Walters Ms. W.279, Book of Hours Calendar Gospel sequences and prayers to the Virgin Hours of the Cross Hours of the Virgin Seven Penitential Psalms Litany, petitions, and collects Office of the Dead Suffrages Hymn to the Virgin Book of Hours artist Loyset Liédet orbit Principal cataloger Randall, Lilian M.C. Cataloger Ransom, Allison Editor Herbert, Lynley Copy editor Dibble, Charles Contributor Cooper, Madeline Contributor Emery, Doug Contributor Noel, William Contributor Shartrand, Emily 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 completed by followers of Loyset Liédet ca. 1470 in Bruges. The calendar and litany feature saints venerated in Bruges, Brittany, and Angers, which locates the book to the northwest region of Flanders. This book contains eleven extant miniatures and a hymn to the Virgin, which was added to the end of the book early on. There is an unusual scribal error spanning fols. 182v and 183r, where 182v is an incomplete repetition of 183v, and 183r contains the same text as 182r. Therefore, the entire opening from 182v to 183r is redundant and interrupts the proper flow of the text, but would have been difficult to remove without also removing the texts in their proper places. It is interesting evidence of the potential errors that could arise from the practice of copying models. Baltimore The Walters Art Museum W.279 The primary language in this manuscript is Latin. 1r - 193v Book of Hours 1r - 12v Calendar Janvier a. xxxi jour. et la lune. xxx. Calendar full; graded in red and black; contains saints venerated in Bruges, Angers and Brittany; saints of note include Charlemagne (Jan. 28), Veranus (Feb. 25), Alexander (Mar. 11), Gregory I (Mar. 13), Macedonius (Mar. 14), Paternus (Mar. 17), Victorinus (Mar. 22), Paul (Mar. 23), Guntram (Mar. 28), Benignus (Apr. 3), Maturin (May 10, also Jun. 2), Projectus (Jun. 7), Piatus (Jun. 13, usually Oct. 1), Basil (Jun. 14, spelled "Baselis" as per Bruges), Marina (Jun. 18), Apollonia (Jun. 22), La nostre dame (Jul. 3), Lunarius (Jul. 8), Olyus (Jul. 9), Tenenan (Jul. 13, usually Jul. 16 in Brittany), Monulf (Jul. 16), Pastor (Jul. 26), Radegundis (Aug. 14), Armagil (Aug. 16, Brittany), Symphorianus (Aug. 23), Geferin (Aug. 26), Auphins (Aug. 27), Aegydius (Sept. 1), Gregory I (Sept. 3), Clodoald (Sept. 6), Lidorius (Sept. 12, Tours), Euphemia (Sept. 15), Antiochus (Sept. 19), Maurice (Sept. 21, Angers), Florentius (Sept. 22, confessor, Angers), Cyprian (Sept. 25), Damianus (Sept. 26), Florentius (Sept. 27, martyr, Autun), Candidus (Oct. 3), Marcellus (Oct. 8, Angers), Gereon (Oct. 11), Callistus (Oct. 13), Donatian (Oct. 14, Bruges), Magnobod (Oct. 16), Lupus (Oct. 17, Angers), Crispinus (Oct. 24), Ivo (Oct. 29, Brittany), Melanius (Nov. 6, Brittany), Renatus (Nov. 12, Angers), Livinus (Nov. 13), Gregory (Nov. 16), Maurice (Dec. 2, reception of arm relic in Angers), Nicasius (Dec. 18), Gatianus (Dec. 19), Julius (Dec. 22), Honoratus (Dec. 23) 13r - 28v Gospel sequences and prayers to the Virgin Secundum Johannem In principio erat verbum Fols. 13r-19v: Gospel sequences; John 1.1-14, Luke 1.26-38, Matthew 2.1-12 and Mark 16.14-20; fols. 19v-28v: Two prayers to the Virgin; fol. 20r: Obsecro te; fol. 25r: O intermerata artist 31r - 34v Hours of the Cross Incipiunt hore de sancta cruce Domine labia mea artist 37v - 112r Hours of the Virgin Domine labia mea Canonical hours begin with "Ad..." starting on fol. 51r before Lauds and on the first line of opening page of text in each subsequent hour; omitted at None on fol. 89r artist 112v - 129v Seven Penitential Psalms Domine ne infurore artist 129v - 136r Litany, petitions, and collects Kyrieleyson Particular to western France as per calendar; fols. 129v-133r: litany, including fifteen apostles from Peter to Luke; eighteen martyrs, including Cornelius, Cyprian, Quintinus, Dionysius, Eustace and Maurice; seventeen confessors, including Augustine, Jerome, Ambrose, Thomas, William, Ivo, Paul, Herveus, Goeznouee, Corentine, Maudez, Branwallader, Nicholas, Benedict, Mattlori, Brictius and Maclovius; sixteen virgins, including Anne, Mary Magdalene, Mary Egyptian, Felicitas, Martha, Barbara, Catherine, Faith, Hope, Charity and Chastity; fols. 133r-135v: petitions; fols. 135v-136r: two collects; begin with "oratio" 138v - 173r Office of the Dead Incipiunt vigilie mortuorum Placebo. Dilexi quoniam Short version, three lessons artist 176v - 189r Suffrages De sancto Christoforo Beatus qui super eius humeros verum Sufferages: fol. 176v: Christopher; fol. 177v: Sebastian; fol. 179r: John the Baptist; fol. 180r: Peter and Paul; fol. 180v: James the Greater; fol. 181v: Anthony; fol. 183v: all saints; fol. 184v: Barbara; fol. 185v: Catherine; fol. 186v: Margaret; fol. 187v: Apollonia; fol. 188v: Mary Magdalene Scribal error on fols. 182v-183r: 182v is an incomplete repetition of 183v, 183v contains same text as 182r on lines 2-14; first line on 182v left empty for heading; space on fore-edge left empty for historiated initial artist 190r - 193v Hymn to the Virgin Ave virgo graciosa Added early

