Book of Hours, Add MS 32454 f.2v, France, 1st half 15th century (ink & colour...

HORÆ B. Mariæ Virginis, etc.Calendarium. f. 2. Cursus Evangelii. f. 9. Orationes de B. Maria. f. 12. Horae B. Mariæ Virginis. Imperf. f. 1 7. Psalmi Poenitentiales, cum letania. f. 5 9. Horæ Crucis." f. 71. Horæ Spiritus sancti." Imperf. f. 7 4. Officium mortuorum. Imperf. f. 77. Antiphons and prayers for special festivals. f. 103. Missæ. f. 111The services marked above as imperfect have had the first leaves abstracted for the sake of the miniatures. The first leaf of the Hours of the Cross is misplaced at f. 8. Vellum; ff. 118. Written in France in the first half of the XVth cent. With nine large miniatures and others of small size, and initial letters and borders in profusion; executed generally in the best manner by French artists, Italian influence being strongly marked in some of the miniatures. Belonged to Anthoine Gastellier, Procureur au bailliage de Thoucy, late in the 16th century, and to C. Lerjault, medecin, in 1702; and purchased by Owen Smythe Owen, of Condover Park, co. Salop, from the Convent of Ursulines at Amiens, in 1802. Large Octavo