#books of hours

[u-mspcoll]

An Extraordinary New Acquisition!

We are delighted to announce an important recent acquisition made possible by the generosity of Katharine J. Kilgour: a manuscript containing the texts of a Book of Hours and a Psalter. Written in Latin and French, it was exquisitely illuminated by one of the leading miniaturists working in Paris in the first two decades of the sixteenth century: Jean Coene IV.  Read more!

Detail of miniature by Jean Coene IV, "Lamentation over the Dead Christ", in the opening of the Office of our Lady of Compassion, f. 28. Book of Hours & Psalter. Parchment manuscript, 256 folios. Paris, ca. 1505-1515.

[muspeccoll]

Manuscript Monday comes to you with a nearly complete fifteenth-century Book of Hours from the Convent of Santi Giovanni e Paolo in Venice. This manuscript has two sections, the second having been added to the first within a generation of the book's manufacture. The first section of the manuscript (fols. 1-270) contains a standard Italian Dominican Book of Hours with a kalendar, Hours of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Office of the Dead, Penitential psalms, and Short Hours of the Cross. Exceptionally, unusual, however, are the contents of section two, which opens with a rare Office of the Glorious Virgin, followed by two Marian litanies. Such litanies multiplied in the late fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, and these follow the standard pattern of calling on the Virgin by her attributes, as a mother, brides, spouse, intercessor, etc. Learn more about this manuscript at the link below:

[upennmanuscripts]

Join Dot Porter and Nicholas Herman of the University of Pennsylvania’s Kislak Centre, and Ann Marie Holland of McGill’s Rare books and special collections for Coffee with a Codex; An Hour of Hours.

Tuesday, January 24, 12pm noon - 1pm EST

We will be looking through medieval books of Hours from both McGill’s and the U Penn collections, comparing notes, illuminations, and traditions in this joint edition of “Coffee with a Codex.” As curators we so often speak about and for our collections – in this event we are going to let our collections talk to each other. We invite you to grab a cup of coffee and join us or tune in over lunch hour for an illuminating hour with our books of hours!

Note: this will be a Hybrid event and we welcome those in the Montreal area to attend in person. We welcome all to tune in via Zoom. Please indicate on the RSVP form how you will attend. (Link up above)

[must-be-mr-boggins]

Taking a 5-second break from the Bagginshield angst to bring you this meme I created after an all-nighter, enjoy.

[jamesgraybooksellerworld]

VERY RARE ::Heures Printed by Guillaume Godard, 1514 Ces presentes heures de Nostre Dame on vellum.

669J.  Book of Hours, use of Rome Ces presentes heures de Nostre Dame… Les Présentes heures ont esté nouvellement imprimées à Paris pour Guillaume Godard libraire ; [S’ensuyvent plusieurs devotes louenges, petitions, oraisons et requestes…] Au r. du dernier f.: Ces presentes heures ont esté imprimées a Paris pour Guillaume Godard, libraire, demourant sur le pont au change a l’enseigne de l’homme…

[yendts]

defeating gaea with the power of friendship

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[junotter]

in-between moments

[maedre13]

TGCF is a comedy, actually

[comradekatara]

oh book 1 gaang....... my silly rabbits <333

[liesmultixxx]

“Why did you leave me?”

can you hear me crying?

the way annabeth thought percy had abandoned her like everyone else

… girl he fell into tartarus for you, he would never leave you

NEVER

rick was evil for that

[ventique18]

NRC Top Secret Elite Squad: Operation Rescue the Entire Universe from Dark Lord Malleus Draconia! Commence!

[wiltkingart]

Asche and Vindt from Ocean's Blood by Thelma Mantey

[bamsara]

I finished the Doctrine Book-bag for my Lamb cosplay! I think jt turned out pretty well, I used black foam clay for the edges and was going to carve them when dried, but I actaully?? Really like the goopy unclean look so I might keep it

I might still carve it idk, and maybe replace the strap with a chain for the whole theme

I know the Doctrine is a book in game and usually as a prop but I need something to hold my phone and wallet in easy access for when we scour the artist alley, so this idea came to be. Now it can hold my stuff AND it's in character!

I also recycled a cardboard box to put my cosplay in, made it look COTL specific:

[suntails]

reality

[jamesgraybooksellerworld]

VERY RARE ::Heures Printed by Guillaume Godard, 1514 Ces presentes heures de Nostre Dame on vellum.

669J.  Book of Hours, use of Rome Ces presentes heures de Nostre Dame… Les Présentes heures ont esté nouvellement imprimées à Paris pour Guillaume Godard libraire ; [S’ensuyvent plusieurs devotes louenges, petitions, oraisons et requestes…] Au r. du dernier f.: Ces presentes heures ont esté imprimées a Paris pour Guillaume Godard, libraire, demourant sur le pont au change a l’enseigne de l’homme…