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Detailed record for Sloane 2418
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| Title |
Book of Hours, Use of Rome |
| Origin |
France, Central (Paris) |
| Date |
c. 1500-1520 |
| Language |
Latin |
| Script |
Gothic cursive |
| Artists |
Jean Pichore, his workshop, and Jean Coene IV. |
| Decoration |
14 full-page miniatures in architectural frames, accompanied by large decorated initials, in colours and gold (ff. 13, 25, 33, 42, 43v, 45, 50v, 56, 61, 66, 74, 81, 97, 129). 23 small miniatures, in colours and gold (ff. 14v, 15v, 16v, 17, 19v, 21v, 22v, 129v, 130, 130v, 131, 132, 132v, 133v (x2), 134, 135, 135v, 136, 136v (x2), 137, 137v). Smaller and small initials and line-fillers in gold on red or blue grounds.
Jean Pichore (ff. 13, 19v, 25, 42, 43v, 45, 81, 130, 130v), his workshop (ff. 14v, 15v, 16v, 17, 21v, 22v, 33, 50v, 56, 61, 66, 74, 97, 131), and Jean Coene IV (ff. 129, 129v, 132, 132v, 133v (x2), 134, 135, 135v, 136, 136v (x2), 137, 137v). |
| Dimensions in mm |
220 x 150 (155 x 95) |
| Official foliation |
ff. 139 (+ 1 paper and 2 original flyleaves at the beginning, and 2 original and 1 paper flyleaves at the end) |
| Form |
Parchment codex |
| Binding |
Pre-1600. Gold-tooled brown leather with the stamp of 'Carolus Lotharingia Episcopus Metensis'; rebacked. |
| Provenance |
Inscribed 'Ex libris Paufrensis(?)' (f. 1).
Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector.
Purchased as part of the Sloane collection from Sloane's executors and incorporated into the newly founded British Museum in 1753. |
| Select bibliography |
Catalogue of Additional Manuscripts: Sloane 2268-2496 (London: British Museum unpublished manuscript of unedited descriptions, no date), no. 2418 [available in The British Library Manuscripts Reading Room].
Janet Backhouse, Illumination from Book of Hours (London: British Library, 2004), fig. 2. |
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f. 18
Washing the feet |
f. 45
Nativity |
f. 45
Nativity detail |
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f. 50v
Annunciation to the Shepherds |
f. 56
Adoration of the Magi |
f. 56
Adoration of the Magi detail |
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f. 129
Trinity |
f. 129
Trinity detail |
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