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Add MS 24098
- Record Id:
- 032-002031376
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002031376
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000045.0x0003b9
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 24098
- Title:
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Book of Hours, Use of Rome (the 'Golf Book')
- Scope & Content:
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Book of Hours, Use of Rome (the 'Golf Book'). Imperfect: leaves removed from a Book of Hours (now lost), including a miniature of Boniface of Lausanne (f. 1r), the first two folios of each the Hours of the Virgin (ff. 2-17), and the calendar (ff. 18-30). The pages are not in order, as the original order would have been the calendar, followed by the hours, and then the miniature of Boniface, now on f. 1r, but originally a verso, facing the opening of his Memoria (see Miniatures and Borders 1911). Each of the manuscript's 21 full-page miniatures, in colours and gold (12 in the calendar, 8 in the Hours of the Virgin, 1 depicting Boniface) is surrounded by a historiated border. The manuscript's 40 other historiated full and partial borders (one around each full-page miniature, one around the text on the page facing each Passion miniature in the Hours of the Virgin, and one around each text page in the calendar) incorporate medallions, architectonic decoration, and cameos in grisaille and semi-grisaille. On text pages are large and small initials and line-fillers, in colours and gold. The miniatures are attributed to Simon Bening (d. 1561) and his workshop (see Destrée 1895, Kren and McKendrick 2003). The epithet 'Golf Book' comes from a miniature on f. 27r (the calendar page for September) of four men playing a game that resembles golf.
Contents:
1. (f. 1r): A miniature of Boniface of Lausanne, dressed as a bishop with crozier and mitre and holding a Madonna and Child standing on a book as his attribute; the historiated border around the miniature is of a boar hunt.
2. (ff. 2v-3v): The first two folios of Matins; a full-page miniature (f. 2v) of the Agony in the Garden, with, in the border below, the Last Supper.
3. (ff. 4v-5v): The first two folios of Lauds; a full-page miniature (f. 4v) of the arrest of Christ, including Judas's kiss and Peter cutting off the ear of the high priest's servant, Malchus, with, in the border below, Judas receiving the 30 pieces of silver.
4. (ff. 6v-7v): The first two folios of Prime; a full-page miniature (f. 6v) of Christ before Pilate, with, in the border below, Christ being flogged.
5. (ff. 8v-9v): The first two folios of Tierce; a full-page miniature (f. 8v) of Christ, crowned with thorns, being mocked, with, in the border below, Christ carrying the cross and encountering Veronica.
6. (ff. 10v-11v): The first two folios of Sext; a full-page miniature (f. 10v) of Christ being nailed to the cross, with, in the border below, the division of Christ's garment.
7. (ff. 12v-13v): The first two folios of Nones; a full-page miniature (f. 12v) of the Crucifixion, with, in the border below, Joseph of Arimathea requesting Christ's body from Pilate.
8. (ff. 14v-15v): The first two folios of Vespers; a full-page miniature (f. 14v) of the Deposition of Christ, with, in the border below, a Pietà.
9. (ff. 16v-17v): The first two folios of Compline; a full-page miniature (f. 16v) of the Entombment of Christ, with, in the border below, the Virgin, John, and the three Marys leaving the sealed tomb.
10. (ff. 18v-19r): Calendar pages for January; a full-page miniature (f. 18v) of a snowy winter scene, including a man chopping wood for a woman to gather, and a domestic interior with a man, woman, and a baby, with, in the border below, men pulling a companion on a sledge; a miniature in a border (f. 19r) of men pulling a companion on a sledge, with, in a border roundel, a nude man holding two water jugs, representing Aquarius.
11. (ff. 19v-20r): Calendar pages for February; a full-page miniature (f. 19v) of a feast, with, in the border below, men playing with hoops; a miniature in a border (f. 20r) of men playing with hoops, with, in a border roundel, two fish, representing Pisces.
