Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. New York Public Libary. Manuscript. Spencer Coll. MS 3

Description

1. 2 volumes (239 leaves), bound together : vellum, ink, manuscript, illuminations; 285 x 185 mm

Alternative title

1. Book of hours, Sarum use
2. Psalter, ferial
3. Horae et Psalterium

Subject

1. Catholic Church -- Prayers and devotions
2. Books of hours -- Texts -- Early works to 1800
3. Psalters -- Texts -- Early works to 1800
4. Hymns, Latin
5. Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern) -- Belgium
6. Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern) -- England
7. Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern) -- New York (State) -- New York

Genre/Form

1. Manuscripts – Belgium – 15th century.
2. Manuscripts – England – 15th century.
3. vellum (parchment)
4. Early works.
5. illuminated manuscripts.

Contents

1. pt. I. The Book of Hours (ff. 1-106v.) -- pt. II. The Psalter (ff. 1-133v.)

Call number

1. Spencer Coll. MS. 3

Note

1. Two distinct manuscripts bound into 1 volume.
2. Final prayer of pt. 1 is for the generic "N." Produced on the continent for the English market.
3. The book consists of two different parts, first a Sarum Hours of the Virgin, executed in Bruges in 1440s, and the second part was executed about ten or twenty years later in London, a Psalter, designed as an exact copy of the one produced in Bruges.
4. Layout: 24 long lines, ruled in red ink, some catchwords visible.
5. Decoration: Pt. 1: 23 large miniatures, 10 small miniatures, 7 small historiated initials in entire codex. 5- and 6-line red and blue initials on gold fields. 3-line gold initials on blue and red fields. 1-line blue and gold initials with red and black penwork. ; Pt. 2: Six large miniatures remain; two missing, 6-line blue and red initials on gold fields. 3-line gold initials on red and blue fields. 1-line blue and gold initials with red and black penwork. Rubrics, linefillers. Elaborate full borders around miniatures, partial borders on other folios.
6. Collation: Pt. 2: I-III; IV; V-VII; VIII; IX-XVI; XVII.
7. Script: Gothic

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. 3

Language (note)

1. In Latin.

Provenance (note)

1. Part II written for Lady Anne (Neville) Stafford, Duchess of Buckingham (d. 1480) as join to pt. I. Later, both parts were owned (ca. 1550) by Richard Wingfield (d. 1525). Sale by Evans (1817) to Saunders. Owned (1864) by George Folliott. In 1894 to Henry Yates Thompson, sale to Quaritch in 1920.

Binding (note)

1. Bound in 16th century calf, by Thomas Berthelet?, French, ca. 1520. Repaired 1864. Stamped in gold (cover) : M. Richard Wingfeld.

Source of description (note)

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

Author

1. Catholic Church.

Title

1. Wingfield Hours and Psalter.

Imprint

1. Flanders, Bruges, approximately 1440 ; London, England, approximately 1460.

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. 47.
2. Ricci, S de. Medieval and Renaissance mss., p. 1335, no. 3.

Cite as:

1. NYPL. Spencer Collection MS. 3

Language

1. In Latin.

Provenance

1. Part II written for Lady Anne (Neville) Stafford, Duchess of Buckingham (d. 1480) as join to pt. I. Later, both parts were owned (ca. 1550) by Richard Wingfield (d. 1525). Sale by Evans (1817) to Saunders. Owned (1864) by George Folliott. In 1894 to Henry Yates Thompson, sale to Quaritch in 1920.

Binding

1. Bound in 16th century calf, by Thomas Berthelet?, French, ca. 1520. Repaired 1864. Stamped in gold (cover) : M. Richard Wingfeld.

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Place of publication

1. Flanders, Bruges
2. England, London

Added author

1. New York Public Libary. Manuscript. Spencer Coll. MS 3.

Research call number

1. Spencer Coll. MS. 3