Walters Ms. W.204, Book of Hours Calendar Gospel excerpts Hours for the days of the week Mass of the Virgin Suffrages Hours of the Virgin Advent Office of the Virgin Seven Penitential Psalms Office of the Dead Prayer to the Virgin Suffrages Communion prayers, psalms, antiphons, and versicles Devotional prayers, antiphons, versicles, and hymns Book of Hours Principal cataloger Randall, Lilian M.C. Cataloger Dennis, Nathan S Editor Herbert, Lynley Copy editor Dibble, Charles Contributor Emery, Doug 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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 This Flemish Book of Hours was produced between 1470 and 1480, most likely in either western Flanders or northern France, and probably for an ecclesiastical patron. The significant number of saints in the calendar affiliated with the diocese of Thérouanne, and more broadly northwestern Flanders, may indicate the region of production. The twenty-three full-page polychrome miniatures and six historiated initials show an influence of Simon Marmion, who was active at Valenciennes in the second half of the fifteenth century, and possibly Colin of Amiens, who was active in Paris and Tournai during the same period. Baltimore The Walters Art Museum W.204 The primary language in this manuscript is Latin. 1r - 301v Book of Hours 1r - 12v Calendar Januarius Calendar half-full, graded in red and brown; contains a significant number of northern French and southern Netherlandish saints, of whom many are affiliated specifically with the diocese of Thérouanne, including Hunfrid (Mar. 8), Silas (July 13), Wulmar and Margaret (July 20), Maximus (Sept. 13; Oct. 2; Nov. 27), Eustace, and Folkwin and Nicasius (Dec. 14 and 16); early additions that indicate a Carthusian influence include Hilary of Poitiers (Jan. 12), Anthony Abbot (Jan. 17), Macarius (Jan. 22), Paula (Jan. 27), Thomas Aquinas (Mar. 7), Longinus (Mar. 15), Hugh (Apr. 1), Dionysius of Corinth (Apr. 8), the prophet Ezekiel (Apr. 10), Catherine of Siena (Apr. 30), and Hilary of Arles (May 5) 13r - 18v Gospel excerpts Secundum iohannes In principio erat verbum 19r - 48v Hours for the days of the week Secuntur hore trinitatis que dicuntur die dominica Domine labia mea aperies 48v - 56v Mass of the Virgin Incipiunt hore nostre domine Introibo ad altare dei 57r - 72v Suffrages Gaude iohannes baptista que in ventris clausis cista congaudebat domino 73r - 142v Hours of the Virgin Domine labia mea aperies 142v - 154v Advent Office of the Virgin Incipit officium beate marie quod dicitur per totum aduentum. Ad vesperas. antiphona. Deus in adiutorium meum intende 155r - 178v Seven Penitential Psalms Domine ne in furore tuo 179r - 231v Office of the Dead Antiphona Placebo. Dilexi quoniam exaudiet dominus: vocem orationis meae. 232r - 235v Prayer to the Virgin Sequitur oratio devota de gloriosa virgine maria O intemerata et in eternum benedicta 236r - 256v Suffrages De sancta barbara virgine ac martyre. antiphona. O beata barbara deoque virgo electa 257r - 271r Communion prayers, psalms, antiphons, and versicles Preparatio ad communionem Sancti spiritus assit nobis gracia. 272r - 301v Devotional prayers, antiphons, versicles, and hymns Contra tempestatem Mentem sanctam spontaneam honorem deo et patrie liberationem xristus vincit xristus regnat.

Thin to medium-weight parchment

 Foliation: ii+301+ii9.5 5.75 4.5 2.5 Flyleaf i and endleaf ii are backed with the same woven silk used for the front and back pastedowns; foliated in pencil in upper-right corners of recto sides

Quire 1: 16 (fols. 1-16); Quire 2: 12 (fols. 17-28); Quire 3: 4 (fols. 29-32); Quire 4: 12 (fols. 33-44); Quire 5: 16 (fols. 45-56); Quires 6-7: 8 (fols. 57-72); Quire 8: 8, with eighth folio cancelled (fols. 73-79); Quire 9: 8 (fols. 80-87); Quire 10: 4 (fols. 88-91); Quires 11-15: 8 (fols. 92-131); Quire 16: 10 (fols. 132-141); Quire 17: 10, with the tenth folio cancelled (fols. 142-150); Quire 18: 6, with the fifth and sixth folios cancelled (fols. 151-154); Quires 19-25: 8 (fols. 155-210); Quire 26: 6 (fols. 211-216); Quire 27: 8, with first and second folios cancelled (fols. 217-222); Quires 28-33: 8 (fols. 223-270); Quire 34: 10, with tenth folio cancelled (fols. 271-279); Quires 35-36: 8 (fols. 280-295); Quire 37: 6 (fols. 296-301)

