Manuscript Summary: In addition to the usual services, this small-format book of hours following the practice of Paris contains several texts in French (a prayer to St. Roch, Les quinze joies de Notre-Dame and Les sept requêtes à Notre Seigneur). It is richly illuminated with full-page as well as smaller miniatures attributed (Gagnebin, 1976) to the workshop of the Coëtivy Master (now identified as Colin d’Amiens). Although some illuminations are slightly damaged, they attest to the high quality of their execution, especially in the intercession of the saints (ff. 201r-220v). This book of hours was meant for a man (the prayers are addressed in the masculine, f. 21r and 25v), perhaps for a certain Jean Novelli, whose name, together with the date 1460, is mentioned on the 18th century binding. (rou)
Standard description:
Isabelle Jeger, Catalogue des manuscrits latins 1-376, Genève 2016, pp. 170-171. Show standard description
Additional description:
Huot François O.S.B., Les manuscrits liturgiques du canton de Genève, Freiburg 1990 (Iter Helveticum, Subsidia 19), pp. 155-162. Show additional description
Online Since:
06/13/2019
Genève, Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 31
Parchment · I + 220 + I ff. · 18.5 x 13.2 cm · Paris, workshop of the Coëtivy Master (identified as Colin d’Amiens) · middle of the 15th century
Book of hours for use in Paris
How to quote:
Genève, Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 31, f. 218v + f. 219r – Book of hours for use in Paris (https://www.e-codices.ch/en/list/one/bge/lat0031)
