Walters Ms. W.99, Book of Hours Calendar Gospel Sequences Hours of the Virgin Seven Penitential Psalms Litany, petitions, and collects Office of the Dead Hours of the Cross Verse prayer to the Virgin Two prayers for the Virgin Suffrages Book of Hours Principal cataloger Randall, Lilian M.C. Cataloger Shartrand, Emily Editor Herbert, Lynley Copy editor Dibble, Charles Contributor Brown, Emily Contributor Emery, Doug Contributor Noel, William Contributor Tabritha, Ariel Contributor Toth, Michael B. Contributor Valle, Chiara Contributor Wiegand, Kimber Conservator Owen, Linda Conservator Quandt, Abigail The Walters Art Museum

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 This Book of Hours was produced in the first quarter of the fifteenth century in northeast France. The contents of its calendar point to Paris but include saints particularly associated with Soissons. The same association can be found in the Hours of the Virgin. The manuscript has a fairly standard cycle of miniatures but they are notable for the intricate patterning found in their backgrounds; most especially with the coils of vine scrolls that comprise the setting for Christ in Majesty (fol. 79r). In addition, several folios throughout the text contain marginal dragon-like creatures that can often be seen biting at their own wings. The original patron of the manuscript was male and his portrait can be found on fol. 157r accompanying a seated Virgin and Child. Baltimore The Walters Art Museum W.99 The primary language in this manuscript is Latin. The secondary language of this manuscript is French, Middle (ca.1400-1600). 1r - 181r Book of Hours 1r - 12v Calendar Janvier a. xxxi. iours. la lune. xxx Calendar full; graded in gold, red, and blue; contents suggest Use near Paris; of note are saints connected to Soissons: Aldegund (Jan. 29), Touchart (Feb. 19), Ivo (May 19), Chlothildis (June 3), Gervasius (June 19), Eligius (June 25), Louis (Aug. 25), Lambert (Sept. 17), Crispinus (Oct. 25), Nicasius (Dec. 14) 13r - 18v Gospel Sequences Inicium sancti euuangelii secundum iohannem In principio erat verbum John 1.1-14; Luke 1.26-38; Matthew 2.1-12; Mark 16.14-20 19r - 78v Hours of the Virgin Domine labia mea aperies Use of Soissons with the exception of antiphons at Lauds and Compline which have variants; Prime, Terce, and Vespers begin imperfectly due to images being excised 79r - 93v Seven Penitential Psalms Les .vii. psealmes. (fol. 78v) Domine ne infurore 93v - 100r Litany, petitions, and collects Letania Kyrieleison Contents suggest Soissons; fols. 93v-97r: Litany, which includes twenty-one martyrs such as Rufinus, Crispin, Crispinianus, Quintinus, Nicasius cum sociis tuis, Christopher, George; eighteen confessors such as Remgius, Principius, Medard, Gildard, Ghislain; seventeen virgins such as Gertrude, Aldegund, Apollonia; fols. 97r-99r: petitions; fols. 99r-100r: collects 101r - 152r Office of the Dead Antiphona. psalmus. Dilexi quoniam Use of Soissons 153r - 156r Hours of the Cross Cy commencent les heures de la crois (fol. 152v) ...[benedi]cimus tibi Begins imperfectly due to excised page 157r - 167v Verse prayer to the Virgin Glorieuse uierge royne En qui par la uertu diuine 169r - 178v Two prayers for the Virgin Oroison de nostre dame O intemerata Fols. 169r-173v: O intemerata; fols. 173v-178v: Obsecro te 178v - 181r Suffrages De sancto anthonio antiphona Da patris anthonii meritis Suffrages: fols. 178v-179v: St. Anthony; fols. 179v-181r: St. Sebastian

Medium-weight, cream-colored parchment, well finished

 Foliation: i+181+ii17.3 12.0 9.2 6.2 Two sets of foliation: nineteenth-century pen foliation, upper right corners of textblock; modern pencil foliation, upper right corners rectos (used here)

