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Yates Thompson Manuscripts (12Th Century-17Th Century) (Yates Thompson MS 1-59) Table of Contents British Library: Western Manuscripts Yates Thompson Manuscripts (12th century-17th century) (Yates Thompson MS 1-59) Table of Contents Yates Thompson Manuscripts (12th century–17th century) Key Details........................................................................................................................................ 1 Provenance........................................................................................................................................ 1 Related Resources.............................................................................................................................. 1 Key Details Collection Area British Library: Western Manuscripts Reference Yates Thompson MS 1-59 Creation Date 12th century-17th century Extent and Format 59 items Languages of Material English; Latin; Russian; French; French, Old; Greek, Ancient; English, Middle; Italian Access Conditions Restrictions to access apply please consult British Library staff Title Yates Thompson Manuscripts (12th century-17th century) Scope and Content Illuminated manuscripts collected by Henry Yates Thompson (b. 1838, d. 1928). Provenance Legal Status Not Public Record(s) Immediate Source of Bequeathed in 1941 by Yates Thompson's widow to the British Museum where Acquisition they were reunited with other manuscripts previously obtained from Yates Thompson. Related Resources Finding Aids Henry Yates Thompson [1st series] (Cambridge, 1898); Second Series (1902); Substitutes (1907); [4th series] (1912). Page 1 2021-09-16 Yates Thompson MS 3 Book of Hours, use of Rome ('The Dunois Hours') (c 1439-c 1450) Collection Area British Library: Western Manuscripts Reference Yates Thompson MS 3 Creation Date c 1439-c 1450 Extent and Format Parchment codex. Languages of Material Latin Access Conditions Restrictions to access apply please consult British Library staff Conditions of Use Letter of introduction required to view this manuscript. Title Book of Hours, use of Rome ('The Dunois Hours') (c 1439-c 1450) Physical Characteristics Materials: Parchment. Dimensions: 135 x 95 mm (text space: 70 x 45 mm). Foliation: ff. 291 (+ 4 unfoliated parchment flyleaves: 2 at the beginning, and 2 at the end). Collation: i-ii6 (ff. 1-12), iii-xxxiii8 (ff. 13-260), xxxiv6-1 (1 leaf excised; ff. 261-265), xxxv8-1 (1 leaf excised; ff. 266-272), xxxxvi 8-1 (7th leaf excised after f. 278; ff. 273-279), xxxvii8 (ff. 280-287), xxxviii4 (ff. 288-291). Script: Gothic. Binding: Pre-1600. Gold-tooled red leather binding, in the style of Le Gascon; gilt edges. Letters 'D.I.' and 'F.G.' stamped on binding may possibly stand for 'Dunois, Jean', and 'Fauvel, G.' (handwritten annotation in James 1898). Scope and Content Book of Hours, use of Rome, known as the 'The Dunois Hours', including: ff. 1r-12r: Calendar, use of Paris. ff. 13r-22r: Excerpts from the Four Gospels. ff. 22v-32r: Two prayers to the Virgin, 'Obsecro te' (ff. 22v-27r) and 'O intemerata' (ff. 27r-32r). ff. 32v-35r: Prayer 'Deus propicius.' ff. 35r-36v: Prayer to the Virgin, incipit: 'Saluto te beatissima dei genitrix.' ff. 37r-119v: Hours of the Virgin. ff. 120r-152r: Hours of the Passion. ff. 152v-156r: Passion according to John, incipit: 'In illo tempore apprehendit', with a prayer, incipit: 'Deus qui voluisti' (ff. 155r-156r). ff. 157r-176r: Seven Penitential Psalms. ff. 176v-183v: Litany. ff. 184r-193r: Hours of the Cross. ff. 193v-201r: Hours of the Holy Spirit. ff. 201v-220r: Office of the Dead, rubric: 'Sequitur vespere mortuorum ad usum romanorum'. ff. 221v-258v: Hours of the Dead. ff. 259r-291r: Suffrages. Page 2 2021-09-16 Decoration: 12 small miniatures in colours and gold of the labours of the months in the lower border, and 12 small scenes with the Zodiac signs in the outer margins, at the beginning of each month in the calendar (ff. 1r-12r). 60 full-page miniatures in colours and gold, accompanied by large decorated initials and full foliate borders, partly including related scenes (ff. 13r, 15v, 18r, 20v, 22v, 27v, 32v [full historiated border], 37r [border with several related roundels], 66v, 81v [related scene in the border], 87v [related scene in the border], 93v, 99r, 104v [related scene in the border], 114r, 120r [2 small related miniatures in the borders], 130r, 133v, 136v, 139v, 142v [related scene in the border], 145v, 148v, 152v [related scene in the border], 157r [related scene in the border], 159r, 162r, 165v, 168v, 172v, 174r, 184r [related scene in the border], 193v, 201v [related scene in the border], 211r [related scene in the border], 259r, 260r, 261r, 262r, 263v, 264v, 265v, 267v, 269v [related scene in the border], 270v, 271v, 272v [related scene in the border], 273v, 274v [related scene in the border], 275v, 278r, 280r, 281v, 282v, 283v, 284v, 286r, 287r, 288r, 289v). All text pages with three-sided foliate borders. Smaller decorated initials in colours and gold with foliate extensions into the margins. Small initials in gold with blue pen-flourishing or in blue with red pen-flourishing. Line-fillers decorated in gold and blue or in red and blue. This is the eponymous manuscript of the Dunois Master (known as the principal associate of the Bedford Master). 