Walters Ms. W.431, Book of Hours (Use of Rome)

Walters Ms. W.431, Book of Hours (Use of Rome) Calendar Prayers for confession in French Gospel sequence Hours of the Cross Hours of the Holy Spirit Hours of the Virgin Prayer on the Sorrow of the Virgin Seven Penitential Psalms Litany, petitions, and collects Devotional sequence Office of the Dead Book of Hours scribe Associates of the Master of Antoine Rolin Principal cataloger Randall, Lilian M.C. Cataloger Valle, Chiara Editor Herbert, Lynley Copy editor Wallace, Susan Contributor Bucca, Lauren 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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Created in the fifteenth century and rebound slightly later, this small Book of Hours may still appear much as a sixteenth-century viewer saw it. In that period, it was covered in either Belgium or England with an opulent red velvet embellished with silk and silver embroidery. The manuscript itself was produced in Flanders around 1480-1490, and was likely destined for Cambrai, as indicated by the selection of saints in the calendar. Painted by a group of artists referred to as the Associates of the Master of Antoine Rolin, the manuscript contains several interesting full-page miniatures representing St. John the Evangelist and the Pentecost painted in blue grisaille; a similar grisaille technique was used in the Suffrages to create sculpture-like figures of the saints evoked in the prayers. Full-color miniatures introduce each hour, while illusionistic borders enhance several folios throughout the book. Baltimore The Walters Art Museum W.431 The primary language in this manuscript is Latin. The secondary language of this manuscript is French, Middle (ca.1400-1600). 2r - 146r Book of Hours 2r - 13v Calendar Januarius habet dies xxxi. luna xxx. Calendar one fourth- to half-full, graded in red and brown; contents suggest Cambrai; some saints added early; saints of note include: Hilary (Jan. 12), Anspert (Jan. 24, "Aubert," bishop of Rouen), Waldetrudis (Feb. 3, normally Apr. 9), Landelinus (June 15), Margaret (July 12), Christopher (July 26), Gaugeric (Aug. 11), Hermes (Aug. 27), Gaugeric (Sept. 24, "Elevatio sancti gaugerici), Maxellendis (Nov. 13), Autbert (Dec. 13), Nicasius (Dec. 14) 14r - 14v Prayers for confession in French Sensuivent les trois verite que a fait et compose mestre Iehan Gerson iadis chancelier de Paris ... (line 13) La premiere. Sire dieu iay pechiet contre ta bontet Three prayers for confession written by Jean Gerson (1363-1429), former chancellor of the University of Paris 17v - 22v Gospel sequence Initium sancti evangelii secundum Iohannem. gloria tibi Domine. In principio erat verbum 23r - 26r Hours of the Cross Domine labia mea 26v - 29v Hours of the Holy Spirit Domine labia mea 30r - 77r Hours of the Virgin Domine labia mea Use of Rome 77v - 80r Prayer on the Sorrow of the Virgin Stabat mater dolorosa 82r - 92r Seven Penitential Psalms Domine ne in furore tuo 92r - 97v Litany, petitions, and collects Letania Kirieleyson Fols. 92r-95r: Litany, with fifteen apostles/evangelists/innocents from Peter to Mark; twenty-three martyrs including Quintinus, Eustace, Maurice, Dionysius, Erasmus, and Blasius; sixteen confessors/doctors/priests including Leonard, Bernard, Francis, Louis, Eligius, Aegydius, and Dominic; thirteen virgins, including Mary Magdalene, Mary Egyptian, Clare, Juliana, and Ursula; fols. 95r-97r: Petitions, cues, and invocations; fols. 97r-v: Two collects 98r - 114v Devotional sequence Obsecro te Domina sancta maria mater dei Devotional sequence: fols. 98r-103r: Obsecro te; fols. 103r-105v: O intemerata; fols. 105v-114r: Suffrages, to the Holy Spirit and the Cross; eight single and one pair of male saints, namely, SS. Michael, John the Baptist, Peter and Paul, Christopher, Sebastian, Adrian, Anthony, Nicholas, and Quintinus; SS. Mary Magdalene and Barbara; a single suffrage to five male privileged saints, namely, Dionysius, George, Vincent, Blasius, and Aegydius; a single suffrage to five female privileged saints, namely, Catherine, Margaret, Martha, Christina, and Barbara 115r - 146r Office of the Dead Antiphona Placebo [Domino]. Dilexi quoniam exaudiet Dominus Use of Rome; five collects, the first specifying "N" for name of the deceased

Thin to medium-weight, well-prepared parchment; considerably cropped, sometimes trimming tops of calligraphic ascenders at top of page or catchwords and signatures at bottom page; gilt edges

