HEURES. Lot n° 21

[HOURS OF JEAN CARPENTIN]. Hours for the use of Rome. [Northern France, ca. 1490]. Manuscript on parchment of [III] + 170 ff. (ff. 166v, 169v-170v blank); bastard script with 16 or 17 long lines for the calendar (justification: 65 x 50 mm), and 21 long lines for the text (justification: 78 x 45 mm). Brown morocco, double gilt fillet and fleurs-de-lis at the corners, diamond-rectangle decoration with gilt and cold fillet determining five compartments decorated with large gilt foliate irons, mute spine decorated with gilt fleurons (Binding of the 16th century). Text ff. 1-12v : Calendar with a saint for each day of the year ff. 13-17 : Pericopes of the four gospels ff. 18-26 : Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ ff. 26v-28v : Stabat Mater, Alma redemptoris, Domine non sum dignus ff. 30-72v : Hours of the Virgin according to the usage in Rome ff. 73-88v : Psalms of penance followed by litanies ff. 89-94v : Hours of the Cross and Hours of the Holy Spirit ff. 95-122 : Office of the dead according to the usage of Rome ff. 123-126v : Hours of the Conception ff. 127-143 : Suffrages of the Trinity and of Saints Michael, John the Baptist, John the Evangelist, Peter and Paul, James, Christopher, Sebastian, Nicholas, Claude, Anthony, Anne, Mary Magdalene, Catherine, Margaret, Beard, Apolline, Genevieve, Avoie, Veronica, Adrian, Eustace, Como and Damian, Anthony of Padua. ff. 143v-146v : Prayer of Saint Anselm, prayers against the storm ff. 147-152v : Obsecro te, O intemerata ff. 153-162 : Mass of Saint Gregory, My blessed God I believe with my heart and confess with my mouth, Missus est Gabriel angelus, Te deprecor ff. 162v-166 : Continuation of the suffrages (saints Avertin, Raphael, Florent, Job) ff. 167-168 : Prayer to Jesus Christ : Audi filii ff. 168v-169v : In another hand : commandments of God Decoration Twenty-four large miniatures f. A3v : Arms of the Carpentine family (argent with three fleur-de-lis sable), held by a couple, f. 17v : Betrayal of Judas (in the front of the scene, Saint Peter cuts off the ear of Malchus). f. 18 : Carrying of the Cross f. 29v: Adam and Eve driven out of paradise, in the background a fountain and a portico f. 30 : Annunciation in front of a church f. 44: Visitation: Elizabeth is covered with a black veil and cloak f. 52 : Nativity : two angels are flying, one above the Virgin and the other above Joseph f. 55 : Announcement to the shepherds : two shepherds sitting on the ground f. 58: Adoration of the Magi, one of them black f. 61: Presentation in the Temple, circular altar f. 64: Massacre of the Innocents f. 69: Coronation of the Virgin, sculpted throne f. 73: David at prayer, two men leaning against a low wall overlooking a river f. 89 : Crucifixion, with the centurion on horseback on the right ; on the left, Saint John supports the Virgin with, behind them, the two Marys f. 92: Pentecost: agitation of the apostles beside the Virgin f. 95: Resurrection of Lazarus in front of a church f. 112v : Virgin with half body holding the Child Jesus in her arms, shelling a rosary, gold frame with turrets f. 127: Trinity f. 147 : Virgin and Child with half body f. 150 : Pietà with half body, St John supporting the head of Christ f. 153: Mass of s. Gregory, ox seen from the back in shortcut f. 154v: Salvator mundi: Christ half-body blessing and holding the globe f. 157: Annunciation, frame with columns and pilasters, hand B f. 163v: Of St. Raphael: an angel feels his thighs, hand B. Fifty-two small miniatures Twenty-four small miniatures in the calendar, surrounded by two large columns surmounted by an arch housing the occupations of the months and the signs of the zodiac, hand B: January: man at table and Aquarius (f. 1-1v); February: man warming himself by the fire and Pisces (f. 2-2v); March: pruning and Aries (f. 3-3v); April: man picking a flower and Taurus (f. 4-4v); May: falconer and Gemini (f. 5-5v); June: man holding a sheep and Cancer (f. 6-6v); July: man holding a scythe and Leo (f. 7-7v); August: reaper and Virgo (f. 8-8v); September: binding of wheat sheaves and Libra (f. 9-9v); October: treading of grapes and Scorpio (f. 10-10v); November: pig ready to cook and Sagittarius (f. 11-11v); December: baker and Capricorn (f. 12-12v). Four small miniatures representing the evangelists in the pericopes: John on the island of Patmos (f. 13), St. Luke and the bull (f. 14), Matthew and the angel (f. 15), Mark and the lion (f. 16v). A small miniature of the Crucifixion (f. 26v) Twenty-three small miniatures in the suffrages of the saints: Michael (f. 127v), John the Baptist (f. 128v), John the Evangelist (f. 129), Peter and Paul (f. 129v), James (f. 130), Christopher (f. 130v), Sebastian (f. 131v), Nicholas and the three children in the furnace (f. 132v), Claudius (f. 133), Anthony (f. 134), Anne teaching the Virgin to read (f. 135), Mary Magdalene penitent in a cave (f. 135v), Catherine (f. 136), Marguerite (f. 136v), Beard (f. 137), Apolline (f. 138), Genevieve (f. 138v),