HEURES. Lot n° 23

Hours for the use of Rome. [Southern Netherlands, ca. 1510-1520]. Manuscript on parchment: [156] ff (170 x 120 mm; justification: 119 x 72 mm), 16 long lines, textura writing. Bound in red velvet. Text ff. 1v-5 : Hours of the Cross ff. 5v-6 : O domine Ihesu Christe te adoro in cursive writing ff. 7-10 : Hours of the Holy Spirit f. 10v : Veni creator spiritu mentes, in the same cursive writing as on f. 5v ff. 11v-79 : Hours of the Virgin according to the use in Rome ff. 81-101 : Psalms of penance followed by litanies ff. 103-143v : Office of the dead according to the usage of Rome, f. 109 oratio... ut nostrem congregationes fratrem sorores propinquos, f. 143 ut nostros cogregationis fratres sororis ff. 144-145 : Oraisons Avete omnes fideles (to be recited in the cemetery), Domine Ieshu Christe ff. 145v-154v : Suffrages of saints : John the Baptist, John the Evangelist, Peter and Paul, James, Stephen, Lawrence, Nicholas, Anthony, and of the saints Anne, Mary Magdalene, Catherine, Margaret, Barbara, Apolline. In another handwriting: suffrage of Saint Lawrence. Decor Twelve large miniatures f. 1v : Crucifixion : on the left, Saint John supports the Virgin, on the other side, the two Marys ; velvet effect on Mary Magdalene's sleeve f. 6v: Pentecost in a church; various faces of the apostles f. 11v: Annunciation: the Virgin is surprised in her reading by the angel Gabriel who is standing. The scene takes place in a church. f. 31v : Visitation in a beautiful landscape with architecture enhanced with gold. f. 43v : Nativity : the Virgin is wearing a veil, haystack in front of the scene f. 49v : Announcement to the shepherds : one shepherd on his knees wearing a brocade dress, the other seated. Beautiful landscape, angel appearing in a cloud f. 54v : Adoration of the Magi, Melchior is black f. 59v : Massacre of the Innocents, two soldiers killing the children of two women. Landscape with a thatched cottage. f. 64v : Flight to Egypt, with the massacre of the Innocents in the background; beautiful landscape with a thatched cottage f. 73v : Coronation of the Virgin by the Trinity, angels seen from behind on the front of the scene. Framing with orphewn pinnacles above the Trinity f.80v: David at prayer on the terrace of his palace. Beautiful architecture in perspective. God the father appears in the sky holding three arrows symbolizing the three plagues: war, plague and famine. f. 102v : The Resurrection of Lazarus, with shovel and rope, in front of a church Fifteen small miniatures, fourteen of them in the suffrages of the saints f. 78 : Virgin and Child f. 145v : Saint John the Baptist f. 146: Saint John the Evangelist f. 146v : saints Peter and Paul f. 147v: Saint James f. 148: Saint Stephen f. 148v: Saint Lawrence f. 149: Saint Nicholas f. 149v: Saint Anthony f. 150v: Saint Anne with the Virgin and Child f. 151: Saint Mary Magdalene f. 151v: Saint Catherine trampling the emperor Maxentius with her feet f. 152v: Saint Margaret escaping from the dragon f. 153v: St. Barbara with the palm of martyrdom and a tower beside her f. 154 : Saint Apolline in Renaissance costume Initials of 1-2 lines on blue and pink background and letter in gold. Large initials with blue background, pink field letter with acanthus scrolls, face motif in the field. Line ends: see 1-2 line initials and scooped trunks. Borders of style ganto-brugeois on colored bottom around the big miniatures with a dog pursuing a stag, lion and horse, hare and stag, birds fly and butterfly, bird pecking a bunch of grapes, rider on horseback, acanthus, carnations strawberries, thought bird, snail, dog eating its bone cat licking milk spilled from its bowl, sheep, hybrids, snail, monkey eating a flower, eagle, two roosters facing each other, monkey playing music to a snail, bird, carnation, sheep, bird and butterfly, piper, hybrid ridden by a monkey, two dogs sharing a bone, dog showing off. f. 102v : compartmentalized border on a red, blue, green background. On f. 43v there is a frame with small boxes containing precious stones. An engraving of the Mass of St. Gregory pasted on f. 5v. Book of Hours for the use of Rome, without a calendar, written for a congregation of brothers or sisters. The illuminations are by a principal hand of great quality; the rest of the manuscript, with the exception of the suffrages, is by another hand, more naive in style, but no less charming. The cycle of illustrations for the Hours of the Virgin follows the French tradition, with the Flight into Egypt and the Coronation of the Virgin. The artist originated in the southern Netherlands around 1510-1520. Beautiful borders with dogs, deer, a hybrid horse, a fly, a butterfly, a snail, a sheep, a cat, a monkey and a wolf, in the Ganto-Bruges style, as well as the technique of painting on inset leaves. Blank sheet on the front of the paintings except for ff. 59, 64. Complete manuscript, except for the last leaf suffrage to Sain