1 miniature (f. 289v) is in the style of the Master of the Salisbury Breviary St Stephen named after the Invention of St Stephen in the Salisbury Breviary (Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, MS. lat.17294, f. 529v). The subjects of the miniatures are: f. 1r: January: Jean Comte de Dunois feasting; Aquarius. f. 2r: February: Three men burning and gathering firewood; Pisces. f. 3r: March: Three men pruning and setting stocks in a vineyard; Aries. f. 4r: April: Three ladies and a gentleman gathering flowers in a field; Taurus. f. 5r: May: Two ladies and a gentleman on horseback; Gemini. f. 6r: June: A man mowing a field with a scythe, and two women raking; Cancer. f. 7r: July: Men binding sheaves in a field, and another man reaping; Leo. f. 8r: August: Two men threshing wheat and another man winnowing; Virgo. f. 9r: September: Two men making wine; Libra. f. 10r: October: A man on a horse pulling a harrow, and another man sowing seed; Scorpio. f. 11r: November: Two men beating oaks to feed their hogs on the acorns; Sagittarius. f. 12r: December: Two men boar hunting; Capricorn. f. 13r: St John writing on the island of Patmos, with his symbol, the eagle, nearby (Excerpt from John). f. 15v: St Luke sharpening his quill with his symbol, the winged ox, by his side (Excerpt from Luke). f. 18r: St Matthew writing at a desk, with his symbol, the angel, holding his ink pot (excerpt from Matthew). f. 20v: St Mark seated at a desk and writing the words 'In illo tempore' on a parchment, with his symbol, a winged lion, sitting before him. f. 22v: Virgin and Child with a kneeling Jean Comte de Dunois in armour ('Obsecro te'). f. 27v: Virgin and Child with angels ('O intemerata'). f. 32v: The Last Judgement, with St John the Evangelist and Jean de Dunois in the margin ('Deus propicius'). In the Hours of the Virgin: Page 3 2021-09-16 f. 37r: The Annunciation, with the arms of Jean Comte de Dunois and seven scenes from the life of the Virgin in the border: (anti-clockwise from upper left): 1. Joachim's offering refused in the Temple; 2. The Annunciation to Joachim; 3. The Annunciation to Anne; 4. The meeting at the Golden Gate; 5. The birth of the Virgin; 6. The Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple; 7. The Betrothal of the Virgin to Joseph (Matins). f. 66v: The Visitation (Lauds). f. 81v: The Nativity of Christ, with two shepherds in the border (Prime). f. 87v: The Annunciation to the Shepherds, with two shepherds in the border (Terce). f. 93v: The Adoration of the Magi (Sext). f. 99r: The Presentation in the Temple (None). f. 104v: The Flight into Egypt, with the Massacre of the Innocents (Vespers). f. 114r: The Coronation of the Virgin (Compline). In the Hours of the Passion: f. 120r: The Betrayal of Christ with the Agony in the Garden, and the Arrest of Christ, in the border (Matins). f. 130r: Christ before Pilate (Lauds). f. 133v: The Flagellation of Christ (Prime). f. 136v: Christ carrying the cross (Terce). f. 139v: Christ being nailed to the cross (Sext). f. 142v: The Crucifixion of Christ, with two dead rising from their graves in the border (None). f. 145v: The Deposition of Christ (Vespers). f. 148v: The Entombment of Christ (Compline). f. 152v: The Christ as Man of Sorrow supported by the Trinity, with John the Evangelist and the Virgin, with St Gregory celebrating mass (the Passion according to John). In the Seven Penitential Psalms: f. 157r: David in prayer (Psalm 6) f. 159r: A personification of Pride (Orgueil): a man with a sword riding a lion, and a personification of Envy (Envie): a woman with a sword, riding a wolf (Psalm 31). f. 162r: A personification of Idleness (Peresse): a man riding on a donkey (Psalm 37). f. 165v: A personification of Anger (Ire): a man riding a leopard and stabbing himself with a sword (Psalm 50). f. 168v: A personification of Gluttony (Gloutenie): a man riding a wolf, carrying a sword and a chalice and followed by a servant with flagons of wine (Psalm 101). f. 172v: A personification of Lust (Luxure): a woman riding a white goat, carrying arrows and a mirror; behind, David watching Bathsheba in her bath (Psalm 129). f. 174r: A personification of Avarice (Averricea): man riding an ape, carrying a chest full of coins, with scales and money on a table behind him (Psalm 142). f. 184r: The Adoration of the True Cross by the representatives of different communions of Christianity, with St Helena finding the Cross, in the border (Hours of the Cross). f. 193v: The Pentecost (Hours of the Holy Spirit). Page 4 2021-09-16 f. 201v: Angels and a demon disputing over a soul: a corpse lying in an open grave, with a scroll reading 'Circumdederunt me dolores mortis et pericula inferni invenerunt me.
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