Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Master of Spencer 6, active 1490-1508
2. New York Public Libary. Manuscript. Spencer Coll. MS 6.

Description

1. 195 leaves, bound : parchment, ink, manuscript, illuminations; 198 x 130 mm

Subject

1. Vellum (parchment)
2. Illuminated manuscripts
3. Sacred works
4. Morocco bindings (Binding) > United States > 20th century
5. Devotional literature
6. Illuminated initials (layout features)
7. Early works
8. Manuscripts > France > 16th century
9. Liturgics
10. Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern) > New York (State) > New York
11. Illumination of books and manuscripts, French > France
12. Manuscripts, French (Medieval and modern) > France
13. Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern) > France
14. Books of hours > Texts > Early works to 1800
15. Catholic Church Liturgy > Texts > Early works to 1800

Genre/Form

1. Manuscripts – France – 16th century.
2. Early works.
3. Illuminated manuscripts.
4. Illuminated initials (layout features)
5. Devotional literature.
6. Vellum (parchment)
7. Sacred works.
8. Morocco bindings (Binding) – United States – 20th century.

Call number

1. Spencer Coll. MS. 6

Note

1. The artist was named from this manuscript by François Avril, and first published under this name by John Plummer.
2. Layout: 21 long lines per page, ruled in red ink. A few quire signatures and catchwords visible. Quaternions seem to be the norm.
3. Decoration: 2 double-page miniatures and 34 single-page miniatures; animals appear in some border designs. Initials and rubrics; border designs with floreate scrolls, flowers, fruits; Roman capitals.
4. Script: Bastarda.
5. Artist: Master of Spencer 6
6. Incipit: In principio erat verbum et verbum erat apud deum et deus erat verbum.
7. Explicit: cum maria magdalena perfecte te diligam et cum dextro latrone eternaliter te videam. Amen. Pater noster. Ave Maria.

Access (note)

1. Restricted use.

Indexed in (note)

1. The Splendor of the Word. (ed.) J. G. Alexander, J. H. Marrow, L. F. Sandler (NYPL / Harvey Miller, 2005)
2. Ricci, S de. Medieval and Renaissance mss.

Cite as (note)

1. NYPL. Spencer Collection MS. 6

Language (note)

1. In Latin and French.

Provenance (note)

1. Sold by Lilly to Henry Huth (1815-1878); Alfred H. Huth (1850-1910) sale at Sotheby's, 1913 to Leighton. L.C. Harper.

Binding (note)

1. The manuscript was bound in red velvet. Rebound (1920) in red morocco, by the French Binders (Garden City, New York).

Source of description (note)

1. Part of the description used is from Digital Scriptorium 1.0.

Author

1. Catholic Church, author.

Title

1. Book of hours : use of Rome.

Imprint

1. Bourges, France, approximately 1510.

Type of content

1. text
2. still image

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Access

1. Restricted use. Requires permission for access.

Indexed in:

1. The Splendor of the Word. (ed.) J. G. Alexander, J. H. Marrow, L. F. Sandler (NYPL / Harvey Miller, 2005), n. 62.
2. Ricci, S de. Medieval and Renaissance mss., p. 1336, no. 6.

Cite as:

1. NYPL. Spencer Collection MS. 6

Language

1. In Latin and French.

Provenance

1. Sold by Lilly to Henry Huth (1815-1878); Alfred H. Huth (1850-1910) sale at Sotheby's, 1913 to Leighton. L.C. Harper.

Binding

1. The manuscript was bound in red velvet. Rebound (1920) in red morocco, by the French Binders (Garden City, New York).

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Place of publication

1. France Bourges

Added author

1. Master of Spencer 6, active 1490-1508, illuminator.
2. New York Public Libary. Manuscript. Spencer Coll. MS 6.

Research call number

1. Spencer Coll. MS. 6