Walters Ms. W.270, Book of Hours (Use of Rome) Heraldic frontispiece Calendar Hours of the Cross Mass of the Virgin Hours of the Virgin Seven Penitential Psalms Litany, petitions, and collects Office of the Dead Book of Hours artist Gold Scrolls group Principal cataloger Randall, Lilian M.C. Cataloger Herbert, Lynley Editor Herbert, Lynley Copy editor Dibble, Charles Contributor Dutschke, Consuelo Contributor Emery, Doug Contributor Joyal, Stephanie Contributor Marrow, James Contributor Noel, William 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 produced in Bruges ca. 1440-50. Although it is misbound and missing several illuminations, those that survive reveal a striking collaboration of Spanish artists and a group of South Netherlandish illuminators known now as the Masters of the Gold Scrolls. The Spanish influence suggests that the manuscript was possibly created for a member of the Catalan community in Bruges, and the possibility of Spanish ownership is strengthened by the added seventeenth-century heraldic frontispiece containing arms connected to several families of Spanish origin. Baltimore The Walters Art Museum W.270 The primary language in this manuscript is Latin. 1r - 152v Book of Hours artist 1r - 1r Heraldic frontispiece 2r - 13v Calendar Januarius. xxxi. Calendar, full, graded in red and brown ink; contains saints indicating locus of Tournai, also of Bruges and Arras, as well as English saints; many dates given are incorrect; saints of note include Gudula (Jan. 1), Jodocus (Jan. 9), Babylas (Jan. 24), Brigid (Jan. 31, usually Feb. 1), Waldetrudis (Feb. 4, usually Apr. 9), Amandus (Feb. 6), Vedast (Feb. 7, usually Feb. 6), Irenaeus and Abundius (Feb. 11, usually Aug. 26), Austregisil (Feb. 15, usually May 20), Eleutherius (Feb. 20), Richard (Feb. 23), David (Mar. 3, usually Mar. 1), "Rondulphi episcopi" (Mar. 10, possibly Bishop of Rochester, who is usually Mar. 7 (?), Abundius (Mar. 26), Ezechiel (Apr. 5, usually Apr. 10), Daniel (Apr. 8, usually Jul. 21), Ursmar (Apr. 16, usually Apr. 18), Peter deacon (Apr. 17), Cuthbert (Apr. 22, usually Mar. 20), Thomas the apostle (Jul. 3), Gaugeric (May 4, usually Aug. 11), Virgin of the martyrs (May 12, usually May 13), Brendan (May 17, usually May 16), Peter martyr (June 3, usually Apr. 29), Eligius (June 25), Goaris (July 5), Eleutherius (July 9), Bruno (July 18), Mary Magdalene (July 22), Nicasius (July 26, July 23), Anne (July 28), Oswald (Aug. 4), Bernard of Clairvaux (Aug. 27), Aegydius (Sept. 1), Humbert (Sept. 6), Methodius (Sept. 18), Remigius (Oct. 1), Dionysius (Oct. 9), Venantius (Oct. 11), Basolus (Oct. 13, usually Oct. 26), Donatian (Oct. 14), Cordula (Oct. 22), Piatus (Oct. 26), All Souls (Nov. 1), Innumerable (Nov. 3), Winnoc (Nov. 5, usually Nov. 6), Willibrord (Nov. 7), Livin (Nov. 13), Maclovius (Nov. 15), Maurus (Nov. 21), Eligius (Dec. 1), Nicasius (Dec. 14), "O sapientia" (Dec. 18), Gratianus (Dec. 19), "Dum medium silentium" (Dec. 30) 14v - 17v Hours of the Cross Incipit officium de sancta cruce. Domine labia mea Sections of text missing in Terce, None, Vespers, and Compline 18r - 26v Mass of the Virgin ...Domine deus agnus dei filius patris Begins imperfectly 27v - 90v Hours of the Virgin Hic incipiunt hore beate marie virginis. Secundum consuetudinem romane ecclesie. Ad matutinas. Domine labia mea Use of Rome; misbound, missing text in Matins, Lauds, None, and Compline 91r - 101r Seven Penitential Psalms Septem psalmi penitenciales. 101r - 109v 111r - 111v Litany, petitions, and collects Letania maior. Kyrieeleison [sic] Fols. 101r-111v: litany; fols. 105v-108v: petitions; fols. 108v-109v, and 111r-v: collects (fol. 110r-v is misbound, and contains part of Office of the Dead); saints in litany suggest Bruges, Tournai, Northern France; saints of note include sixteen apostles, beginning with Peter and ending with Mark; twenty-seven martyrs, which include Quintinus, Adrian, Livin, Lambert, George, Piatus, and Nicasius; twenty-seven monks, confessors, priests, or doctors, which include Leonard, Donatian, Francis, Basil, Eleutherius, Winnoc, Bavo, Remigius, Eligius, and Aegydius; thirty virgins, including Anne, Mary Magdalene, Brigid, Genevieve, Amalberga, Gertrude, Euphemia, Helen, Karitas, and Ursula 110r - 110v 112r - 152v Office of the Dead Incipiunt vigilie mortuorum ad vesperas. antiphona. Placebo. Dilexi quoniam Misbound, incomplete

