Walters Ms. W.719, Book of Hours Calendar Hours of the Virgin Office of the Dead (for use of Liège) Hours of the Compassion of the Virgin Prayers to SS. Peter, James the Less, and Simon, suffrages to SS. Anthony and Sebastian Seven Penitential Psalms Litany, petitions, and collects Devotions to the Virgin Prayer of Indulgence for three hundred days Appellations of the Virgin Communion prayers Suffrage to the Holy Face Devotional Sequence and suffrages Book of Hours artist Masters of the Ghent Privileges and associates 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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 This Book of Hours was completed ca. 1450, illuminated by the Master of Ghent Privileges and associates. The first owner is depicted in the border of fol. 13v as well as arms of the Egmont family of Guelders, found in the margins nearby. On front flyleaf iir, a note indicates that the manuscript was given by Francois de Bonge to an unidentified recipient in memory of a close friend. While many prayers are in Latin, there is a strong presence of French found in rubrics, headings, and several narratives (tales of a canon's dream sequence, the salvation of a nun, and directives for prayers that would result in a vision of the Virgin three days before the supplicant's death) paired with prayers and devotions in Latin. Baltimore The Walters Art Museum W.719 The primary language in this manuscript is Latin. The secondary language of this manuscript is French, Middle (ca.1400-1600). 1r - 193v Book of Hours In Latin; calendar, select headings, devotional texts, and instructions to illuminator and/or compositor in French artist 1r - 12v Calendar Calendar less than half full, graded in red and brown; includes elements of Liège and Bruges; names preceded by various abbreviations of "Saint/e" followed by designations as bishop, martyr, etc.; feasts of note include: "Les troys Roys" (Jan. 6 + octave), Agnes (Jan. 21), Julianus (Jan. 28), Agatha (Feb. 5, "aghis"), Eleutherius (Feb. 20), Severinus (Feb. 23, regularly Oct. 23), Benedict (Mar. 21, "benoit abbe"; cf. Jul. 10), Peter martyr (Apr. 20, Dominican), Robert of Molesme (Apr. 29, Cistercian), Domitilla (May 7, rare), Seruatius (May 13), Benedict (Jul. 10), Lawrence (Aug. 10 "Leuren"), Bartholomew (Aug. 24, "Bertreme"), Louis of France (Aug. 25, "Lowis roy de france"), Bernard of Clairvaux (Aug. 27, "bernart abbe", Cistercian), Remacle (Sept. 3), Evurtius (Sept. 6, "euurte", regularly Sept. 7), Nativity of the Virgin (Sept. 7, regularly Sept. 8), Gorgonius (Sept. 8, regularly Sept. 9, rare), Theodard (Sept. 10), Lambert (Sept. 17), Maternus (Sept. 19), Maurice (Sept. 22, "meurisse ch[eva]l[ie]r"), Remigius (Oct. 1), Hubertus (Nov. 4), Elizabeth of Hungary (Nov. 19, "yzabial de hongrie", Franciscan tertiary), Catherine (Nov. 24, regularly Nov. 25), Grisogonius (Nov. 25, rare), Stephen (Dec. 26, "esteuiene") 13r - 67r Hours of the Virgin Cursus beate marie. Ad mat. Domine labia mea Use unidentified; three Matins lessons: (1) "Sancta maria virgo virginum. mater & filia . . . . R. Sancta & immaculata virginitas . . . . V. Benedicta tu . . . . (2) Sancta maria piarum piissima . . . . R. Beata es maria . . . . V. Ave maria gratia plena . . . . (3) Sancta dei genitrix que mervisti concipere . . . . R. Felix namque . . . . V. Ora pro populo interveni pro clero intercede pro deuoto femineo sexu . . . ."; fols. 22v-23v: "Te Deum", versicle "Ora pro nobis . . . ." Prime, anitphon and capitulary "Angelum domini" and "Ego sapientia"; None, antiphon and capitulary "Post partum" and "Et radicavi"; headings on versos before Lauds and Compline "In laudibus . . . Ad Completorium", Prime to Vespers headed "Ad . . . ." above text openings; fol. 13r: blank Between rubric and incipit the scribe has included "Ave maria gratia plena" artist 67v - 122r Office of the Dead (for use of Liège) Vigilie defunctorum. Antiphona. Dilexi quoniam exaudiet dominus Following the rubric the scribe has added "Placebo" most likely to make note of the antiphon "Placebo Domino" artist 122v - 128v Hours of the Compassion of the Virgin Heures del compassion nostre dame Matris cor virgineum trina totum trivit fols. 123r-127r: Hours of the Compassion of the Virgin; fols. 127r-128v: three prayers to Christ, Trinity, angels Internal heading in Latin or French artist 129r - 142v Prayers to SS. Peter, James the Less, and Simon, suffrages to SS. Anthony and Sebastian De saint piere apostle Sancte petre princeps apostolorum Prayers, mostly unrubricated; fols. 130r-136v: three prayers to SS Peter, James the Less, Simon; fols. 133r-136v: two