Book of Hours, Use of Rome (the 'Sforza Hours'), volume 1
Scope & Content:
The first volume of the book of hours, known as the 'Sforza Hours' including: ff. 1r-12v: Excerpts from the Gospels. ff. 13r-27v: Hours of the Holy Cross. ff. 29r-40r: Hours of the Holy Spirit. Decoration: 6 miniatures at the beginning of the Gospel excerpts and the Hours, executed in two ca...
Book of Hours, Use of Rome (the 'Sforza Hours'), volume 2
Scope & Content:
The second volume of the book of hours, known as the 'Sforza Hours' including: ff. 41v-136r: Hours of the Virgin. ff. 137r-166r: Lessons of the Passion (Luke 22:50-23:53). Decoration: 18 miniatures at the beginning of each canonical hour in the Hours of the Virgin, and various lessons and pr...
Book of Hours, Use of Rome (the 'Sforza Hours'), volume 3
Scope & Content:
The third volume of the book of hours known as the Sforza Hours including: ff. f. 167v-169v: Seven Prayers of St Gregory. ff. 170r-177r: Prayer to the Virgin 'Obsecro te'. ff. 177v-186r: Prayer to the Virgin 'O intemerata'. ff. 186r-212r: Suffrages. ff. 213r-235v: Seven Penitential Psalms. ...
Book of Hours, Use of Rome (the 'Sforza Hours'), volume 4
Scope & Content:
The fourth volume of the book of hours, known as the Sforza Hours including: ff. 251r-257r: Litany, continuation from volume 3. ff. 258r-342v: Office of the Dead. ff. 343r-348v: Prayer to the name of Jesus, 'Oratio de Nomine Iesu ex Paulinis Epistolis congesta': a probably Spanish addition of...