Medium-weight calf; standard preparation; front flyleaves i and iv are antique paper; front flyleaves ii and iii are parchment; back flyleaves i and ii are parchment; back flyleaf iii is paper

 Foliation: iv+152+iii18.6 14.4 11.0 8.0 Foliation in upper right corners, rectos

Undetermined due to tightness of binding; miniatures likely inserted singletons None None

Layout does not apply to calendar: 5 columns, 17 ruled lines Well-formed textura Full-page frontispiece with ornate heraldry, central cartouche with inscription "OFFICIUM/ BEATE MARIE/ VIRGINIS" in gold, crowned coat of arms above inscription split in two, black sash on gold on left, five blue stars with eight points on gold on right Full-page miniature fol. 14v Five surviving full-page miniatures, fols. 27v, 60v (probably misbound into its current position, and was originally intended to introduce None, which begins on fol. 72) 63v, 69v, and 75v Full-page miniature fol. 112v Seven full-page miniatures; periodic foliate side margins with flowers and drolleries; large foliate initials in gold, rose, and blue with white details mark beginning of major divisions of text (2 to 5 lines); "KL" in blue and rose against gold ground (2 lines); line fillers in blue, rose, and gold throughout; rubrics in red; text in black ink Heraldic frontispiece with arms of the Rojas family of Castille(?), and the Belle-Combe of Dauphiné, or the de la Chapelle family of Cambrai Full-page miniature This is a seventeenth-century addition. Crucifixion Hours of the Cross Full-page miniature Annunciation Hours of the Virgin: Matins Full-page miniature Presentation in the Temple Hours of the Virgin: Sext Full-page miniature Note: this miniature was likely originally before fol. 72, and would have begun None Nativity and Adoration Hours of the Virgin: Prime Full-page miniature Annunciation to the shepherds Hours of the Virgin: Terce Full-page miniature Massacre of the Innocents Hours of the Virgin: Vespers Full-page miniature Funeral service Office of the Dead Full-page miniature

Rebound in Paris, France, ca. nineteenth century, signed R. Petit; brown boarded-grain goatskin; blind-tooled frame design around sides; fleurs-de-lis, leaf, and petal patterns on outer boards; two gold-tooled fillets around outer edges; gold-tooled foliate turn-ins; marbleized pastedowns and facing flyleaves; red, green, and yellow endbands and red ribbon marker

