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Hosea Kneeling Before God, historiated initial on a leaf from a Breviary of Dominican use, in Latin with rubrics in French [Paris, c.1340–50]
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Close follower of Jean Pucelle
Hosea Kneeling Before God, historiated initial on a leaf from a Breviary of Dominican use, in Latin with rubrics in French [Paris, c.1340–50]
A handsome leaf from a known and well-documented Dominican Breviary illuminated by a close follower of Jean Pucelle.
c.225 x 145mm, 2 columns of 28 lines in formal bookhand, ruled space: 165 x 105mm, the first lesson of the fourth Sunday of Advent with a historiated initial ‘U’ ('Verbum domini') from which leafy borders extend the full height of the page, with similar borders to the left of the three other columns. Provenance: (1) The parent volume was produced in Paris, c.1340-50, and was of Dominican use: the litany, prayers, and illuminations include the Dominican saints Dominic, Peter Martyr, and Thomas Aquinas. The luxurious decoration and French rubrics suggest an aristocratic or even royal patron; such patrons sometimes commissioned liturgical books of Dominican use (famous examples include the Belleville Breviary and the Hours of Jeanne d’Evreux, both illuminated by Jean Pucelle). (2) More than 100 leaves of the manuscript are known, including 42 at the British Library; 37 at the Bibliothèque municipale, Lyon; 11 at the Bibliothèque municipale, Besançon; 8 at the Lilly Library, Bloomington; and a number of single leaves. The volume was presumably still at least partially intact when running headings were added to some pages in the 19th century, but it was broken up by 1870, as this is the date of the hallmark on the silver clasps of the London portion, which was owned by John Ruskin (d. 1900). (3) Eric Millar (1888-1966), scholar and Keeper of Manuscripts at the British Museum: sold as his property at Sotheby’s, 11 July 1960, lot 54, presumably bought by Quaritch. (4) Sold successively by Quaritch, Catalogue 820, 1961, no 14; The Rendells, 1979, no 65 (ill.); and Christie’s, South Kensington, 23 November 2009, lot 115.
In correspondence with the owners, François Avril suggested that the manuscript was illuminated by a close follower of Jean Pucelle for a member of the royal entourage. Pucelle was the leading French illuminator of the second quarter of the 14th century, and the artists working in his wake probably saved models and designs from the master’s studio.
The parent manuscript is discussed, with a list of leaves, in P. Kidd, The McCarthy Collection, III (2021), no 81, citing the present leaf on p. 293.
Hosea Kneeling Before God, historiated initial on a leaf from a Breviary of Dominican use, in Latin with rubrics in French [Paris, c.1340–50]
A handsome leaf from a known and well-documented Dominican Breviary illuminated by a close follower of Jean Pucelle.
c.225 x 145mm, 2 columns of 28 lines in formal bookhand, ruled space: 165 x 105mm, the first lesson of the fourth Sunday of Advent with a historiated initial ‘U’ ('Verbum domini') from which leafy borders extend the full height of the page, with similar borders to the left of the three other columns. Provenance: (1) The parent volume was produced in Paris, c.1340-50, and was of Dominican use: the litany, prayers, and illuminations include the Dominican saints Dominic, Peter Martyr, and Thomas Aquinas. The luxurious decoration and French rubrics suggest an aristocratic or even royal patron; such patrons sometimes commissioned liturgical books of Dominican use (famous examples include the Belleville Breviary and the Hours of Jeanne d’Evreux, both illuminated by Jean Pucelle). (2) More than 100 leaves of the manuscript are known, including 42 at the British Library; 37 at the Bibliothèque municipale, Lyon; 11 at the Bibliothèque municipale, Besançon; 8 at the Lilly Library, Bloomington; and a number of single leaves. The volume was presumably still at least partially intact when running headings were added to some pages in the 19th century, but it was broken up by 1870, as this is the date of the hallmark on the silver clasps of the London portion, which was owned by John Ruskin (d. 1900). (3) Eric Millar (1888-1966), scholar and Keeper of Manuscripts at the British Museum: sold as his property at Sotheby’s, 11 July 1960, lot 54, presumably bought by Quaritch. (4) Sold successively by Quaritch, Catalogue 820, 1961, no 14; The Rendells, 1979, no 65 (ill.); and Christie’s, South Kensington, 23 November 2009, lot 115.
In correspondence with the owners, François Avril suggested that the manuscript was illuminated by a close follower of Jean Pucelle for a member of the royal entourage. Pucelle was the leading French illuminator of the second quarter of the 14th century, and the artists working in his wake probably saved models and designs from the master’s studio.
The parent manuscript is discussed, with a list of leaves, in P. Kidd, The McCarthy Collection, III (2021), no 81, citing the present leaf on p. 293.
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Julian Wilson
Senior Specialist, Books, Maps & Manuscripts