suffrages to SS Anthony and Sebastian, the latter in rhyming scheme with prose antiphons; fols. 136v-142r: two devotions to the Virgin with identical headings, the second in rhyming scheme; fol. 129r: blank; fol. 142v: ruled, blank 143r - 156r Seven Penitential Psalms Domine ne in furore fol. 143r: blank artist 156r - 162v Litany, petitions, and collects Letania Litany composed of Netherlandish and Northern French saints; twelve apostles/"ewangeliste", John Baptist to Luke; nine martyrs, some of which are Vincent, George, Lambert, Fabian, Sebastian, and Dionysius; fifteen confessors, including nine popes, followed by Servatius, Remacle, Hubert, Severinus, Aegydius, Remigius; thirteen virgins/widows/"continentes", of note: Felicitas, Perpetua, Agatha, Lucy, Agnes, Cecilia, Gertrude, Juliana, Margaret, Barbara, Mary Magdalene, Mary Egyptian, Catherine; petitions and invocations on fols 158v-160v; prayer on fols. 160v-161v; three collects, the second of which was associated with Liège by John Plummer, citing relics of saints in suppliant's church: "Concede quesumus omnipotens deus ut sancta dei genitrix virgo maria . . . atque omnes sancti quorum reliquie in ista continetur ecclesia . . . . Exaudi quesumus domine supplicum . . . . O. s. d. qui vivorum dominaris simul et mortuorum. . . ." 162v - 172v Devotions to the Virgin Chi commenche un tresuielle sieruiche de la glorieuse uiergene marie Un homme estoit de relotion qui cannone estoit Fols. 163r-164v: Prayer that includes Five Joys of the Virgin, preceded, in French, by a narrative account of the dream-vision of the Virgin's appearance to a canon named Jernoul, her recitation of the prayer that follows and her promise to appear five times before death to all devout men and women reciting this prayer each Saturday; a transcription of the prayer that Jernoul found upon waking who later took it as proof to the bishop, who later gave testimony through preaching throughout the land Latin text with French headings; narrative account of a canon named Jernoul in French 172v - 174r Prayer of Indulgence for three hundred days Chi apres sensieut une orison bonne & deuote de nostre damme la queile une nonnain soloit oreir pour elle & pour tous crestiens. Par le [sic] queile orison elle fut apres son trespas des paines dinfier deliuree par les merittes & priiere de la glorieuse uiergene marie ensi que ses miracles tesmoignent. Et cheuls qui le dient ont trois Cens iours de uray pardon & est teile Sancta et perpetua virgo maria fols. 172v-174r: Prayer of Indulgence for three hundred days, referring to the miracles of the Virgin, the Five Joys, Five Wounds of Christ, preceded by another narrative with a French heading recounting a nun's salvation for recitation of prayer 174r - 176r Appellations of the Virgin Chi apres sensieuvent plusieurs notables mos de nostre damme et en yat .lxxii. nons. Et quiconcques les dirat pardeuant lymage de la glorieuse uierge (fol. 174v): marie chascun samedi en genouls auoec siept ave maria a la glorieuse uierge marie saparurat a luy trois iours deuant sa mort uisiblement et aurat le regne de paradis pardurablement. Diva virgo. flos nubes. Seventy-two appellations of the Virgin, recited each Saturday along with reciting "Ave Maria" seven times in French while kneeling before image of the Virgin is said to be rewarded with a vision of the Virgin three days before one's death 176r - 178v Communion prayers In sanctas et venerabiles manus Communion prayers; concluding prayer on entering church with French headings; fol 177r: Ave verum corpus . . .; fol. 178r: Anima xristi sanctifica me . . .; fol 178v: Ave ihesu xriste fili dei uiui et gloriose uirginis miserere mei. Adoro te deum uerum. . . 179r - 182v Suffrage to the Holy Face Quiconque lirat ceste orison qui sensieunt deuotement deuant lymage dou saint ueronike il acquiert .viii. ans de urais pardon et aultretant de .xl. Et se doublent les pardons es fiestes & junes. Et ossi ilh doublent es. iiii. temps. Salve sancta facies nostri redemptoris In heading it is said when suffrage is read before the image of Veronica, 800 to 4,000 years of Indulgence is yielded, time spans doubled for recitation at certain liturgical seasons and unspecified feast days; fol. 179r: blank 182bisr - 193r Devotional Sequence and suffrages Lewangille saint ihean In principio erat verbum Fols. 183r-184r: Gospel extract from John 1:1-14; fols. 185r-186r and fols. 187r-193r: contemporary additions of two suffrages to female saints Catherine and Barbara respectively; fol. 186v: blank, ruled; fols. 189r-193r: Athanasian creed with French heading; fol. 182bisr: blank