 Ca. 1440-50 CE Bruges Made in Bruges, ca. 1440-50, for the Use of Rome, associated with Tournai and Arras; Spanish and South Netherlandish illuminators, and possibly created for a member of the Catalan community in Bruges Spain, seventeenth century; full-page frontispiece with heraldic cartouche, gilded inscription reads: "OFFICIUM/ BEATE MARIE/ VIRGINIS;" dual coat of arms attributed to the Rojas family of Castille (?) and to the de la Chapelle family of Cambrai; nineteenth-century Parisian dealer associates Belle-Combe family of Dauphiné to latter arms: "...les armes d'une famille de Bellécombe en Dauphiné," front flyleaf iv, v Duchesse de Berry, ownership inscription on front flyleaf iv, v; "Vente de la collection de Mme. la Duchesse de Berry, 22 Mars 1864" (Paris); descriptive note below by book dealer: "MSC, tres beau manuscrit de la fin du 14e siècle ou du comm[encemen]t du 15e siècle, enrichi de 7 grandes miniatures à pleine page, d'une grande finesse; De la Bibliothèque de la Duchesse de Berry; Comme frontispiece une grande miniature du 17e siècle où sont ..... les armes d'une famille de Bellécombe en Dauphiné accolées aux Royat;" note in file reads: "27 March 1864, not identified with certainty" Fontan, Paris, purchased March 27, 1909, no. 28; note in file reads: "Sale of X (Paris, March 27, 1909, n.28), bought by Fontan" Léon Gruel collection, no. 12, Paris, after 1909, note in file reads: "No. 12; Collection; Leon Gruel;" possible ownership inscription on front flyleaf i, v: "J V [roman numeral 5] 12" Henry Walters, Baltimore, between 1909 and 1931, by purchase from Gruel Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters' bequest Relevant Works Delaissé, Leon M.J. Miniatures medievales de la libraire de Bourgogne au Cabinet des Manuscrits de la Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique. Brussels: Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique, 1959; cat. no. 216. De Ricci, S., 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. 795, cat. no. 242. Panofsky, Erwin. Early Netherlandish Painting. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1953; pp. 61, 121, 123. Delaissé, Leon M.J. "An Exhibition of Netherlandish Book Illumination, April 22 through May 12." Allen Memorial Art Museum Bulletin 17.3 (1960): 94-113; cat. no. 32. Delaissé, Leon M.J., James H. Marrow, and John de Wit. The James A. de Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor: Illuminated Manuscripts. Fribourg, Switzerland, 1977; p. 214. Dogaer, Georges. Flemish Miniature Painting in the 15th and 16th Centuries. Amsterdam: B.M. Israël, 1987; p. 31, 36. Clark, Gregory T. "The Chronology of the Louthe Master and His Identification with Simon Marmion." In Margaret of York, Simon Marmion, and The Visions of Tondal, edited by T. Kren, pp. 209-222. Malibu, 1992. Papers delivered at a symposium organized by the Department of Manuscripts of the J. Paul Getty Museum in collaboration with the Huntington Library and Art Collections, June 21-23, 1990; p. 148, fig. 195. Randall, Lilian M. C. Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Walters Art Gallery. Vol. 3, Belgium, 1250-1530. Part 1. Baltimore, London: Johns Hopkins University Press in association with the Walters Art Gallery, 1997; pp. 181-186, cat. no. 239. Nash, Susie. Between France and Flanders: Manuscript Illumination in Amiens. London: The British Library, 1999; p. 209 (n. 46 for page 193). Vanwijnsberghe, Dominique. "Le cycle d'enfance des petites de la vierge dans les livres d'heures des pays-bas méridionaux." In Manuscripten en miniaturen: Studies aangeboden aan Anne S. Korteweg bij haar afscheid van de Koninklijke Bibliotheek (Bijdragen tot de Geschiedenis van de Nederlandse Boekhandel. Nieuwe Reeks (8). Edited by Jos Biemans, Klaas van der Hoek, Kathryn M. Rudy, and Ed van der Vlist, 355-366. Zutphen: Walburg Pers, 2007; p. 362. 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