Medium-thick weight parchment, selected and prepared carefully; front flyleaf is modern parchment

 Foliation: i+193+i20.0 13.9 10.5 6.4 Modern pencil foliation upper right corners rectos

Quires 1-2: 6 (fols. 1-12); Quire 3: 8 (fols. 13-20); Quire 4: 6 (fols. 21-26); Quire 5: 4 (fols. 27-30); Quire 6: 8, lacking first folio (fols. 31-37); Quire 7: 10, lacking first folio (fols. 38-46); Quires 8-9: 8 (fols. 47-62; Quire 10: 8, lacking the seventh folio (fols. 63-69); Quires 11-12: 8 (fols. 70-85); Quire 13: 10 (fols. 86-95); Quires 14-15: 8 (fols. 96-111); Quire 16: 10 (fols. 112-121); Quires 17-18: 8 (fols. 122-137); Quire 19: 10 (fols. 138-147); Quires 20-22: 8 (fols. 148-171); Quire 23: 4 (fols. 172-175); Quires 24-25: 8 (fols. 176-191); Quire 26: 2 (fols. 192-193) Somewhat extant beginning on fol. 16r Mostly extant on lower right corner of last verso in quire beginning on fol. 26v In quire 7 miniature removed from quire 10 has been affixed to the verso of fol. 37; in quire 10 the seventh folio was removed (stub visible), and image added to fol. 37 intended replace it

