Walters Ms. W.420, Almugavar Hours Calendar Magnificat and four psalms Hours of the Virgin Mass of the Virgin and Gospel Lesson of John Office of the Dead Penitential Psalms, litany, and prayers Obsecro te, Athanasian Creed Suffrages Salve sancta facies Hours of the Cross Hours of the Holy Spirit Book of Hours Cataloger Dennis, Nathan S Editor Herbert, Lynley Copy editor Dibble, Charles Contributor Bockrath, Diane Contributor Dennis, Nathan S Contributor Emery, Doug Contributor Noel, William Contributor Tabritha, Ariel Contributor Toth, Michael B. Conservator Owen, Linda Conservator Quandt, Abigail The Walters Art Museum

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 This book of hours was produced ca. 1510-1520 for a member of the Catalonian Almugavar (or Almogàver) family, whose coat of arms appears throughout the manuscript in the borders of the lavish full-page miniatures. There are twenty-six full-page polychrome miniatures (three are missing), of which six were removed from the original quire structure after portions of the miniatures were excised, and then returned to the manuscript, having been pasted onto heavy card-stock folios. There are also eighteen full-page incipits, of which three include historiated vignettes, and numerous folios with elaborate floral motif borders. A significant number of feast days associated with Barcelona help reinforce the Spanish attribution of the manuscript, although the style of the decoration is clearly influenced by contemporary Flemish design. Baltimore The Walters Art Museum W.420 The primary language in this manuscript is Latin. 1r - 301v Book of Hours 1r - 12v Calendar Januarius habet dies .xxxi. luna .xxx. Nox habet horas .xvi. dies vero .viii. Calendar two-thirds full; graded in brown and red ink 13v - 22r Magnificat and four psalms Incipit canticum graduum beatissime virginis mea anima Maria virgo. Psalms. Magnificat anima mea dominum 24v - 124v Hours of the Virgin Hincipit officium beate virginis Marie romane curie ad matutinum Domine labia mea aperies 125v - 135v Mass of the Virgin and Gospel Lesson of John Missa beate Marie virginis et mater dei Salue sancta parens enixa puerpera regem qui celum terramque regit in secula seculorum 136r - 201v Office of the Dead Vesperas pro de fvntis fide libvs an Placebo domino. Dilexi quoniam exaudiet dominus vocem orationis meae 203v - 235v Penitential Psalms, litany, and prayers Septem salmes Domine ne in furore tuo arguas me neque in ira tua corripias me 236v - 248v Obsecro te, Athanasian Creed Obsecro te domina mater dei piissima summi regis filia mater gloriosissima 251r - 283v Suffrages In sancti iohannis baptiste antiphone. Misso herodes spiculatore precepit amputari caput iohannis in carcere 284v - 288v Salve sancta facies Salve sancta facies nostri redemptoris, in qua nitet species divini splendoris. 289v - 295r Hours of the Cross Incipiunt hore sancte crucis Domine labia mea aperies 296r - 301r Hours of the Holy Spirit Hore spiritus sancti Domine labia mea aperies. Et os meum annunciabit laudem tuam.

Very thin to medium-weight calfskin, carefully selected and prepared; six full-page miniatures were removed, attached to heavy paper stock, and reinserted into the manuscript; lower-outside corner of fol. 1 torn off; fol. 248 shows moderate damage where inserts were pasted in and later removed; minor wormhole damage on fols. 297-301

 Foliation: i+301+ii18.9 12.9 18.9 12.9 Foliated in pencil, upper right corners, rectos

1(12), 2(10), 3(10,-8), 4(12,-11), 5(10), 6(10), 7(10), 8(10,-1), 9(9?), 10(10), 11(10), 12(10), 13(12,-9), 14(13?), 15(9?), 16(10?), 17(10), 18(10), 19(10), 20(8), 21(9?), 22(10), 23(10), 24(10), 25(10?), 26(8), 27(12), 28(7?), 29 (?) None Catchwords located at ends of quires, beginning with quire 4 (fol. 41v), though not consistent throughout; written horizontally in textura script at the bottom of the folio First folios of each quire on fols. 1, 13, 23, 32, 42, 52, 63, 73, 82, 91, 101, 111, 121, 133, 146, 155, 165, 175, 185, 195, 203, 212, 222, 232, 242, 252, 260, 272, and 279