Medium-weight parchment of reasonably good selection; last three added miniatures of thinner weight, added early; modern parchment flyleaves, bifoliate with facing pastedown

 Foliation: ii+193+i16.3 12.4 8.5 7.0 Modern pencil foliation, upper right corners, rectos (used here); folio marked A2, and referred here as front flyleaf ii, is actually integral to the first quire and is therefore technically a folio

Quire 1: 8 (Abis-7); Quire 2: 6 (fols. 8-13); Quires 3-16: 8 (fols. 14-125); Quire 17: 8, with added folio after fol. 128 (fols. 126-134); Quires 18-23: 8 (fols. 135-182); Quire 24: 4, with folios added after fols. 182, 184, 186 (fols. 182bis-188); Quire 25: 6, with sixth folio cancelled (fols. 189-193) Extant catchwords begin on fol. 21v at lower right of folio, adjacent vertically at the spine-edge, most often a full or partial word followed by punctus of brown ink

Ruled in grey-brown ink; does not apply to calendar: written area 7 x 8.5 cm, 1 column of 13 lines Textura Full-page miniature on fol. 13v; large decorated illuminated initial on fol. 14r with border; smaller miniatures on fols. 25r, 36v, 41v, 45v, 49v, 53v, 61v Full-page miniature on fol. 67v; foliate border with decorated illuminated initial on fol. 68r Full-page miniature on fol. 122v Full-page miniature on fol. 129v; smaller miniatures on fols.: 131r, 132r, 133r, 134r; Full-page miniature on fol. 143v Full-page miniature on fol. 143v; foliate border with decorated illuminated initial on fol. 144r Full-page miniature on fols. 182bisv, 185v, 187v Nineteen miniatures total; eight extant full-page miniatures, four inserted with blank rectos; decorated illuminated initials on opposite folio of some full-page miniatures; eleven smaller miniatures (11-12 lines); borders frame full-page miniatures on three sides, arch at the top, multicolored with gold, designs are similar, although of a lesser caliber, on pages opposite small miniatures Virgin enthroned, revered by male manuscript owner Hours of the Virgin: Matins Full-page miniature Annunciation Hours of the Virgin: Lauds Small miniature, 12 lines Visitation Hours of the Virgin: Prime Small miniature, 12 lines Nativity-Adoration, miraculous cure of withered hand of midwife Salome Hours of the Virgin: Terce Small miniature, 12 lines Adoration of Magi Hours of the Virgin: Sext Small miniature, 12 lines Presentation in the Temple Hours of the Virgin: None Small miniature, 12 lines Flight into Egypt Hours of the Virgin: Vespers Small miniature, 12 lines Death of the Virgin Hours of the Virgin: Compline Small miniature, 12 lines Raising of Lazarus Office of the Dead Full-page miniature Crucifixion Hours of the Compassion of the Virgin Full-page miniature St. Peter Prayers to SS Peter, James the Less, and Simon: Peter Full-page miniature St. James the Less Prayers to SS Peter, James the Less, and Simon Small miniature, 12 lines St. Simon Prayers to SS Peter, James the Less, and Simon Small miniature, 11 lines St. Anthony Prayers to SS Peter, James the Less, and Simon Small miniature, 12 lines Martyrdom of St. Sebastian Prayers: St. Sebastian Small miniature, 12 lines Last Judgment with Man of Sorrows Seven Penitential Psalms Full-page miniature

Man of Sorrows is between two demi-angels drawing aside his mantle, and their collars are inscribed in pale ocher "Misericordia" and "Iusticia."

 St. Veronica holding veil with Holy Face Suffrage to Holy Face Full-page miniature St. Catherine Devotional Sequence and suffrages Full-page miniature St. Barbara Devotional Sequences and suffrages Full-page miniature

Rebound in Paris, ca. 1900, by Léon Gruel with red velvet; page edges gilt; resewn on four cords

 Ca. 1450 CE Flanders Created ca. 1450; illuminated by the Master of Ghent Privileges and associates; first owner depicted in border (fol. 13v) Gifted to an unknown recipient by later owner Francois de Bonge in memory of a close friend in 1671: "Ce presente livre est presenté de francois de Bonge en memoire de la personne asses tres intime a moy de Jurenne le. . . 12 Mars lan 1671" Acquired by Léon Gruel, Paris, ca. 1900; identified armorial shield affixed to flyleaf i as that of the Egmont family, thus changing from French to Flemish attribution Henry Walters, Baltimore, purchased from Gruel for 15,000 francs, ca. 1906 Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters' bequest Relevant Works Scillia, Diane. "The Master of the Tiburtine Sibyl's Raising of Lazarus (Mexico City, San Carlos Museum) and the Early Haarlem School of Painting Reconsidered." In Tributes in Honor of James H. Marrow: Studies in Painting and Manuscript Illumination of the late Middle Ages and Northern Renaissance. 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