Book of hours : use of Rome : in Latin

Item Information

Title:
Book of hours : use of Rome : in Latin
Title (uniform):
Book of hours
Creator:
Catholic Church
Attributed name:
Attavanti, Attavante, 1452-
Illuminator:
Attavanti, Attavante, 1452-
Attributed name:
Monte, di Giovanni, 1448-1532 or 1533
Illuminator:
Monte, di Giovanni, 1448-1532 or 1533
Illuminator:
Boccardi, Giovanni di Giuliano, 1460-1529
Scribe:
Sigismondi, Sigismondo de', -1525
Former owner:
Gage, Thomas
Former owner:
Crawford, William Horatio, 1815?-1888
Former owner:
Hoe, Robert, 1839-1909
Former owner:
Busch, Rudolf
Former owner:
Sigmundt, Eduard von
Former owner:
Feisenberger, H.A.
Former owner:
Cockerell, Sydney Carlyle, Sir, 1867-1962
Former owner:
Eisemann, Heinrich
Former owner:
Forti, Vittorio
Date:
1498
Format:
Manuscripts
Books
Genre:
Illuminations
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Italy
Manuscripts, Medieval--Italy
Books of hours
Inscriptions (Provenance)
humanistic scripts
devotional calendars
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Medieval and Early Renaissance Manuscripts (Collection of Distinction)
Places:
Italy > Romagna (region) > Modena (province) > Carpi
Extent:
237 leaves : parchment, ill. ; 113 x 78 (60 x 35) mm bound to 12 cm in box 14 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/qb98q108g
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Restrictions:
Access to physical copy/copies by appointment only. Please contact Boston Public Library Rare Books and Manuscripts Department for further information.
Place of origin:
Carpi
Language:
Latin
Table of Contents:
1. fol. 1-12v: calendar.
2. fol. 13: blank.
3. fol. 13v: full-page miniature, The Annunciation.
4. fol. 14-29: Matins (Hours of the Virgin, Use of Rome)
5. fol. 29-45v: Lauds (Hours of the Virgin, Use of Rome)
6. fol. 45v-52: Prime (Hours of the Virgin, Use of Rome)
7. fol. 52-57v: Terce (Hours of the Virgin, Use of Rome)
8. fol. 57v-63: Sext (Hours of the Virgin, Use of Rome)
9. fol. 63-68v: Nones (Hours of the Virgin, Use of Rome)
10. fol. 68v-79: Vespers (Hours of the Virgin, Use of Rome)
11. fol. 79v-85v: Compline (Hours of the Virgin, Use of Rome)
12. fol. 85v-111v: Hymns, prayers, seasonal liturgy (Hours of the Virgin, Use of Rome)
13. fol. 112-115v: Mass of the Virgin.
14. fol. 116: blank.
15. fol. 116v: full-page miniature, David at Prayer.
16. fol. 117-148: Penitential Psalms and Litany.
17. fol. 148v-204v: Office of the Dead (Use of Rome), Matins and Lauds only.
18. fol. 205: blank.
19. fol. 205v: full-page miniature, The Crucifixion.
20. fol. 206-211v: Hours of the Cross.
21. fol. 212-217v: Hours of the Holy Spirit.
22. fol. 218: blank.
23. fol. 218v: full-page miniature, Presentation of Mary.
24. fol. 219-235v: Gradual Psalms.
25. fol. [236]-[237v]: blank.
Notes:
Ms. codex.
Bibliographic record created by BPL staff based on description by Dr. Lisa Fagin Davis and on entry 230 in the Beyond Words catalog (F. Manzari).
Origin: Written in 1498 by the scribe Sigismundo de' Sigismondi of Carpi, his colophon on folio 148: "Expliciunt septem psalmi penitentiales in castro Carpi die xxii octobris Mcccclxxxxviiio per Sigismundum de Sigismondis de Carpo."; and on fol. 217v: "Explicit officium sanctis spiritus. Per me Sigismundum de Sigismundis in castro carpi 1498." The miniatures and borders were formerly attributed to Attavante degli Attavanti and Monte del Fora di Giovanni; now attributed by Francesca Manzari to Giovanni di Giuliano Boccardino. See Beyond words catalog, no. 230.
