Digital
Images
of
WMS
103
and
miniatures
from
other
books
of
hours
for
points
of
comparison
Karen
Desla>es
Winslow
Disserta@on
submission
for
MPhil
in
Art
History,
Trinity
College,
Dublin,
January
2017
Example
of
a
binding
that
is
similar
to
the
descrip5on
provided
in
the
1969
Chester
Bea<y
Sales
Catalogue
London,
Bri@sh
Library,
Shelfmark
Davis
532,
Book
Cover
Goatskin,
includes
Morocco,
French,
18th
Century
Design
for
bookplate
for
Alfred
Chester
Bea>y
Cambridge,
Fitzwilliam
Museum,
Tracing
Paper,
188
x
299
mm,
Paris,
before
1975
The
book
plate
was
designed
by
Bea>y’s
Librarian
Joan
Kingsford.
As
far
as
we
know,
WMS
103
did
not
include
a
Chester
Bea>y
bookplate.
WMS
103
Best
Comparison
London,
Bri@sh
Library,
Harley
MS
2940,
folio
38r,
Parchment,
183
ff.,
195
x135
mm,
Paris,
c.1420
MS
Douce
144
Oxford,
Bodleian
Library,
MS.
Douce
144,
folio
028r,
Parchment,
201
ff.,
215
x
160
mm,
Paris,
dated
1407
Decorated
ini@al
anchored
to
the
staff
with
a
gap
in
the
staff
Folio
1
Recto
Melbourne,
Baillieu
Library,
University
of
Melbourne,
UniM
Bail
SpC/RB61AA/3
Parchment,
187
ff.
originally,
176
x
132
mm
Annuncia@on,
Hours
of
the
Virgin,
Mar@ns
Vines
are
less
taut
than
vines
in
other
leaves
flower
detail
WMS
103
Folio
1
Verso
Melbourne,
Baillieu
Library,
University
of
Melbourne,
UniM
Bail
SpC/ RB61AA/3,
187
ff.
originally,
176
x
132
mm
Text
Page,
Hours
of
the
Virgin
Decorated
ini@al
anchored
to
the
staff
with
a
gap
in
the
staff
WMS
103
Folio
8
Recto
Melbourne,
Baillieu
Library,
University
of
Melbourne,
UniM
Bail
SpC/RB61AA/3
187
ff.
originally,
176
x
132
mm
Text
Page,
Hours
of
the
Virgin
Catchword
bleed
through
WMS
103
Folio
8
Verso
Melbourne,
Baillieu
Library,
University
of
Melbourne,
UniM
Bail
SpC/RB61AA/3
187
ff.
originally,
176
x
132
mm
Text
Page,
Hours
of
the
Virgin
Catchword
WMS
103
Folio
?
Verso
Unknown,
Bloomsbury
Auc@on,
8
July
2015,
Lot
24
Parchment,
187
ff.
originally,
177
x
131
mm
Text
Page,
Hours
of
the
Virgin,
Lauds
WMS
103
Folio?
Verso
Unknown,
Sotheby’s
Auc@on,
6
December
2016,
Sale
Number
L16241,
Lot
56,
Vellum,
187
ff.
originally,
178
x
133
mm,
Paris,
1408
Text
Page,
Hours
of
the
Virgin,
Lauds
MS
Ludwig
IX4
Lost
Angeles,
J.
Paul
Ge>y
Museum,
MS
Ludwig
IX4,
folio
36,
Parchment
,
189
x
132
mm,
Paris,
about
1400-‐1410
The
Virgin
laying
on
a
pillow
is
not
a
common
approach
to
depic@ng
the
Na@vity
Scene
MS
Douce
144
Oxford,
Bodleian
Library,
MS.
Douce
144,
folio
063r,
Parchment,
201
ff.,
215
x
160
mm,
Paris,
dated
1407
Folio
34
Verso
Unknown,
Chris@e’s
Auc@on,
1
December
2016,
Sale
12141,
Lot
2
Parchment,
187
ff.
originally,
174
x
130
mm
The
Na@vity,
Hours
of
the
Virgin,
Prime
WMS
103
Best
Comparison
Bal@more,
Walters
Art
Museum,
W.
265,
folio
85r,
Vellum,
247
ff.,
190
x
124
mm,
Paris,
c.1410
MS
Douce
144
Oxford,
Bodleian
Library,
MS.
