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Finely illuminated in Lyon. Twenty-six miniatures by Lyonnais artists. Six gold arch topped miniatures above three and four-line illuminated initials with full borders of acanthus leaves, flowers, birds and animals by the workshop of the Rosenburg Master [c. 1475-95], c. 71 x 55 mm (including border). Eight smaller illuminations in rectangular gold frames to the outer margins between partial borders of ivy vine, fruit, and floral decoration in the hand of an apprentice, possibly from the workshop of the Master of Guillaume Lambert [c. 1475-1500], c. 52 x 15 mm (including border). Ten half-page miniatures in red square frames and one small square illumination by the workshop of the Master of Guillaume Lambert, c. 29 x 31 / 21 x 22 mm (including frame). One full page miniature in a gold frame with painted jewels by an associate of the Master of Alarmes de Mars [c. 1485-1510], c. 70 x 52 (including border). Many miniatures and some borders are rubbed, some smudging, and occasional offsetting. Line fillers in red and blue with white tracery and gold decoration, one- and two-line initials in burnished gold on alternately dark pink or blue grounds with white tracery. Three and four-line initials in dark pink or blue on burnished gold grounds with white tracery and ivy leaf or floral decoration. 198 leaves (f. 120 loose) c. 81 x 60 x mm, seemingly complete, collation: three later paper flyleaves, i-ii6, iii-vii8, viii8-1 (after 56, with no text loss), ix-xvi8, xvii4, xviii-xxi8, xxiii4, xxiv-xxvi8, xxvii3, three later paper flyleaves. Written space, c. 51 x 32 mm, ruled in red ink for fourteen lines, single column, written in neat cursive gothic script in dark brown ink, rubrics in red, some quires with catchwords in red, pricking near the end of the manuscript, modern foliation in pencil. A late eighteenth century inscription to the front pastedown: 'Odo Perier / Divi Pauli' with a correction line through 'Odo Perier' and significant wear with a later inscription above 'Charles.' This inscription is repeated on the second fly-leaf 'Odo Perier. Divi Pauli' and 'odo divinum officium'. Bound in 18th century brown morocco, c. 90 x 65 mm, lined and decorated in gilt to covers and spine, three raised bands to spine, lacks head and some of the tail of spine, remains of part of a metal clasp, occasional worm holes to spine and cover, marbled endpapers and paper flyleaves. Housed in a modern quarter black morocco protective box with velvet lining. An attractively decorated Book of Hours, written and illuminated in Lyon by three major Lyonnais workshops in the late fifteenth-century. The text comprises of: ff. 1-12v, Calendar in red and brown including feasts for Lyonnais saints such as St Viventiolus of Lyon (12 July); ff. 13-22v; Gospel Extracts: ff.13-16, John; ff. 16-18v, Luke; ff. 18v-21, Matthew; ff. 21-22v; Mark; ff. 23-28, Hours of the Cross: ff. 23-24v, Matins; f. 25, Prime; ff. 25-25v, Terce; ff. 25v-26, Sext; ff. 26-26v, None; ff. 26v-27, Vespers; ff. 27-28, Compline; f. 28v, blank; ff. 29-33v, Hours of the Holy Spirit: ff. 29-30v, Matins; f. 30v, Prime; ff. 30v-31, Terce; ff. 31-31v, Sext; ff. 31v-32, None; ff. 32 -32v, Vespers; ff. 32v-33v, Compline; ff. 34-99v, Hours of the Virgin: ff. 34-50v, Matins; ff. 50v-67v, Lauds; ff. 68-72v, Prime; ff. 73-77, Terce; ff. 77v-81, Sext; ff. 81v-85v, None; ff. 86-94, Vespers; ff. 94-99v, Compline; ff. 100-127v, Penitential Psalms and Litany of Saints: ff. 100-118, Psalms; ff. 118-127v, Litany of Saints; ff. 128-155, Office of the Dead; ff.128-137v, Vespers; ff. 138-148, Matins; ff. 148v-155, Lauds; ff. 155v-159v, blank; ff. 160-171v, Suffrages of Saints: ff. 160-160v, St Michael; ff. 161-161v, St John the Baptist; ff. 162-162v, Sts Peter and Paul; ff. 163-164, St Andrew; ff. 164-165, St John the Evangelist; ff. 165-167, St Sebastian; ff. 167v-168v, St Anthony; ff. 168-169v, St Catherine; ff. 170-170v, St Barbara; ff. 171-171v, St Mary Magdalene; ff. 172-178, Obsecro te, ff. 178v-179v, blank;
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