12. (ff. 20v-21r): Calendar pages for March; a full-page miniature (f. 20v) of a gardener tipping his hat to a lady and, in the background, men chopping down trees, with, in the border below, men playing with rattles; a miniature in a border (f. 21r) of ploughing, with, in a border roundel, a ram, representing Aries.
13. (ff. 21v-22r): Calendar pages for April; a full-page miniature (f. 21v) of a man and a woman courting, standing next to a fountain in an aristocratic garden, with, in the border below, men playing a game with a bat and ball; a miniature in a border (f. 21v) of shepherds, one with a bagpipe, with, in a border roundel, a bull, representing Taurus.
14. (ff. 22v-23r): Calendar pages for May; a full-page miniature (f. 22v) of an aristocratic boating-party passing under a bridge, with, in the border below, archers shooting at a raised target (popinjay?); a miniature in a border (f. 23r) of gentlemen and ladies riding, with, in a border roundel, a nude man and woman, representing Gemini.
15. (ff. 23v-24r): Calendar pages for June; a full-page miniature (f. 23v) of a tournament, including jousting, with, in the border below, men playing with hobby-horses and toy windmills; a miniature in a border (f. 24r) of sheep-shearing, with, in a border roundel, a lobster-like crab, representing Cancer.
16. (ff. 24v-25r): Calendar pages for July; a full-page miniature (f. 24v) of a hunting party with falcons and, in the background, haymakers mowing a field, with, in the border below, men catching butterflies; a miniature in a border (f. 25r) of a hay cart, with, in a border roundel, a lion, representing Leo.
17. (ff. 25v-26r): Calendar pages for August; a full-page miniature (f. 25v) of field hands resting while, in the background, a man harvests grain, with, in the border below, men throwing sticks at a bird in a game of 'cock-throwing'; a miniature in a border (f. 26r) of men snaring birds, using an owl to attract them, with, in a border roundel, a young woman, representing Virgo.
18. (ff. 26v-27r): Calendar pages for September; a full-page miniature (f. 26v) of ploughing and sowing, with, in the border below, men playing with marbles and stilts; a miniature in a border (f. 27r) of men playing a game resembling golf, with, in a border roundel, a scorpion, representing Scorpio.
19. (ff. 27v-28r): Calendar pages for October; a full-page miniature (f. 27v) of wine-making, with men pouring wine and filling casks, with, in the border below, men playing with knucklebones; a miniature in a border (f. 28r) of an ox being slaughtered, with, in a border roundel, scales, representing Libra.
20. (ff. 28v-29r): Calendar pages for November; a full-page miniature (f. 28v) of a hunting-party returning with a slain deer, and, in the background, animals being fed in a farmyard, with, in the border below, men bowling; a miniature in a border (f. 29r) of hunters pursuing a hare, with, in a border roundel, a centaur drawing a bow, representing Sagittarius.
21. (ff. 29v-30r): Calendar pages for December; a full-page miniature (f. 29v) of breadmaking and a pig being slaughtered, with, in the border below, a tug-of-war with sledges; a miniature in a border (f. 30r) of sledging on a frozen pond and, on shore, men around a bonfire, with, in a border roundel, a goat, representing Capricorn.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-002031376", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Add MS 24098: Book of Hours, Use of Rome (the 'Golf Book')" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002031376
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002031376
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
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30 parchment leaves on paper mounts, bound into a codex.
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_24098 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Latin
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1535
- End Date:
- 1545
- Date Range:
- c 1540
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Parchment.
Dimensions: 110 x 80 mm (text space: 85 x 60 mm).
Foliation: ff. 30 (+ 23 unfoliated modern paper flyleaves: 11 at the beginning and 12 at the end; 1 unfoliated paper leaf between every two foliated leaves, except: a loose leaf of paper between ff. 10 and 11, and no paper leaf between ff. 22 and 23).
Script: Gothic.
Binding: British Museum/British Library in-house binding, with gauffered and gilt edges, dated 1927; former binding now kept separately: velvet with metalwork and crystal (?), probably German c. 1800.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Netherlands (Bruges).
