Walters Ms. W.282, Book of Hours Calendar Devotional Sequence Hours of the Cross Hours of the Holy Spirit Mass of the Virgin Hours of the Virgin Advent Office of the Virgin Seven Penitential Psalms Litany, petitions, invocations, and collects Office of the Dead Devotional Sequence Prayer to Christ Book of Hours artist Masters of the Gold Scrolls Principal cataloger Randall, Lilian M.C. Cataloger Herbold, Rebekah Editor Herbert, Lynley Copy editor Dibble, Charles Contributor Emery, Doug Contributor Herbold, Rebekah Contributor Noel, William Contributor Tabritha, Ariel Contributor Toth, Michael B. Contributor Wiegand, Kimber The Walters Art Museum

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 Completed ca. 1440-50 and illuminated in the style of the Masters of the Gold Scrolls, this Book of Hours preserves much information about its provenance. The first owner was possibly Barbe de Feuru, whose signature is found on the front pastedown. The book contains the ex libris of Jean of Ricaumez and his wife, Catherine of Barbenchon; their French inscription on the back pastedown promises good wine to the finder of the book if lost. The book was inherited by their son, Christophe of Ricaumez, who likely added several texts illustrated by an Rouennais artist, ca. 1500. Record of the ownership is not evinced in the book again until 1669 when the ex libris of the Count of Hallennes (Allennes family of Tournai?) was added. Alexandre-Constantin-Joseph of Nassau's (1738-1814) armorial shield appears twice, engraved (front pastedown) and painted (front flyleaf i, v). Baltimore The Walters Art Museum W.282 The primary language in this manuscript is Latin. The secondary language of this manuscript is French, Middle (ca.1400-1600). 1r - 128v Book of Hours Fols. 1r-6v: calendar; fols. 7r-22v: devotional sequence, added ca. 1500; fols. 23r-25r: Hours of the Cross; fols. 25v-27v: Hours of the Holy Spirit; fols. 28r-35v: Mass of the Virgin; fols. 36r-72v: Hours of the Virgin, for use of Rome; fols. 73r-78v: Advent Office of the Virgin; fols. 79r-86v: Seven Penitential Psalms; fols. 86v-93r: litany, petitions, invocations, and collects; fols. 93v-114v: Office of the Dead; fols. 115v-126v: devotional sequence; fols. 127r-128v: Prayer to Christ, added ca. 1500 Calendar written in textura, two-color scheme of red and faded-brown ink; text written in upright textura, additions by different hands artist 1r - 6v Calendar Januarius habet dies .xxxi. Luna. xxx. Originally 1/4 to 1/3 filled; heading format typically 1-2 lines; fol. 5r: appellation "Septembre" in French of note; graded in red and brown; names are often followed by unabbreviated designations (pope, bishop, etc.); original contents indicate Bruges; several additions, mostly in French, ca. 1500; feasts of note include: Amandus (Feb. 6), Benedict (Mar. 20), Romanus (Mar. 30, bishop, parallels for atypical date in Cat. 232: W.164), Valeric (Apr. 1, Translation, Amiens, Paris), Isidore (Apr. 17, bishop, on this date in Sens and Spain), Bernard (Aug. 21), Bertin (Sept. 4), Bavo and Remigius (Oct. 1), Dionysius (Oct. 8, regularly Oct. 9), Venantius (Oct. 11, "Wenandi epi," Oct. 12 in Plummer 1988), Donatian (Oct. 14), Brictius (Nov. 13, "Brixii ep."), Machudd (Nov. 15), Eligius (Dec. 1, not major feast in Plummer 1988) 7r - 22v Devotional Sequence Heures de la conception nostre Dame Domine labia mea aperies Hours of the Immaculate Conception; prayer of indulgence of 11,000 years (attributed to pope Sixtus IV: "Ave domina sancta maria mater dei regina celi porta . . ."; prayer