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Burney MS 332

Record Id:
040-002237243
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-002236305
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100000001311.0x00017c
LARK:
SLARK:
Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Burney MS 332
Title:
Book of Hours, Use of Clermont
Scope & Content:

Book of Hours, use of Clermont, in Latin with prayers in French.

Contents:

ff. 1r-52v: Hours of the Virgin

ff. 53r-60v: Advent Office

ff. 61r-68v: Office for Christmas mislabelled on f. 60v as that of the Nativity of the Virgin.

ff. 69r-89v: Office of the Dead, starting with Matins;

ff. 90r-96v: Lauds; with Vespers last, ending imperfectly as one folio with the original pagination of 194 is missing.

ff. 97r-106r The Seven Penitential Psalms, starting imperfectly at Psalm 31 due to missing leaves before.

ff. 106r-116v: Litany, including Old Testament figures (Abel, Enoch, Noah … Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel), Florus, Austremonius, Peter Celestine, and Christina.

ff. 117r-120v: Hours of the Cross.

ff. 121r-124r: Hours of the Holy Spirit.

ff. 124r-136v: Prayers in French.

ff. 137r-147v: The pericope and account of the Passion from the gospel of John.

ff. 147v-151v: Suffrages to saints including Anthony and Christina.

ff. 152r-154r: Abbreviated Hours of the Virgin (?), starting imperfectly

ff. 154v-155v: Abbreviated Office of the Dead (?), starting at Matins and ending imperfectly in Prime.

Decoration: 7 miniatures, with full foliate borders, some with geometric panels or inhabited with animals, and large floriate initials in colours on gold grounds (ff. 1r [damaged]: Annunciation to the Virgin, from left to right, f. 22v: Visitation, f. 34r: Nativity, f. 39r: Adoration; f. 42r: Presentation; f. 45r: Shepherds; [Vespers miniature missing]; f. 49r: Coronation of the Virgin; f. 53r: Annunciation to the Virgin, from right to left; f. 61r: Nativity; f. 69r: Burial in a churchyard; f. 90r: David in penitence, half naked; f. 97r: Job on the dungheap; f. 117r: Crucifixion; f. 121r: Pentecost; f. 124v: Virgin and child enthroned; f. 134v: Man of Sorrows, f. 154v: Raising of Lazarus). Numerous partial borders, most with geometric foliate panels and blue and gold acanthus leaf scrolls. Additional large red initial with flowers on a gold ground for the Te Deum with a partial border (f. 20v). Small gold initials on red and blue grounds. Line fillers in red, blue and gold.

Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Burney Manuscripts
Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-002236305
040-002237243
Is part of:
Burney MS : Burney Manuscripts

 

Burney MS 332 : Book of Hours, Use of Clermont
Hierarchy:
032-002236305[0327]/040-002237243
Container:
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Record Type (Level):
File
Extent:
One volume
Digitised Content:
Languages:
French
Latin
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1400
End Date:
1499
Date Range:
last quarter of the 15th century
Era:
CE
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Physical Characteristics:

Materials: Parchment.

Dimensions: 200 x 135 mm (text space 95 x 65 mm in one column).

Foliation: ff. ii + 157 (ff. i, ii, 156, and 157 are modern paper flyleaves).

Collation: i-iv8 (ff. 1-32), v6 (ff. 33-38), vi8 (ff. 39-46), vii2 (missing leaves between ff. 47-48; ff. 47-48); viii4 (ff. 49-52), ix-xi8 (ff. 53-76), xii3 (missing leaves between ff. 76-77 and 77-78; ff. 77-79); xiii-xiv8 (ff. 80-95), xv4 (ff. 96-99), xvi-xxii8 (ff. 100-155).

Script: Gothic.

Binding: Post-1600. 1795 red morocco; gilt edges; marbled endpapers.

Custodial History:

Origin: France, Central (Probably diocese of Clermont)

Provenance:

Inscriptions, some erased or crossed out (ff. i verso, ii, 1r, 84r, 155v, and 157r): the inscription on f. ii recto in ink, top right, crossed out: 'Jolibie 1792' ?; the inscription on f. ii recto in pencil, erased: 'Couvert et lie/ Oct 19 1795' ?; the inscription on f. 1r, lower margin, erased: 'Celestinorum . . .'?; the inscription on f. 155v, faded: '[…] Paris'?; the 18th century inscription on f. 157r, top left, in pen: 'xli. Br/ 17 la/16 Init./ 151 bord./some dam'.

Charles Burney (b. 1757, d. 1817), D.D., classical scholar.

Acquired by the British Museum as part of Burney’s library from his son Charles Parr Burney in 1818.

Information About Copies:

Select digital coverage available for this manuscript; see the Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts: https://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/record.asp?MSID=6685&CollID=18&NStart=332

Publications:

Catalogue of Manuscripts in The British Museum, New Series, 1 vol. in 2 parts (London: British Museum, 1834-1840), I, part II: The Burney Manuscripts (1840), p. 90.

Walter de Gray Birch and Henry Jenner, Early Drawings and Illuminations: An Introduction to the Study of Illustrated Manuscripts (London: Bagster and Sons, 1879), p. 17.

Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Places:
Clermont-Ferrand, France