Quires 1-3: 6 (fols. 1-18); Quire 4: 8 (fols. 19-26); Quire 5: 10 (fols. 27-36); Quire 6: 8 (fols. 37-44); Quire 7: 6, with first folio cancelled (fols. 45-49); Quire 8: 10 (fols. 50-59); Quire 9: 10, lacking the fifth folio (fols. 60-68); Quire 10: 8 (fols. 69-76); Quire 11: 2 (fols. 77-78); Quires 12-13: 8 (fols. 79-94); Quire 14: 6 (fols. 95-100); Quire 15: 6, with the first folio added (fols. 101-107); Quires 16-20: 8 (fols. 108-147); Quire 21: 10, lacking sixth folio (fols. 148-156); Quire 22: 12 (fols. 157-168); Quire 23: 8 (fols. 169-176); Quire 24: 6, lacking the sixth folio (fols. 177-181) Catchwords on versos, first extant on fol. 26v

Layout does not apply to calendar: 6.8 x 9 cm, 6 columns of 17 lines Textura formata Half-page miniatures fols. 19r, 32r, 55r, 60r, 73r Half-page miniature fol. 79r Half-page miniature fol. 101r Likely miniature excised before fol. 153 Half-page miniature fol. 157r Eight extant half-page miniatures (9 lines) with decorative initial and matching foliate border; foliate initials in blue, pink, and gold marking divisions of text; decorative initials in gold against alternating blue and pink grounds at secondary divisions; line-fillers of blue, pink, and gold; rubrics in red; text in dark brown ink Marginal illumination with dragon Calender: January Marginal illumination Marginal illumination with dragon Gospel Sequence: Matthew Marginal illumination Annunciation Hours of the Virgin: Matins Half-page miniature Visitation Hours of the Virgin: Lauds Half-page miniature Adoration of the Magi Hours of the Virgin: Sext Half-page miniature Presentation in the Temple Hours of the Virgin: None Half-page miniature Coronation of the Virgin Hours of the Virgin: Compline Half-page miniature Christ in Majesty Seven Penitential Psalms Half-page miniature Funeral Service Office of the Dead Half-page miniature Seated Virgin and Child with kneeling male patron Verse prayer to the Virgin Half-page miniature Marginal illumination with dragon Two prayers for the virgin Marginal illumination Marginal illumination with dragon Two prayers for the Virgin Marginal Illumination

Eighteenth-century, France, golden brown leather with gilt foliate tooling around outer edges of boards, on spine, and on turn-ins; spine inscribed in gold with "Heures Manuscrite"; blue silk ribbon bookmark

 First quarter of the 15th century CE Northeast France (French Flanders) Created in the Soissons region of northeast France, first quarter of the fifteenth century for a male patron, pictured on fol. 157r Duchess of Berry, France, before 1864, her ownership inscription on front pastedown, "Duchesse de Berry N8" Jean Engelmann, purchased from Duchess of Berry sale, Paris, March 22 1864, no. 22 Gruel and Engelmann collection, Paris, bookplate on front pastedown inscribed "N. 3" Henry Walters, Baltimore, purchased from Gruel between 1895 and 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. 180. Sonet, Jean. Répertoire d'Incipit de prières en ancien français. Société de Publications Romanes et Françaises, 54. Geneva: Libraire Droz, 1956; p. 126 (cited by De Ricci no. 180). Sinclair, Keith Val. Prières en ancien français: Additions et corrections aux articles 1-2374 du Repertoire de Sonet Supplément. Capricornia 7. Queensland: James Cook University of North Queensland, 1987; p. 173. Wieck, Roger Seymour. Time Sanctified: The Book of Hours in Medieval Art and Life. Exhibition Catalogue. Baltimore, Walters Art Gallery. NY: George Braiziller, 1988; cat. no. 18, fig. 63. 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. 257-259, cat. no. 92. 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 Flemish Codex Illumination Manuscript Miniature Walters Art Museum Flanders 15th century Devotion Christian French Book Ornament Painting France