attributed to St. Bernard: "O bone ihesu. O dulcis ihesu . . ."; two prayers; seven verses of St. Gregory, grant of Indulgence of 14,000 years for recitation: "O domine iesu xriste adoro te in cruce pendentem . . ."; nineteen suffrages composite of all apostles, several martyrs, one confessor: eleven to male saints and five to female saints, fol. 14r: Florentius, fol. 14v: Eligius, fol. 14v: Nazarius, fol. 15r: Marculf, fol. 15v: Fiacre, fol. 16r: Michael, fol. 16v: John Baptist, fol. 16v: Peter and Paul, fol. 17r: All Apostles, fol. 17v: Several Martyrs, fol. 17v: One Confessor, fol. 18r: Rochus, fol. 18v: Christopher, fol. 19r: Anne, fol. 19r: Barbara, fol. 19v: Catherine, fol. 20r: Apollonia, fol. 20v: Restituta, fol. 21r: Regina, fols. 21v-22r: Communion prayers, first attributed to St. Augustine, opening with rather long heading: "Sequitur oratio sancti augustini in fine vite dicenda . . . Puro corde et ore confiteor te esse uerum deum . . . . Quant on voeult recepuvir le corps de nostre seigneur iesuxrist. Domine non sum dignus ut intres sub tectum meum . . . . Quant on la recev. Uera receptio corporis sanguinis tui . . . ." 23r - 25r Hours of the Cross Hic incipiunt hore sancte crucis Domine labia mea aperies 25v - 27v Hours of the Holy Spirit Incipiunt hore de sancto spiritu Domine labia mea aperies 28r - 35v Mass of the Virgin Incipit missa beate marie virginis Introibo ad altare dei Fols. 28r-35v: Mass of the Virgin; fols. 30r-35r: Gospel sequences: John 1:1-14, Luke 1:26-38, Matthew 2:1-12, Mark 16:14-20 36r - 72v Hours of the Virgin Incipiunt hore beate marie virginis secundum consuetudinem romane ecclesiae ad matutias Domine labia mea aperies Fol. 48r: headings at canonical hours beginning "Ad laudes" 73r - 78v Advent Office of the Virgin Officium beate marie virginis quod dicitur per totum ad ventum ad vesperas Deus in adiutorium meum intende 79r - 86v Seven Penitential Psalms Incipiunt septem psalmi penitentiales Domine reminiscaris. Domine ne in furore 86v - 93r Litany, petitions, invocations, and collects Letania Includes North French saints; sixteen apostles/evangelists/disciples/innocents, from Peter to Luke; seventeen martyrs, including Lupus, Amandus, Christopher, Blasius, Nicasius, Gereon; eight pontiffs/confessors/doctors including Nicholas, Louis, seven monks/hermits/priests/levites, including Benedict, Bernard, Francis, Leonard, Anthony, Aegydius, Dominic; sixteen "virgines/uidues/continentes" including Mary Magdalene, Mary Egyptian, Agnes, Clare, Elizabeth, Martha, Scholastica, Margaret, Anne, Anastasia, Ursula; fols. 89r-91v: petitions, invocations, Psalm 69; fols. 91v-93r: invocations headed "preces," nine collects headed "oratio" 93v - 114v Office of the Dead Incipit placebo dilexi quoniam exaudiet Dominus Placebo Dilexi quoniam exaudiet Fol. 114v: closing invocation, formulas, "Partem beate resurrectionis . . . / . . . (explicit) merearitur in celis . . . amen" 115r - 126v Devotional Sequence Oratio ad beatam virginie maria Obsecro te domina sancta marie Three prayers to the Virgin, prayer to the Virgin and Christ in Latin and French, several hands, first prayer followed by Seven Joys of the Virgin; fols. 23r-126v: additions by owners Jean of Ricaumez (d. 1504) and his son Christophe Added, ca. 1500; fol. 126r: blank, ruled 127r - 128v Prayer to Christ Oratio Devota Domine ihesu christe redemptor mundi Prayer to Christ added in fifteenth century, different script earlier devotional sequence; Fol. 127r: marginal text; fols. 127v-128r marginal heraldry and marginal text