Douce
144,
folio
076v,
Parchment,
201
ff.,
215
x
160
mm,
Paris,
dated
1407
Ivy
leaves
are
crisp
and
outlined
in
black
Folio
48
Verso
Dublin,
Chester
Bea>y
Library,
WMS
103
Parchment,
187
ff.
originally,
174
x
130
mm
Annuncia@on,
Hours
of
the
Virgin,
None
Common
La@n
abbrevia@on.
catchword
WMS
103
Folio
52
Recto
Birmingham,
University
of
Birmingham,
The
Barber
Ins@tute
of
Fine
Arts,
ID
Number
BIRBI.69.6,
Parchment,
187
ff.
originally,
176
x
132
mm
Text
Page,
Hours
of
the
Virgin,
None
Comparison,
Folio
80
Recto
Oxford,
Bodleian
Library,
MS.
Douce
144,
folio
80r,
Parchment,
201
ff.,
215
x
160
mm,
Paris,
dated
1407
WMS
103
Best
Comparison
Santa
Monica,
J.
Paul
Ge>y
Museum,
MS
22,
folio
81r,
Vellum
,
MS
Douce
144
Oxford,
Bodleian
Library,
MS.
Douce
144,
folio
080v,
Parchment,
201
ff.,
215
x
160
mm,
Paris,
dated
1407
Background
may
be
retouched
204
x147
mm,
Paris,
c.1420
Folio
52
Verso
Birmingham,
University
of
Birmingham,
The
Barber
Ins@tute
of
Fine
Arts,
ID
Number
BIRBI.69.6,Parchment,
187
ff.
originally,
176
x
132
mm
Flight
Into
Egypt,
Hours
of
the
Virgin,
Vespers
flower
detail
and
ciliate
leaves
Ivy
leaves
weaving
back
and
forth,
associated
with
“A
Master”
WMS
103
Folio
59
Recto
Chapel
Hill,
Ackland
Art
Museum,
The
University
of
North
Carolina
at
Chapel
Hill,
Inventory
Number
69.7.2,
Parchment,
187
ff.
originally,
176
x
132
mm
Corona@on
of
the
Virgin,
Hours
of
the
Virgin,
Compline
Best
Comparison
Santa
Monica,
J.
Paul
Ge>y
Museum,
MS
22,
folio
81r,
Vellum
,
204
x147
mm,
Paris,
c.1420
flower
detail
WMS
103
Folio
64
Recto
Chapel
Hill,
Ackland
Art
Museum,
The
University
of
North
Carolina
at
Chapel
Hill,
Inventory
Number
69.7.2,
187
ff.
originally,
176
x
132
mm
David
in
Prayer,
Peniten@al
Psalms
Best
Comparison
Bal@more,
Walters
Art
Museum,
W.
265
folio
105r,
Vellum,
190
x
124
mm,
Paris,
c.1413
flower
detail
Decorated
ini@al
anchored
to
the
staff
with
a
gap
in
the
staff
WMS
103
Folio
66
Verso
Unknown,
Chris@e’s
Auc@on,
1
December
2015,
Sale
10457,
Lot
11
Parchment,
187
ff.
originally,
176
x
130
mm
Text
Page,
Peniten@al
Psalms
Decorated
ini@al
anchored
to
the
staff
with
a
gap
in
the
staff
WMS
103
Folio
68
Recto
Ithaca,
Private
Collec@on,
on
loan
to
the
Herbert
Johnson
Museum,
Parchment,
187
ff.
originally,
175
x
130
mm
Text
Page,
Peniten@al
Psalms
Example
of
a
suspension
-‐ only
first
part
of
word
is
wri>en
–
“virt[us]”
WMS
103
Folio
69
Recto
Princeton,
Princeton
University
Art
Museum,
Y1979-‐39
through
43
Parchment,
187
ff.
originally,
176
x
130
mm
Text
Page,
Peniten@al
Psalms
WMS
103
Folio
70
Recto
Unknown,
Chris@e’s
Auc@on,
15
July
2015,
Sale
10455,
Lot
10,
Parchment,
187
ff.
originally,
176
x
132
mm,
Paris,
1408
Text
Page,
Peniten@al
Psalms
“d”
and
“o”
share
the
same
ver@cal
duct
in
“domine”
Example
of
an
r
rotunda
-‐
resembles
a
numeral
“2”
Words
with
more
than
one
minim,
such
as
“enim”
are
difficult
to
read
Example
of
a
crossed
*ronian
nota
looks
like
the
numeral
7
Example
of
a
Caroline
“s”
at
the
end
of
a
word
in
“pecca@s”
Example
of
a
tall
“s”
in
“sum”
“h”
extends
slightly
below
baseline
in
“humiliata”
WMS
103
Folio
83
Recto
Princeton,
Princeton
University
Art
Museum,
Y1979-‐39
through
43,
Parchment,
187
ff.
originally,
175
x
130
mm,
Paris,
1408
Text
page,
Peniten@al
Psalms
Catchword
bleed
through
WMS
103
Best
Comparison
Unknown,
Chester
Bea>y
MS
104,
Parchment,
dispersed.,
185
x
136
mm,
Paris,
c.1405
Ivy
leaves
weaving
back
and
forth,
associated
with
“A
Master”
MS
Douce
144
Oxford,
Bodleian
Library,
MS.
