Walters Ms. W.89, Book of Hours Prefatory image cycle Hours of the Virgin Seven Penitential Psalms Book of Hours Principal cataloger Randall, Lilian M.C. Cataloger Han, Yuna Editor Herbert, Lynley Copy editor Dibble, Charles Contributor Emery, Doug Contributor Han, Yuna Contributor Tabritha, Ariel Contributor Wiegand, Kimber Conservator Quandt, Abigail The Walters Art Museum

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 This pocket-size Book of Hours was created ca. 1380 to commemorate the wedding of Raoul II de Raineval (d. 1392) and Isabelle de Coucy (d. 1413). Its most unique feature is the illuminated heraldic initials containing the arms of Coucy and Raineval at canonical divisions. Particularly, the combined heraldry at Matins in the Hours of the Virgin highlights their marriage. The bride is depicted in a donor portrait kneeling in front of the seated Virgin and Child in one of the prefatory miniatures (fol. 3v) with Coucy's heraldic shield. Charming drolleries appear at major text divisions. Baltimore The Walters Art Museum W.89 The primary language in this manuscript is French, Old (842-ca.1400). The secondary language of this manuscript is Latin. 1r - 161v Book of Hours Use of Paris; written in French with Latin rubrics 1v - 3v Prefatory image cycle No text; image cycle with female saints and donor 4r - 134v Hours of the Virgin Domine labia mea Use of Paris; main text in French with Latin opening invocation; fol. 23r: instruction for French and Latin recitations of "Pater noster" underlined in red before Lesson 1 in Matins; fols. 118r-v: prayer for female suppliants after "Magnificat" in Vespers 135r - 161v Seven Penitential Psalms Septem psalmi. Domine ne in furore tuo Dieu en ton jugement Latin incipits used as rubrics, followed by the main text in French; blank fols. 160v-161v

Medium to heavy parchment, well prepared; flyleaves are modern parchment

 Foliation: i+161+i11.5 8.3 5.6 3.2 Modern pencil foliation, upper right corners rectos

Quire 1: 4, first folio missing (fols. 1-3); Quires 2-10: 8 (fols. 4-75); Quire 11: 6 (fols. 76-81); Quire 12: 8 (fols. 82-89); Quire 13: 4 (fols. 90-93); Quires 14-21: 8 (fols. 94-157); Quire 22: 4 (fols. 158-161) Several signatures extant, lower right corners rectos, eg. fol. 76r Centered on versos lower margin throughout

Textura formata Full-page miniatures fols. 1v, 2v, and 3v Heraldic initials fols. 4r, 36v, 66v, 79r, 86v, 103r, and 122v Heraldic initial fol. 135r Three full-page miniatures; eight heraldic initials in Hours of the Virgin (4-5 lines); one heraldic initial at the beginning of Penitential Psalms (4 lines); decorated initials at secondary text divisions (2 lines); gold versals on cusped rose and blue ground with white patterns flourish throughout (1 line); vine boarders around main text divisions, drolleries at bas-de-page, occasionally accompanied by winged dragons; line fillers with geometric motifs throughout; rubrics in red throughout; text in medium brown ink St. Catherine Full-page miniature St. Margaret in prayer before God Full-page miniature Isabelle of Coucy in prayer before the Virgin and Child Full-page miniature Initial "D" with conjoined arms of Isabelle de Coucy and Raoul II de Raineval Hours of the Virgin: Matins Illuminated heraldic initial "D," 5 lines

Combined heraldry indicates the marriage of Coucy and Raineval.

 Initial "D" with the arms of Raoul II de Raineval Hours of the Virgin: Lauds Illuminated heraldic initial "D," 4 lines Initial "D" with the arms of Isabelle de Coucy Hours of the Virgin: Prime Illuminated heraldic initial "D," 4 lines Initial "D" with the arms of Raoul II de Raineval Hours of the Virgin: Terce Illuminated heraldic initial "D," 4 lines Initial "D" with the arms of Isabelle de Coucy Hours of the Virgin: Sext Illuminated heraldic initial "D," 4 lines Initial "D" with the arms of Raoul II de Raineval Hours of the Virgin: None Illuminated heraldic initial "D," 5 lines Initial "D" with the arms of Raoul II de Raineval Hours of the Virgin: Vespers Illuminated heraldic initial "D," 5 lines Initial "C" with the arms of Isabelle de Coucy Hours of the Virgin: Compline Illuminated heraldic initial "C," 4 lines Initial "D" with the arms of Raoul II de Raineval Seven Penitential Psalms Illuminated heraldic initial "D," 4 lines

Rebound by Léon Gruel, Paris, late nineteenth or early twentieth century; red leather over possibly original wooden boards; possibly original sewing, sewn on five tawed (?) thongs; clasps are modern; fore-edge tabs contemporary with rebinding

 Last quarter of the 14th century CE Paris Created ca. 1380 in Paris for the marriage of Raoul II de Raineval (d. 1392) and Isabelle de Coucy (d. 1413) Léon Gruel, Paris, late nineteenth or early twentieth century; his bookplate on front pastedown, unnumbered; number '1476' found on his handwritten dealer description originally attached to front flyleaf, now in WAM file (slip has been imaged here with manuscript) Henry Walters, Baltimore, purchased from Gruel 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. 785, cat. no. 176. 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, pp. 371-372. Sinclair, Keith Val, and Jean Sonet. Prières en ancien français: Additions et corrections aux articles 1-2374 du Répertoire de Sonet, Supplément. Townsville: James Cook University of North Queensland, 1987, p. 173. Wieck, Roger S. "Time Sanctified: The Book of Hours". 41 No.4. The Walters Art Gallery. 04/1988:cover, 1-5, detail from fol.3v; p. 1. Wieck, Roger S. Time Sanctified. The Book of Hours in Medieval Art and Life. New York: George Braziller. 1988, pp. 34 and 179, cat. no. 14, fig. 6 (fol. 3v). Randall, Lilian M. C. Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Walters Art Gallery. Vol. 1. France: 875-1420. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1989, pp. 194-195, cat. no. 73. Reinburg, Virginia. French Book of Hours: Making an Archive of Prayer, c. 1400-1600. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2012, p. 69, fig. 10 (fol. 3v). 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 French Book Codex Grotesques Heraldry Illumination Manuscript Miniature Walters Art Museum France 14th century Devotion