 Textura Gilded "KL" (two lines) and "A" (one line) letters against blue background with white accents Full-page miniature on fol. 13v; full-page incipit with biblical scenes in border on fol. 14r Full-page miniatures on fols. 23v, 40v, 57v, 65v, 79v, 84v, and 94v; full-page incipits on fols. 24r, 30r, 58r, 66r, 73r, 80r, 85r, and 95r Full-page miniature on fol. 125v; full-page incipit on fol. 126r Full-page miniature on fol. 146v; full-page incipits on fols. 136r and 147r; decorated floral borders on fols. 147v and 149r-152v Full-page miniature on fol. 203v; full-page incipit on fol. 204r; decorated floral borders on fols. 204v-211r Full-page miniature on fol. 236v; full-page incipit on fol. 237r Full-page miniatures on fols. 252v, 254v, 256v, 260v, 263v, 269v, 271v, 274v, 276v, 278v, and 280v; full-page incipits on fols. 261r and 281r Full-page miniature on fol. 284v Full-page miniature on fol. 289v; full-page incipit on fol. 290r; decorated floral borders on fols. 290v-294v Full-page incipit on fol. 296r; decorated floral borders on fols. 296v-301r Twenty-six full-page polychrome and gilded miniatures and eighteen full-page incipits, all with floral ornament and some with biblical scenes, bust-portraits of prophets, and/or drolleries; numerous folios decorated with floral-motif borders; coat of arms of Almugavar family appears regularly in the borders of the full-page miniatures; decorated initials marking subdivisions of text (one to two lines) are gilded, along with floral motifs, against red or blue square or rectangular backgrounds; rubrics in red ink or gilded against polychrome background; major feast days in red ink; text in brown ink Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple and decorative border with angels, a coat of arms, and floral and faunal motifs Magnificat Full-page miniature

Lower-right portion of the miniature has been excised

 Decorative border and incipit with illusionistic jewels and miniatures of the Resurrection and Ascension of Christ Magnificat Full-page miniature Annunciation Hours of the Virgin: Matins Full-page miniature

Sections of the decorative border on all four sides have been excised, with the remaining miniature attached to a heavy paper insert

 Decorative border and incipit with illusionistic jewels and flowers Hours of the Virgin: Matins Full-page miniature Decorative border and incipit with flowers and fantastical creatures Hours of the Virgin: Lauds Full-page miniature Visitation and decorative border flowers, birds, and fantastical creatures Hours of the Virgin: Lauds Full-page miniature Nativity and decorative border with clipeate busts, flowers, and a coat of arms Hours of the Virgin: Prime Full-page miniature Decorative border and incipit with flowers Hours of the Virgin: Prime Full-page miniature Annunciation to the shepherds and decorative border with floral motifs and a coat of arms Hours of the Virgin: Terce Full-page miniature

Sections of Nativity scene and border have been excised, with the remaining miniature attached to a heavy paper insert

 Decorative border and incipit with floral and faunal motifs Hours of the Virgin: Terce Full-page miniature Decorative border and incipit with floral and faunal motifs Hours of the Virgin: Sext Full-page miniature Adoration of the Magi and decorative border with flowers, fantastical creatures, and an archer Hours of the Virgin: None Full-page miniature

Upper and lower edges of folio have been excised, with the remaining miniature attached to a heavy paper insert

 Decorative border and incipit with floral motifs, birds, fantastical creatures, and an angel with a coat of arms Hours of the Virgin: None Full-page miniature Presentation in the Temple and decorative border with illusionistic jewels, coats of arms, floral and faunal motifs, and a hunter with his dog Hours of the Virgin: Vespers Full-page miniature

Two sections of the border have been excised, with the remaining miniature attached to a heavy paper insert

 Decorative border and incipit with flowers, birds, fantastical creatures, and a coat of arms Hours of the Virgin: Vespers Full-page miniature Coronation of the Virgin and decorative border with floral and faunal motifs and vignettes Hours of the Virgin: Compline Full-page miniature Decorative border and incipit with floral motifs and fantastical creatures Hours of the Virgin: Compline Full-page miniature Christ among the Doctors and decorative border with flowers and a coat of arms Mass of the Virgin Full-page miniature Decorative border and incipit with floral motifs and fantastical creatures Mass of the Virgin Full-page miniature Decorative border and incipit with floral motifs and birds Office of the Dead: Vespers Full-page miniature Burial service and decorative border with floral motifs and a coat of arms Office of the Dead: Matins Full-page miniature

Three pieces of the left border and the lower-right border, including the figure of a man, have been excised.

