Walters Ms. W.433, Book of Hours of the family de la Porte Calendar Suffrage to the Holy Face Hours of the Cross Hours of the Holy Spirit Gospel Sequence of the Passion according to St. John Hours of the Virgin Seven Penitential Psalms Litany, petitions, and five collects Devotional sequence focused on the Virgin Book of Hours artist Follower of Master of the Prayerbooks ca. 1500 Principal cataloger Randall, Lilian M.C. Cataloger Herbert, Lynley Cataloger Mergen, Christopher Editor Herbert, Lynley Copy editor Dibble, Charles Contributor Bucca, Lauren Contributor Emery, Doug Contributor Herbold, Rebekah Contributor Noel, William Contributor Schuele, Allyson Contributor Sedovic, Katherine 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 for Use of Rome was created by one of the followers of the Master of the Prayerbooks of Bruges ca. 1510. In 1577, it was acquired by Charles de la Porte, who commissioned its rebinding, and had the armorial shield of his family added to a decorated initial on fol. 136r. While the manuscript's illuminations are relatively spare in their renderings, they include a number of unusual details. The margins of the Crucifixion (fols. 17v-18r) and the beginning of the Devotional Sequence (fol. 140r) contain segmented borders divided by red and white tree trunks with peeling or "bleeding" bark, thus unifying the two sets of prayer. Also of note is the miniature depicting Pentecost, where Mary is shown kneeling in prayer. Decorated initials are present throughout the manuscript. This manuscript appears to have been used infrequently by its original owner, with limited dirt and wear on most of the pages. Baltimore The Walters Art Museum W.433 The primary language in this manuscript is Latin. 1r - 153v Book of Hours 3r - 14v Calendar Januarius. xxxi. Luna. xxx. Calendar less than half full; graded in red and black; notable saints include Quintinus (Mar. 29), Euphemia (Apr. 7), Helen matron ("Helene Regine," Apr. 15), Sigismund (Apr. 30), Francis (Translation, May 25), Rufina (Jul. 10), Eugene (Translation, Sep. 6), Victor (Sep. 18), Francis (Oct. 4), Eligius (Dec. 1), Gratianus (Dec. 18) 16r - 17r Suffrage to the Holy Face Oratio ante faciem domini nostri. Salve sancta facies nostri redemptoris 17v - 27r Hours of the Cross Incipiunt hore de sancta cruce Domine labia mea 28r - 35r Hours of the Holy Spirit Incipiunt hore de sancto spiritu Domine labia mea 36r - 47v Gospel Sequence of the Passion according to St. John Passio domini nostri Ihesu Xpristi Egressus est Dominus Ihesus 48v - 114v Hours of the Virgin Incipiunt hore beate marie. Domine labia mea 116v - 134v Seven Penitential Psalms 128v - 134v Litany, petitions, and five collects Litanie Kyrie eleison Fols. 128v-131v: Litany: saints of note include Nicasius, Dionysius "cum soccis tuis" ("with companions"); Gervasius and Prothasius; Remigius, Francis, Bernard, Nicholas, Martin, Anthony, Claudius, Dominic, Hilary; Mary Magdalene, Mary Egyptian, Catherine, Margaret, Barbara, Apollonia, Cecilia, Agnes, Lucy, Geneviève, and Opportuna; fols. 131v-133v: Petitions and invocations; fols. 133v-134v: Five collects 135v - 148v Devotional sequence focused on the Virgin Oratio de beate marie virgine Obsecro te domina sancta Fols. 135v-144r: Prayers of the Virgin ("Oratio de beate marie virgine" and "Oratio ad beatam virginem mariam"); fols. 145r-147r: Prayer lamenting sorrow of Virgin by the Cross ("Oratio de doloris beate marie"); fols. 147r-v: Indulgence of Pope Julius II ("Testamentum Julii pape secundi ad pulsum pacis. Octoginta milia annorum de quo vere extant bulle"); fols. 148r-148v: Prayer on the Seven Corporeal Joys of the Virgin, rhyming ("Oratio de septem gaudiis beate marie virginis corporalibus"); Group of three short prayers to the Virgin centers on peace, each concluding with "Ave maria"; this section also includes an Indulgence granted for 80,000 years as reward for declamation, ascribed to Pope Julius II (1503-1513) in the heading (see rubric for this section)

Thin parchment; heavier parchment for illuminated leaves

 Foliation: 15312.7 9.3 7.3 5.2 Early pencil foliation, lower right corners rectos, first fourteen pages only; modern pencil foliation, upper right corners rectos (used here)

Quire 1: 2 (first of bifoliate as front pastedown-fol. 1); Quire 2: 8 (fols. 2-9); Quire 3: 6 (fols. 10-15); Quire 4: 8, with first folio added and later removed (fols. 16-23); Quire 5: 8, with fifth folio added (fols. 24-32); Quire 6: 8, with fourth folio added and later removed (fols. 33-40); Quire 7: 8, with eighth folio added (fols. 41-49); Quires 8-14: 8 (fols. 50-105); Quire 15: 10 (fols. 106-115); Quire 16: 8, with first folio added (fols. 116-124); Quire 17: 8 (fols. 125-132); Quire 18: 8, with third folio added, eighth folio cancelled (fols. 133-140); Quire 19: 8 (fols. 141-148); Quire 20: 6, with last folio forming back pastedown (fols. 149-153) None None