Provenance:
Perhaps made for a Swiss patron, as suggested by the miniature of Boniface of Lausanne and the subsequent provenance.
Ernst, Freiherr (baron) von Pöllnitz (b. 1813, d. 1900), of Schloss Babenwohl, Bregenz (in Austria, close to the Swiss border), chamberlain of Ludwig I of Bavaria and of duke Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, local historian, and curator; purchased from him by the British Museum, 13 April 1861.
- Source of Acquisition:
- Purchased from Ernst, Freiherr (baron) von Pöllnitz, of Schloss Babenwohl, Bregenz (in Austria, close to the Swiss border), 13 April 1861.
- Administrative Context:
- Netherlands (Bruges).
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years MDCCCLIV-MDCCCLXXV, 2 vols (London: British Museum, 1875-1877), II (1877), p. 9.
Facsimiles of Manuscripts and Inscriptions, ed. by Edward Augustus Bond, Edward Maunde Thompson, and George Frederic Warner, Second Series, 2 vols (London: Palaeographical Society, 1884-1885), II, pls 135-36.
Joseph Destrée, Les Heures de Notre Dame Dites de Hennessy, Étude sur un Manuscrit de la Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique (Brussels: Lyon-Claesen, 1895), p. 22.
Miniatures and Borders from a Flemish Horae, British Museum Add. MS. 24098, Early Sixteenth Century: Reproduced in Honour of Sir George Warner (London: [British Museum], 1911).
Paul Durrieu, La Miniature flamande au temps de la cour de Bourgogne (1415-1530) (Paris and Brussels: Librairie Nationale d'Art et d'Histoire, 1921), pp. 37, 68-69, pl. xc.
Friedrich Winkler, Die flämische Buchmalerei des XV. und XVI. Jahrhunderts: Künstler und Werke von den Brüdern van Eyck bis zu Simon Bening (Leipzig: E. A. Seeman, 1925), pp. 139, 140, 177, pls 81, 82.
Georges Dogaer, Flemish Miniature Painting in the 15th and 16th Centuries (Amsterdam: B. M. Israël, 1987), pp. 17, 171, 177.
Janet Backhouse, The Illuminated Page: Ten Centuries of Manuscript Painting in the British Library (London: British Library, 1997), no. 210.
Maurits Smeyers, Vlaamse miniaturen van de 8ste tot het midden van de 16de eeuw : de middeleeuwse wereld op perkament ([Baarn]: Tirion, 1998), p. 420, fig. 3.
Maurits Smeyers, Flemish Miniatures from the 8th to the mid-16th Century (Leuven: Brepols, 1999), p. 420 pl. 3.
Thomas Kren and Scot McKendrick, Illuminating the Renaissance: The Triumph of Flemish Manuscript Painting in Europe (London: Royal Academy, and Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2003), pp. 467, 477-78 (no. 155).
Scot McKendrick, Flemish Illuminated Manuscripts 1400-1550 (London: British Library, 2003), pls 129-32.
Michaela Braesel, ‘The Influence of Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts on the Pre-Raphaelites and the Early Poetry of William Morris’, Journal of William Morris Studies, 15.4 (2004), 41-54 (p. 48).
'Flemish Masters in Miniature', Online Gallery: Turning the Pages (British Library, 2004) [http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/ttp/ttpbooks.html] [accessed 10 December 2012].
The Golf Book, ed. by Carlos Miranda García-Tejedor, 2 vols (Barcelona: Moleiro, 2004) [facsimile].
Treasures of the British Library, ed. by Nicolas Barker and others (London: British Library, 2005), p. 136.
Elizabeth Morrison, Beasts: Factual & Fantastic (Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2007), p. 18.
Margaret Scott, Medieval Dress & Fashion (London: British Library, 2007), pl. 113.
- Exhibitions:
- British Library Treasures, (online), 27 February 2016-
The Middle Ages, (online), 26 March 2015- - Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)