 Decorative border and incipit with floral motifs and birds Office of the Dead: Matins Full-page miniature

Much of the gilt lettering of the rubric has been rubbed off.

 Christ as Man of Sorrows surrounded by the Arma Christi and saints, and decorative border with floral motifs and two prophets Penitential Psalms Full-page miniature Decorative border and incipit with floral motifs Penitential Psalms Full-page miniature Decorative border with floral motifs Penitential Psalms Border decoration Virgin Enthroned, serenaded by angels, and decorative border with flowers and butterflies Obsecro te Full-page miniature Decorative border and incipit with flowers Obsecro te Full-page miniature SS. Benedict and Bernard and decorative border with flowers Suffrage for SS. Benedict and Bernard Full-page miniature Saints Onuphrius and Mary of Egypt and decorative border with flowers, angels, and faunal motifs Suffrage for Saints Onuphrius and Mary of Egypt Full-page miniature SS. Francis of Assisi and Anthony of Padua and decorative border with flowers Suffrage for SS. Francis of Assisi and Anthony of Padua Full-page miniature St. Michael slaying the devil, St. Raphael with Tobias, and decorative border with flowers Suffrage for SS. Michael and Raphael Full-page miniature Incipit and decorative border with floral motifs Suffrage for SS. Michael and Raphael Full-page miniature Guardian angels and decorative border with flowers Suffrage for angels Full-page miniature St. Sebastian, St. Anne instructing the Virgin and Child, and decorative border with flowers and birds Suffrage for SS. Anne and Sebastian Full-page miniature St. George slaying the dragon and decorative border with coats of arms and floral and faunal motifs Suffrage for St. George Full-page miniature SS. Catherine and Eulalia of Barcelona and decorative border with flowers Suffrage for SS. Catherine and Eulalia Full-page miniature St. Mary Magdalene, St. Margaret and the dragon, and decorative border with flowers Suffrage for SS. Mary Magdalene and Margaret Full-page miniature SS. Jerome and Anthony and decorative border with flowers Suffrage for SS. Jerome and Anthony Full-page miniature SS. Cosmas and Damian and decorative border with floral and faunal motifs and fantastical beasts Suffrage for SS. Cosmas and Damian Full-page miniature St. Christopher carrying Christ, St. Helena, and decorative border with a prophet and flowers Suffrage for SS. Christopher and Helena Full-page miniature Incipit and decorative border with floral motifs Suffrage for St. Christopher Full-page miniature St. Veronica holding the sudarium and decorative border with flowers and birds Salve sancta facies Full-page miniature Three crosses of Calvary and decorative border with flowers and a bird Hours of the Cross: Matins Full-page miniature Incipit and decorative border with floral motifs Hours of the Cross: Matins Full-page miniature Incipit and decorative border with floral motifs Hours of the Holy Spirit: Matins Full-page miniature

Rebound in the nineteenth century (ca. 1835 according to de Ricci) with reddish brown morocco; blind-tooled and stamped with gold; upper and lower boards include gilded bands of feathers along outer edges; central octagonal space is occupied by floral motifs and framed by blind-tooled beaded guilloché roll and three gilded fillets; Gothic arches and stars project from the corners of the central frame; blind-tooled groups of four vertical lines and gilded floral motifs extend between the arches; spine divided into three rectangular frames, of which the upper and lower depict birds and stars framed by floral motifs, and the central frame includes two Gothic windows with stars; rope-cord design separates the individual frames; fore-edge decorated with gilded spear-head and flower roll; inner-board edges decorated with gilded tulip and bud motif

 1510-1520 CE Catalonia (?), Spain Produced for the Amulgavar family of Catalonia ca. 1510-1520; Amulgavar coat of arms appears throughout Owned by Viscount Joseph de Ayala in the eighteenth century (inscription on fol. 1r) Henry Walters, Baltimore, purchased before 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, 1935, p. 808, no. 322. Randall, Lilian M. C. "From Cîteaux Onwards: Cistercian-Related Manuscripts in the Walters Art Gallery." Studies in Cistercian Art and Architecture 3 (1987): pp. 111-136, p. 135, no. 28. Wieck, Roger S., ed. Time Sanctified: The Book of Hours in Medieval Art and Life. 2nd ed. New York; Baltimore: George Braziller in association with the Walters Art Museum, 2001, p. 224, cat. no. 118. 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 Christian Spanish Book Illumination Manuscript Miniature Ornament Walters Art Museum Spain 16th century Devotion Textura Heraldry Codex