[ILLUMINATED HANDWRITTEN HOURS/FLANDRES].... - Lot 1 - L'Huillier & Associés

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[ILLUMINATED HANDWRITTEN HOURS/FLANDRES].... - Lot 1 - L'Huillier & Associés
[ILLUMINATED HANDWRITTEN HOURS/FLANDRES]. Handwritten Book of Hours from the mid-15th century. century (circa 1450?), for the use of a diocese of Flanders or Brabant, in a large volume in-8° (163 x 222 mm), brown calf on ais, dishes entirely decorated with cold-stamped decoration, spine ribbed, gold slices, metal clasps (period binding). VERY NICE 15th CENTURY BOOK OF HOURS, ILLUSTRATED WITH FOURTEEN LARGE MINIATURES & ONE RICH ORNAMENTATION. ORIGIN Flanders. In the calendar, one notices the presence of Saint Gudule (8 January, Brabant?), Saint Aldegonde (30 January, Maubeuge ?), Saint Amand (February 6, Belgium), Saint Vedasta (or Waast, February 6, Arras), Saint Chrysol (February 7, Flanders), Saint Julianne (13 February, Brabant), etc. COMPOSITION 238 sheets of parchment with 16 calligraphic lines on the page. ff. 1 - 12 v° : calendar (in Latin) ; ff. 14 - 18 v° : the Gospels; ff. 19 - 26 v° : the hours of the Holy Cross; 28 - 34 v° : the hours of the Holy Spirit; 36 - 56 v°: the hours of the Blessed Virgin; 58 - 70 v°: the Lauds of the Blessed Virgin; 72 - 76 v°: premiums; 78 - 82 v°: thirds; ff. 84 - 88 v°: sixths; 90 - 94 v°: nuns; 96 - 104: vespers; ff. 106 - 112: Compline; ff. 113 - 125: Office of the Blessed Virgin; ff. 127 - 150: the seven psalms and the litanies of the saints; ff. 152 - 199 v°: the vigil of the dead; ff. 201 - 208: prayer to the Blessed Virgin; ff. 210 - 238: "Oroison de nostre dame" & of the saints (in French & Latin). ILLUSTRATIONS & ORNAMENTATION - Fourteen large miniatures: f. 13 v°: the four evangelists; f. 27 v° : Pentecost; f. 35 v°: the Annunciation; f. 57 v°: the Blessed Virgin & St. Anne; f. 71 v° : the Nativity; f. 77 v°: the Annunciation to the shepherds; f. 83: Adoration of the Magi; f. 89 v°: the pr
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