. 1 (1964): 94-99; p. 97 (Pl. 13b). Bowles, Edmund A. "A Checklist of Musical Instruments in Fifteenth-Century Illuminated Manuscripts at the Walters Art Gallery." Quarterly of the Music Library Association 32, no. 4 (1976): 719-726; pp. 720, 723, 724. Stones, M. Alison, and John W. Steyaert. Medieval Illuminations, Glass, and Sculpture in Minnesota Collections. Exhibition Catalogue, Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Gallery. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1978; p. 70 (fig. 54). Marrow, James H. Passion Iconography in Northern European Art of the Late Middle Ages and Early Renaissance: A Study of the Transformation of Sacred Metaphor into Descriptive Narrative. Kortrijk, Belgium: Van Ghemmert, 1979; p. 175 (n. 758), fig. 125. 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. 400. Wieck, Roger Seymour. Time Sanctified: The Book of Hours in Medieval Art and Life. Exhibition Catalogue. Baltimore, Walters Art Gallery. New York: George Braziller, 1988; pp. 30, 68, 214, cat. no. 95, fig. 64. Christie's. London, December 6, 1989; ref. under lot 18. Maggs Brothers. Catalogue 16. London, 1990; ref. under lot 6. Rubin, Miri. Corpus Christi: The Eucharist in Late Medieval Culture. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991; p. 310 (n. 152). Christie's. New York, June 9, 1993; ref. under lot 4. Bousmanne, Bernard. "Prolégomènes à la constitution et à l'interprétation d'un corpus des manuscrits attribués au groupe Vrelant: Un aspect de l'enluminure dans les Pays-Bas méridionaux aux XVe siècle." Ph.D. diss., Université Catholique de Louvain, 1994; pp. 25, 210-214. Bousmanne, Bernard. Item à Guillaume Wyelant aussi enlumineur: Willem Vrelant, un aspect de l'enluminure dans les Pays-Bas méridionaux sous le mécénat des ducs de Bourgogne Philippe le Bon et Charles le Téméraire. Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique. Turnhout: Brepols, 1997; pp. 58, 112, 165, 214-215 (no. H.IV.1), 315, 377. 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. 326-331, cat. no. 265. 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