 Ruled in light purple ink; layout does not apply to calendar: written space 6.4 x 10.5 cm; 3 columns of 17 lines Historiated initials fols. 20r and 25r Written in Burgundian littera batarda; change of hand on fol. 31r; early inserted hymn at end of book written in textura Decorated initial fol. 31r; missing full-page miniature at Matins of Hours of the Cross after fol. 30v Full-page miniatures fols. 37v, 52v, 75v, 82v, 88v, 95v, 106v and 112v; full-page miniature missing at Matins after fol. 37v, replaced by the miniature from Prime Full-page miniature fol. 112v Full-page miniature fol. 138v Full-page miniatures fols. 176v and 184v; historiated initials fols. 177v, 179r, 180r, 180v, 181v, 183v, 186v, 187v and 188v Historiated initial fol. 190r; appears to be by different artist than rest of manuscript Eleven extant full-page miniatures; fol. 37r moved from Prime section in Hours of the Virgin; Matins from Hours of the Cross missing; eleven historiated initials (4-7 lines), one added later; foliate borders surrounding full-page miniatures; foliate borders at fore-edge accompanying folios with historiated initials; decorated initials opposite full-page miniatures, mostly light blue and rose with white detail, some red and pink letters (4 lines); smaller decorated initials at secondary text openings and "KL" in calendar (2 lines), with small initials at versals (1 line); foliate line fillers in blue and pink with white decoration throughout; rubrics in red; text in black ink Initial "O" with Virgin and Child Prayers to the Virgin: Obsecro te Historiated initial "O," 4 lines Initial "O" with Virgin and Child Prayers to the Virgin: O intemerata Historiated initial "O," 4 lines Nativity/Adoration Hours of the Virgin: Prime Full-page miniature Visitation Hours of the Virgin: Lauds Full-page miniature Annunciation to Shepherds Hours of the Virgin: Terce Full-page miniature Presentation in the Temple Hours of the Virgin: Sext Full-page miniature Circumcision Hours of the Virgin: None Full-page miniature Flight into Egypt/Fall of Idol Hours of the Virgin: Vespers Full-page miniature Virgin blessed by God Hours of the Virgin: Compline Full-page miniature King David penitent Seven Penitential Psalms Full-page miniature Burial service Office of the Dead Full-page miniature St. Christopher carrying Christ-Child Suffrages Full-page miniature Initial "O" with St. Sebastian Suffrages Historiated initial "O," 7 lines Initial "I" with St. John the Baptist Suffrages Historiated initial "I," 7 lines Initial "P" with St. Peter and St. Paul Suffrages Historiated initial "P," 7 lines Initial "O" with St. James the Greater Suffrages Historiated initial "O," 7 lines Initial "A" with St. Anthony Suffrages Historiated initial "A," 7 lines Initial "O" with All Saints Suffrages Historiated initial "O," 7 lines St. Barbara Suffrages Full-page miniature Initial "A" with St. Margaret and the dragon Suffrages Historiated initial "A," 7 lines Initial "I" with St. Apollonia Suffrages Historiated initial "I," 7 lines Initial "I" with St. Mary Magdalene Suffrages Historiated initial "I," 7 lines Initial "A" with Virgin and Child in golden radiance Hymn to the Virgin Historiated initial "A," 6 lines

Bound in Belgium(?) in fifteenth or sixteenth century; re-backed and spine received blind tooling ca. 1900; dark reddish brown leather boards; five single bands sewn on; rounded and backed spine; decorative blind tooling repeated four times on upper and lower board; modern green, beige and white end bands with edge bead around core; two silver edge pin fastenings attached to upper board ca. 1900

 Ca. 1470 CE Bruges (?) Created in Bruges ca. 1470 by followers of Loyset Liédet "Lombard" or "Lombiard" inscribed in seventeenth-century hand on fol. 1 in top margin, possibly a name or indication of ownership in that period Notes about contents of manuscript in pencil on front pastedown indicate modern Italian ownership Henry Walters, Baltimore, acquired 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. 795, cat. no. 245. 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, 1976, p. 721-723. Owens, M.B., "Musical Subjects in the Illumination of Books of Hours from Fifteenth-Century France and Flanders," PhD dissertation, University of Chicago, 1987, p. 453. 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, 1989; pp. 342-348, cat. no. 269 Legaré, Anne-Marie. “Loyset Liédet: un noveau manuscrit enluminé.” Revue de l'art 126 (1999): 36-49; p. 46 (n. 5). Gathercole, Patricia M. The Depiction of Women in Medieval French Manuscript Illumination. Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen Press, 2000; p. 85. 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 Binding 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 Liturgical Devotional Scriptural Theological Legal Historical Scientific Scientific -- Medical Literary -- Prose Literary -- Poetry Philosophical Astrological Sufi English Book of Hours Flemish Historiated initial Illumination Manuscript Miniature Walters Art Museum Flanders 15th century Devotion Book Codex Ornament Painting Christian