Notes (ownership):
Provenance: The Aldobrandini family arms on fol. 13v and 14 obscure two earlier coats of arms. Later owned by Sir Thomas Gage, his sale at Sotheby's, London, 25 June 1867, lot 273; offered by Quaritch in 1873 and 1880 (Cat. 332 (Nov. 1880), no. 821); W. H. Crawford of Lakelands, his sale at Sotheby's, London, March 1891, lot 2264; exhibited at The Grolier Club, 1892; Robert Hoe, see A Catalogue of manuscripts forming a portion of the library of Robert Hoe (1909), p. 147, and his sale at Anderson Galleries, Cat. 906: Robert Hoe; pt. I: A-K (24 April 1911), lot 2158 ; sold by Gilhofer & Ranschburg, cat. 100 (1912), no. 8; Rudolf Busch (Frankfurt-a.-M., 3-4 May 1921, lot 274 and pl. 32); Eduard von Sigmundt of Trieste, whose library was sold after his death at Lucerne in 1934; sold in Munich by Karl and Faber, Oct. 1951, lot 6 to H. A. Feisenberger. Bought by Sir Sydney Cockerell from Feisenberger on 5 Dec. 1951 (de Hamel no. 117). Cockerell sale, Sotheby's London, 3 April 1957 (lot 18 with plate) to Eisemann.
Notes (acquisition):
Immediate source of acquisition: Purchased by the BPL in Jan. 1959 from Vittorio Forti.
Notes (object):
Secundo folio: Februarius habet dies xxviii.
Collation: Parchment, fol. iv + 237 + ii ; 1¹² 2¹⁰⁺¹ 3-11¹⁰ 12¹⁰⁺¹ 13-20¹⁰ 21¹²⁺¹ 22¹⁰⁺¹ 23¹⁰⁻¹ (full-page miniatures at fol. 13, 116, 205 and 218 are tipped-in singletons; last leaf cancelled) ; vertical catchwords, lower right corner of the last verso of each quire. Modern arabic pencil foliation, upper outer corner of each page, the final two leaves unnumbered.
Layout: One column, 13 lines. Bounding and writing lines in blind.
Script: Written in a humanistic bookhand in black ink with red rubrics.
Decoration (Primary): Four full-page miniatures facing historiated initials, with three additional pages with historiated initials, all with full borders of acanthus and flowers on gold with medallions of Roman emperors and Old Testament prophets and saints, all with text in gold on colors. Miniatures and initials attributed to Giovanni di Giuliano Boccardino. The annunciation (fol. 13v, full-page miniature) -- The Virgin and Child (fol. 14, historiated initial) -- King David at prayer (fol. 116v, full-page miniature) -- King David playing a lyre (fol. 117, historiated initial) -- A skeleton inhabiting a golden "D" (fol. 148v) -- Full border with a crowned skull in the upper medallion and an elderly saint holding a skull in the lower, surrounding gold text on a red background (fol. 149) -- The Crucifixion (fol. 205v) -- The Man of Sorrows (fol. 206) -- Mary and Apostles at prayer, the holy spirit descending as a dove (fol. 212, historiated initial) -- The Presentation of Mary (fol. 218v, full-page miniature) -- The Virgin Mary within an initial "A" (fol. 219)
Decoration (secondary): One- to two-line gold initials throughout on red, blue, or green; most hours begin with four-line initials in gold on colors with sprays and acanthus into the margins.
Binding: Pink goatskin by Sydney Morris Cockerell, 1951 (monogram stamp and date on rear turn-in), title gilt on spine: "OFFICIUM/ B.V.M." and "CARPI/ SIGISMUNDUS/ DE/ SIGISMUNDIS/ 1498"; vellum pastedowns and conjoint flyleaves, gauffered edges. Formerly bound in blue velvet, then, when sold by Karl & Faber in 1951, bound in a leaf of a liturgical manuscript (see Cockerell notes, fol. ii); housed in a tan cloth box.
Notes (bibliography):
Bibliography: J. Wardrop, "Signed Manuscripts in my Collection," in The Book Collector I, S. Cockerell, ed.(1952), 84-89; Albinia de la Mare, "New Research on Humanistic Scribes in Florence," in Miniatura fiorentina del Rinascimento, 1440-1525: un primo censimento, ed. Annarosa Garzelli (Florence: Giunta regionale toscana, 1985), 395-574 (see pp. 473-4); Christopher de Hamel, "The Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts of Sydney Carlyle Cockerell," British Library Journal 13 (1987): 186-210; Jonathan J. G. Alexander, ed., The Painted Page: Italian Renaissance Book Illumination 1450-1550 (London, 1994); Jeffrey Hamburger, et al., eds. Beyond Words: Illuminated Manuscripts in Boston Collections. (Chestnut Hill: McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College, 2016), no. 230.
Notes (language):
In Latin.
Identifier:
06_01_016981
Call #:
RARE BKS MS q Med. 200
MS 1620 (no longer used)
Barcode:
39999085424826