Calendar has written surface of 5.25 x 2.75 Littera batarda Gilded "KL" initials against blue and red ground Four historiated initials on fols. 13r, 14r, 16r, and 17v Seven full-page miniatures on fols. 19r, 23r, 28r, 32r, 36r, 40r, and 45r One full-page miniature on fol. 49r Four full-page miniatures on fols. 57r, 60v, 61v, and 62v Eight full-page miniatures on fols. 73r, 96r, 109r, 114v, 119v, 124r, 129r, and 137v One full-page miniature on fol. 143r One full-page miniature on fol. 155r One full-page miniature on fol. 179r Three full-page miniatures on fols. 252r, 254r, and 255v; two historiated initials on fols. 236r and 238r Twenty-three full-page miniatures; six historiated initials; margins of most folios decorated with polychrome and gilded floral motifs; decorated initials marking secondary (2 lines) and tertiary (1 line) text divisions are rendered in blue and red pigment with gilding; rubrics and major feast days in red ink; text in brown ink Initial "I" with Evangelist portrait of St. John John 1:1-14 Historiated initial "I," 7 lines Initial "I" with Evangelist portrait of St. Luke Luke 1:26-38 Historiated initial "I," 6 lines Initial "C" with Evangelist portrait of St. Matthew Matthew 2:1-12 Historiated initial "C," 7 lines Initial "I" with Evangelist portrait of St. Mark Mark 16:14-20 Historiated initial "I," 6 lines Trinity seated on the Throne of Grace Hours for Sunday Full-page miniature Funeral service Hours for Monday Full-page miniature Pentecost Hours of Tuesday Full-page miniature All Saints Hours for Wednesday Full-page miniature Cleric kneeling before an altar Hours for Thursday Full-page miniature Crucifixion Hours for Friday Full-page miniature Meeting of Joachim and Anne Hours for Saturday Full-page miniature Priest elevating the host for Mass Mass of the Virgin Full-page miniature St. John the Baptist Suffrage of St. John the Baptist Full-page miniature St. John the Evangelist blesses a poisoned chalice Suffrage to St. John the Evangelist Full-page miniature SS. Peter and Paul Suffrage to SS. Peter and Paul Full-page miniature St. Andrew Suffrage to St. Andrew Full-page miniature Annunciation Hours of the Virgin: Matins Full-page miniature Visitation Hours of the Virgin: Lauds Full-page miniature Nativity 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 Flight into Egypt Hours of the Virgin: Vespers Full-page miniature Blessing of the Virgin Hours of the Virgin: Compline Full-page miniature Virgin of the Apocalypse Advent Office of the Virgin Full-page miniature Penitent King David Seven Penitential Psalms Full-page miniature Raising of Lazarus Office of the Dead Full-page miniature Initial "O" with St. Barbara Suffrage to St. Barbara Historiated initial "O," 8 lines Initial "B" with St. Christopher Suffrage of St. Christopher Historiated initial "B," 9 lines St. Claudius Suffrage to St. Claudius Full-page miniature St. Sebastian Suffrage to St. Sebastian Full-page miniature St. Adrian Suffrage to St. Adrian Full-page miniature

Rebound with green velvet ca. 1900 in either Belgium or France; gilded-silver clasps, catch-plates, and corner-guards decorated with floral motifs and birds on the upper and lower boards and date to 1637 (Arabic inscription for the Amsterdam hallmark on the inner clasp plates); fore-edge, head, and tail are gilded and impressed with arabesques and crosses

 Ca. 1470-80 CE West Flanders (?) Made in Flanders or possibly northern France ca. 1470-80 for Use of Rome; Office of the Dead is for Use of Sarum; original owner may have been a cleric affiliated with the diocese of Thérouanne, based on local saints listed in the calendar, or Ghent and Malines, based on the suffrage to St. Godelieva (fol. 70v) Gold lion in two initials on fols. 85v and 143r may be emblem of early owner Coat of arms of the de Sains-Ailly family from Picardy appears on fol. 129r and was added to the manuscript early Henry Walters, Baltimore, purchased between 1895 and 1931 Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters' bequest Relevant Works De Ricci, Seymour. Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada. Vol. 1. New York: H. W. Wilson Company, 1935; p. 798, cat. no. 263. Miner, D. The History of Bookbinding, 525-1950 A.D, exhibition catalogue. Baltimore: Trustees of the Walters Art Gallery, 1957; p. 53, cat. no. 124. Bowles, E. A. "A Checklist of Musical Instruments in Fifteenth-Century Illuminated Manuscripts at the Walters Art Gallery." Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association 32, no. 4 (1976): 719-726; p. 723. 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. 403. Randall, Lilian M. C. Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Walters Art Gallery. Vol. 3, Belgium, 1250-1530. Baltimore, London: Johns Hopkins University Press in association with the Walters Art Gallery, 1997, Part 2; pp. 371-381, cat. no. 274. Hans-Collas, Illona, and Hanno Wijsman. "Le Livre d’heures et de prières d’Agnès de Bourgogne, duchesse de Bourbon." Art de l'enluminure 29 (2009): 20-47; p. 44. 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 Book Codex Illumination Manuscript Miniature Ornament Walters Art Museum Flanders 15th century Devotion French France