Carefully selected parchment of thick to medium weight, well prepared; similar parchment used for later additions at the front and back of manuscript

 Foliation: ii+128+i21.1 15.8 11.4 8.0 Modern pencil foliation upper right corners rectos

Quire 1: 6 (fols. 1-6); Quire 2: 8, added ca. 1500 (fols. 7-14); Quire 3: 8, added ca. 1500 (fols. 15-22); Quires 4-14: 8 (fols. 23-110); Quire 15: 4 (fols. 111-114); Quire 16: 8, added ca. 1500 (fols. 115-122); Quire 17: 4, added ca. 1500 (fols. 123-126); Quire 18: 2, with third folio tipped in after fol. 128, added ca. 1500 (fols. 127-back flyleaf i) Several quires added ca. 1500: quires 2, 3, 16, 17, 18

 Layout does not apply to calendar: written surface 8.1 x 12.3cm, 4 columns, 33 lines; sections added ca. 1500 contain 1 column, 22 lines Written in textura Marginal inscriptions in a different hand Fol. 55v: text added in different hand; fol. 56r: marginal text, top of folio Three different hands evident on fols. 115r-122r, 123r-124v, 125r Two different hands evident on fols. 128v, 127r-128v Miniature on fols. 7r, 10v, 13r, 14r, 18v; fol. 7r: heraldry, owner Jean of Ricaumez in right border; fol. 14r: heraldry, owners Jean of Ricaumez and his wife Catherine of Barbenchon depicted kneels in lower border; fol. 18v: heraldry, St. Christopher is the namesake of the son of couple depicted on fol. 14r, also heir Miniature on fol. 23r Miniature on fol. 25v Miniature on fol. 28r Miniature on fols. 36r, 48r, 56r, 59r, 64r, 66v, 70v Miniature on fol. 73r Miniature on fol. 79r Miniature on fol. 93v Nineteen miniatures (fourteen original) varying in size from (9-17) lines by the Masters of the Gold Scrolls, Bruges, ca. 1440-50; additions attributed to Rouen, ca. 1500; decorated illuminated initials (2 and 5 lines) opposite miniatures found at text openings, at secondary text divisions, in calendar letters "K L" (2 lines); marginalia typically found at fore-edge: peacock, peahen, songbird; four notable marginalia fol. 25v: owl opposite songbird, fol. 36r: hybrid man wearing cape, fol. 59r: falcon pouncing on hare, fol. 93v: ape with book; heraldry found throughout, especially in added portions of text, heraldry in decorated illuminated initials: two each on fols. 8v and 9v; one each on fols. 8r and 9r; fols. 127v and 128r: heraldry; full-page heraldry: front flyleaf i; borders at text openings paired with miniatures: acanthus often orange/blue and green/grey-blue detailed in gold, sometimes candelabra designs found at fore-edge, symmetrical designs centralized at base; often floral sprigs, gold disks and leaves, marginalia; marginalia in calendar and text left on every page: acanthus in orange and blue or lilac-rose and green, some floral designs, fore-edge on versos filled with airy gold foliate tendril-rinceau with blossoms and berries, spine-edge rectos not typically embellished; rubrics in red, text in dark brown ink Heraldry Front flyleaf i, v Heraldry miniature, 11.3cm Virgin of the Litanies Devotional Sequence Miniature, 10 lines

Owner Jean of Ricaumez in right border

 Christ Carrying Cross Devotional Sequence Miniature, 10 lines Pietà Devotional Sequence Miniature, 10 lines St. Florentius Devotional Sequence Miniature, 10 lines

Jean of Ricaumez and wife, Catherine of Barbenchon, kneeling in lower right border, marginalia

 St. Christopher Devotional Sequence Miniature, 9 lines

St. Christopher, namesake of son of Jean of Ricaumez and Catherine of Barbenchon, the male heir of manuscript

 Crucifixion Hours of the Cross Miniature, 17 lines Pentecost Hours of the Holy Spirit Miniature, 17 lines Virgin and Child enthroned, attended by two angels Mass of the Virgin Miniature, 17 lines Annunciation Hours of the Virgin: Matins Miniature, 17 lines Visitation Hours of the Virgin: Lauds Miniature, 17 lines Nativity-Adoration Hours of the Virgin: Prime Miniature, 17 lines Annunciation to five shepherds, two dancing with shepherdess Hours of the Virgin: Terce Miniature, 17 lines Adoration of the Magi Hours of the Virgin: Sext Miniature, 17 lines Presentation in the Temple Hours of the Virgin: None Miniature, 17 lines Massacre of the Innocents Hours of the Virgin: Vespers Miniature, 17 lines Flight into Egypt Hours of the Virgin: Compline Miniature, 17 lines Death of the Virgin Advent Office of the Virgin Miniature, 17 lines Last Judgment, Virgin and St. John Evangelist intercessing Seven Penitential Psalms Miniature, 17 lines Funeral Service Office of the Dead Miniature, 17 lines

Belgium or France, ca. 1900; crimson velvet over wooden boards; spine format indicates an attempt at rounding and backing; endbands of red and yellow silk (tailbands of red and tan silk) are worked with edge-bead around rolled core, possibly slightly earlier than covers; gilt edges, worn; two catches and clasps, hinged from lower cover, modern; green silk ribbon marker

 1440-1450 CE Bruges(?) Bruges, ca. 1440-50; completed for use of Rome, illuminated in the style of Masters of the Gold Scrolls Barbe de Feuru, signature of owner on front pastedown, ca. 15th century Jean of Ricaumez and wife Catherine of Barbenchon, owners, ca. 1500 Christophe of Ricaumez, son of Jean of Ricaumez and Catherine of Barbenchon, added portions of text Count of Hallennes, Allennes family of Tournai (?), dated 1669 Alexandre-Constantin-Joseph of Nassau (1738-1814), armorial bookplate identified by A. Van der Put Henry Walters, Baltimore, between 1895 and 1931, purchased from Gruel 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, no. 284. De Ricci, Seymour, and W.J. Wilson. Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada. Vol. 2. New York: H.W. Wilson Company, 1937; p. 2291. Dogaer, Georges. Flemish Miniature Painting in the 15th and 16th Centuries. Amsterdam: B.M. Isaël, 1987; p. 31. Farquhar, James Douglas. "Manuscript Production and Evidence for Localizing and Dating Fifteenth-Century Books of Hours: Walters Ms. 239." Journal of the Walters Art Gallery 45 (1987): pp. 49, 56, fig. 35. Sinclair, Keith Val. Prières en ancien Français. Additions et corrections aux articles 1-2374 du Répertoire de Sonet: Supplément. Townsville, Qld., 1987; nos. 1148, 1152, 1153. 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. 1169-175 (ref. under cat. no. 237, W.282). 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 Grotesques Heraldry Historiated initial Illumination Manuscript Miniature Walters Art Museum Flanders 15th century Devotion