Layout does not apply to calendar: written surface 5.3 x 8.4 cm, 4 columns, 17 lines Littera batarda Full-page miniature fol. 17v Full-page miniature fol. 28v Decorated border on opening folio Full-page miniature fol. 48v; six small miniatures (8 lines) fols. 82r, 87r, 92r, 97r, 101r, and 109r Full-page miniature fol. 116v Full-page miniature fol. 135v; small miniature (8 lines) fol. 140r Five full-page miniatures; seven small miniatures (8 lines); illuminated margins around incipit pages for texts, with illusionistic architecture, flora and fauna, and jewels; large decorated initials introduce major texts (5 lines); small initials at secondary text divisions (2 lines); small decorated initials for versals (1 line); alternating red and orange line fillers in litany with gold foliate decoration; rubrics in dark red; text in black ink Initial "S" (Salve) Suffrage to the Holy Face Decorated initial "S," 5 lines, with marginal illumination Crucifixion Hours of the Cross Full-page miniature Initial "D" (Domine) Hours of the Cross Decorated initial "D," 5 lines, with marginal illumination Pentecost Hours of the Holy Spirit Full-page miniature

In the margin at the upper left corner of the page, there is an inscription that appears in a small frame, which reads "Salvator" (Savior), complementing the inscription of "Salvator mundi" (Savior of the World) within a curled scroll in the margin at the base of the page.

 Initial "D" (Domine) Hours of the Holy Sprit Decorated initial "D," 5 lines, with marginal illumination

The inscription on the scroll at the bottom of the page reads "Veni sancte sancte."

 Annunciation Hours of the Virgin Full-page miniature Initial "D" (Domine) Hours of the Virgin: Matins Decorated initial "D," 5 lines, with marginal illumination Holy Family Hours of the Virgin: Prime Small miniature, 8 lines Annunciation to the Shepherds Hours of the Virgin: Terce Small miniature, 8 lines Adoration of the Magi Hours of the Virgin: Sext Small miniature, 8 lines Presentation in the Temple Hours of the Virgin: None Small miniature, 8 lines Massacre of the Innocents Hours of the Virgin: Vespers Small miniature, 8 lines Flight into Egypt; Fall of Idol Book of Hours: Compline Small miniature, 8 lines King David in prayer Seven Penitential Psalms Full-page miniature Initial "D" (Domine) Seven Penitential Psalms Decorated initial "D," 5 lines, with marginal illumination Angels in reverence of Virgin and Child Devotional sequence: Obsecro te Full-page miniature Initial "O" (Obsecro te) Devotional sequence: Obsecro te Decorated initial "O," 5 lines, with marginal illumination Virgin of the Sun on crescent moon Devotional sequence: "O intemerata" Small miniature, 8 lines Initial "S" (Stabat mater) Devotional sequence: Sorrow of the Virgin by the Cross Decorated initial "S," 6 lines, with marginal illumination

Bound in sixteenth century in eastern France; dark brown calf; gold blocked and tooled, with central oval composed of wreath and foliated scrolls, with similar design on both front and back cover; spine contains gold-tooled inscription: "ANNO / CAROLUS / *DE*LA* / PORTE / SIT. VITA COMOE / DIA / 1577" (Let life be a comedy)

 Ca. 1510 CE Flanders Created ca. 1510 by artist working in the Ghent-Bruges style of the Master of the Prayerbooks Charles de la Porte, Artois and Picardy, his name and date, 1577, recorded on binding; armorial of de la Porte family likely added at this time on fol. 136r Appears to have been sold to unknown buyer in seventeenth century; inscription of that period on back pastedown records cost of forty guilders and praise of illuminations in Dutch: "40 Gl Seer heerlyke Tykeninge" Unknown owner ca. 1900; pencil inscription in Dutch on fol. 153r: "Wie oudheid minnaar is komt hier dit boekje kopen het schijnt slechts prulijen [?] maar... [?] doer het open" Gruel and Engelmann collection, Paris, late nineteenth or early twentieth century; their bookplate on front pastedown inscribed "No. 67" Henry Walters, Baltimore, purchase from Gruel and Engelmann 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 Company, 1935; p. 810, cat. no. 330. Bowles, Edmund A. "A Checklist of Musical Instruments in Fifteenth Century Illuminated Manuscripts at the Walters Art Gallery." Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association 32, no. 4 (1976): 719-726; pp. 721, 723. Owens, M.B. "Musical Subjects in the Illumination of Books of Hours from Fifteenth-Century France and Flanders." Ph.D. diss, University of Chicago, 1987: p. 474. 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, 1997; pp. 504-509, cat. no. 294. 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 Flemish Notable binding Book Codex Heraldry Historiated initial Illumination Manuscript Miniature Walters Art Museum Flanders 16th century Devotion Christian Painting Calligraphy