Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Blanche, de Bourgogne, consort of Charles IV, King of France, approximately 1296-1326
2. New York Public Libary. Manuscript. Spencer Coll. MS 56.

Description

1. 424 leaves, bound : vellum, ink, manuscript, illuminations; 166 x 122 mm

Uniform title

1. Book of hours

Alternative title

1. Book of hours
2. Hours, Psalter, and Prayerbook of Blanche of Burgundy
3. Psalter
4. Psalterium

Subject

1. Catholic Church > Liturgy > Texts > Early works to 1800
2. Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern) > France > 14th century
3. Illumination of books and manuscripts
4. Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern) > New York (State) > New York
5. Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)
6. Psalters
7. Books of hours > Texts > Early works to 1800
8. Liturgics
9. New York (State) > New York

Genre/Form

1. Manuscripts – France – 14th century.
2. Early works.
3. Illuminated manuscripts.
4. Morocco bindings (Binding) – 18th century.
5. vellum (parchment)
6. Illuminated initials (layout features)
7. Books of hours.
8. Devotional literature.
9. Sacred works.

Call number

1. Spencer Coll. MS. 56

Note

1. This manuscript was made for Blanche of Burgundy (1295-1326).
2. On ff. 1-6v, calendar in French. This section was added at the turn of the 14th to the 15th century to a complex psalter and prayerbook, produced before 1321 (death of Philip, son of Blanche of Burgundy).
3. On ff. 31-179, psalter; on ff. 180-424: prayers in Latin and in French, litanies, gospel readings, psalter of St. Jerome, penitential psalms, instructions for piety, suffrages and, ff. 229-245, Hours of the Passion, and, ff. 245-258, Hours of St. Louis.
4. Layout: Written in 20 lines per page in two columns, ruled in black ink.
5. Decoration: 31 historiated initials in the entire codex (Delisle's list misses ff. 65 and 339). 1-line blue and gold initials with penwork. 2-line blue and red initials on gold, blue and red fields. 3-line and larger gold initials on red and blue fields.
6. Script: Gothic.
7. Pencil foliation followed in this description begins in upper right corners and ends in lower right corners of rectos; foliations is incorrect, going only to 423, because of duplication of number "243."

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., suppl.
3. New York Public Library. Spencer Collection. Dictionary catalog and shelf list

Cite as (note)

1. NYPL. Spencer Collection MS. 56

Language (note)

1. In Latin.

Provenance (note)

1. Made for Blanche of Burgundy (1295-1326). Owned by von Bulow family at Beiernauburg, sold in 1830 to Gräflich Stolbergische Bibliothek, Wernigerode; bought by C. Zeiberg for Wernigerode.

Binding (note)

1. Bound in 18th century red morocco, gilt.

Author

1. Catholic Church.

Title

1. Book of hours.

Imprint

1. Paris, approximately 1315.

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. 46.
2. Ricci, S de. Medieval and Renaissance mss., suppl., p. 334, no. 56.
3. New York Public Library. Spencer Collection. Dictionary catalog and shelf list, vol. II, p. 902.

Cite as:

1. NYPL. Spencer Collection MS. 56

Language

1. In Latin.

Provenance

1. Made for Blanche of Burgundy (1295-1326). Owned by von Bulow family at Beiernauburg, sold in 1830 to Gräflich Stolbergische Bibliothek, Wernigerode; bought by C. Zeiberg for Wernigerode.

Binding

1. Bound in 18th century red morocco, gilt.

Source of description

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

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Place of publication

1. France Paris

Added author

1. Blanche, de Bourgogne, consort of Charles IV, King of France, approximately 1296-1326, former owner.
2. New York Public Libary. Manuscript. Spencer Coll. MS 56.

Other title

1. Psalter
2. Psalterium

Research call number

1. Spencer Coll. MS. 56