Foliation: i+145+iii11.5 8.5 7.1 4.8 First folio and last three folios are ruled but left blank

Quire 1: 2, with first folio bifoliate with front pastedown (fol. 1); Quire 2-15: 8 (fol. 101 skipped in foliation in quire 14), (fols. 2-114); Quire 16: 8, with sixth folio cancelled (fols. 115-121); Quire 17-18: 8 (fols. 122-137); Quire 19: 8, with ninth folio hooked at end (fols. 138-146); Quire 20: 4, with fourth folio used as back pastedown (fols. 147-149) Visible on lower right corners, rectos, fols. 138r-141r, "qi" to "qiii" Some catchwords beginning on fol. 25v, on last verso of quire, lower right corner, between vertical ruling and spine-edge

Full-page miniature with decorated borders fol. 17v Full-page illumination with decorated borders fol. 23r Full-page illumination with decorated borders fol. 26v Full-page miniature with decorated borders fol. 30r Full-page illumination with decorated borders fol. 77v Full-page illumination with decorated borders fol. 82r Full-page illumination with decorated borders fol. 98r; images of saints fols. 106v, 107r-v, 108r-v, 109v, 110r-v, 111r-v, 112r-v, and 113v Full-page illumination with decorated borders fol. 115r Written in well-formed littera batarda Eight full-page miniatures, two in blue grisaille and the others in full color; illusionistic borders throughout book; initials on blue and pink ground for major text divisions (3-4 lines); smaller initials for minor divisions (1-2 lines); rubrics in red; text in brown ink St. John on Patmos Gospel Sequence: John 1:1 Full-page miniature Crucifixion Hours of the Cross: Matins Full-page miniature Pentecost Hours of the Holy Spirit: Matins Full-page miniature Annunciation Hours of the Virgin: Matins Full-page miniature Lamentation Stabat Mater Full-page miniature David kneeling in prayer Seven Penitential Psalms Full-page miniature Virgin and Child Obsecro te Full-page miniature St. Michael slaying the dragon Devotional sequence: Suffrage to St. Michael Marginal illumination St. John the Baptist with Lamb Devotional sequence: Suffrage to St. John the Baptist Marginal illumination SS. Peter and Paul Devotional sequence: Suffrage to SS. Peter and Paul Marginal illumination St. Christopher Devotional sequence: Suffrage to St. Christopher Marginal illumination St. Sebastian Devotional sequence: Suffrage to St. Sebastian Marginal illumination St. Adrian Devotional sequence: Suffrage to St. Adrian Marginal illumination St. Anthony Devotional sequence: Suffrage to St. Anthony Marginal illumination St. Nicholas blessing three resuscitated youths at left, revered by three female recipients of dowries at right Devotional sequence: Suffrage to St. Nicholas Marginal illumination St. Quintinus martyred Devotional sequence: Suffrage to St. Quintinus Marginal illumination St. Mary Magdalene Devotional sequence: Suffrage to St. Mary Magdalene Marginal illumination St. Barbara Devotional sequence: Suffrage to St. Barbara Marginal illumination Five male saints Devotional sequence: Suffrage to five male saints Marginal illumination St. Dionysius carrying his head; St. George slaying dragon in foreground; SS. Blasius, Christopher, and Aegydius in background Five female saints Devotional sequence: Suffrage to five female saints Marginal illumination SS. Catherine and Margaret in foreground; SS. Martha, Christina, and Barbara in background Skeleton with arrow and black mirror Office of the Dead: Vespers Full-page miniature

Sixteenth-century tawed skin over thin boards; covered with red velvet case embroidered with triple silver thread wound around yellow-brown silk thread, outline design on both covers of two inverted hearts, surrounded by foliate flowers

Ca. 1490-1500 CE Flanders (Mons?) Made in the region of Mons for the use of Cambrai, ca. 1490-1500 Leo Olschki, Florence, ca. 1900; inv. no. 31351 penciled on fol. 1r Henry Walters, Baltimore, purchased from Olschki and unpacked in Baltimore on Nov. 10, 1912, according to James Anderson inventory (now in WAM archives) Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters' bequest Relevant Works Brinkmann, Bodo. Die flamische Buchmalerei am Ende des Burgunderreichs. Turnhout: Brepols, 1997; pp. 219, 221, 229, Amm. 346. 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. 806, cat. no. 309. Legaré, Anne-Marie. "The Master of Antoine Rolin: A Hainaut Illurninator Working in the Orbit of Simon Marmion." In Margaret of York, Simon Marmion, and The Visions of Tondal. Papers delivered at a symposium organized by the Department of Manuscripts of the J. 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