Douce
144,
folio
111v,
Parchment,
201
ff.,
215
x
160
mm,
Paris,
dated
1407
Folio
85
Recto
Paris,
Les
Enluminures,
Parchment,
187
ff.
originally,
172
x
130
mm
Crucifixion,
Hours
of
the
Cross
WMS
103
Folio
85
Verso
Paris,
Les
Enluminures,
Parchment,
187
ff.
originally,
172
x
130
mm,
Paris,
1408
Hours
of
the
Cross,
Ma@ns
ciliate
leave
WMS
103
Folio
??
Verso
Unknown,
Thomas
Catalogue
#24,
Parchment,
187
ff.
originally,
172
x
130
mm,
Paris,
1408
Text
page,
Hours
of
the
Cross,
None
WMS
103
Best
Comparison
Unknown,
Sotheby’s
Auc@on,
6
December
11,
Sale
L11241,
Lot
56,
Vellum,
dispersed,
160
X
110
mm,
Paris,
c.1410-‐20
MS
Douce
144
Oxford,
Bodleian
Library,
MS.
Douce
144,
folio
140r,
Parchment,
201
ff.,
215
x
160
mm,
Paris,
dated
1407
Folio
90
Recto
German
Private
Collec@on,
Bea>y
1969
catalogue,
#58f,
Parchment,
187
ff.
originally,
??x??
mm
Pentecost,
Hours
of
the
Holy
Ghost
ciliate
leaves
Staff
pulled
into
the
marginal
space,
acquires
thorns
WMS
103
Best
Comparison
Destroyed
in
Fire
in
1998
in
Germany,
Chester
Bea>y
MS
104,
Parchment,
dispersed.,
185
x
136
mm,
Paris,
c.1405
MS
Douce
144
Oxford,
Bodleian
Library,
MS.
Douce
144,
folio
023r,
Parchment,
201
ff.,
215
x
160
mm,
Paris,
dated
1407
Folio
96
Recto
Dublin,
Chester
Bea>y
Library,
WMS
103,
Parchment,
187
ff.
originally,
176
x
132
mm,
Paris,
1408
The
Virgin
and
Child
in
a
Garden
with
Two
Angels
Holding
Baskets
of
Cherries,
Accessory
Texts,
Prayers
in
French
Flower
detail
Ruler
lines
used
as
guidance
for
miniature
as
well
WMS
103
Folio
96
Verso
Dublin,
Chester
Bea>y
Library,
WMS
103,
Parchment,
187
ff.
originally,
176
x
132
mm,
Paris,
1408
Text
Page,
Prayers
in
French
Scythe-‐ shaped
mo@f
with
thorns
No@ce
the
rough
cut
of
the
page.
Scythe-‐ shaped
mo@f
with
thorns
WMS
103
Folio
101
Verso
Germany
Private
Collec@on,
Parchment,
187
ff.
originally,
176
x
132
mm,
Paris,
1408
Christ
Seated
on
a
Rainbow,
Last
Judgment
Best
Comparison
Private
collec@on,
Utopia,
armarium
codicum
bibliophilorum,
Cod.
108
Parchment,
192
ff.,
207
x
140
mm,
Paris,
c.1410
MS
Douce
144
Oxford,
Bodleian
Library,
MS.
Douce
144,
folio
128v,
Parchment,
201
ff.,
215
x
160
mm,
Paris,
dated
1407
2nd
Comparison
Trogen,
Kantonsbibliothek
Appenzell
Ausserrhoden,
CM
Ms.
4
folio
138v,
Parchment,
202
ff.,
175
x
125
mm,
Paris,
beginning
of
the
15th
century
WMS
103
Folio
105
Recto
Unknown,
1932
Bea>y
Sale,
#325,
Parchment,
187
ff.
originally,
miniature
63x
63
mm,
Paris,
1408
Praying,
Office
of
the
Dead
Best
Comparison
New
York,
Morgan
Library,
MS
M.1000,
folio
222v,
Vellum,
239
ff.,
96
x
60
mm,
Paris,
c.1420
MS
Douce
144
Oxford,
Bodleian
Library,
MS.
Douce
144,
folio
150v,
Parchment,
201
ff.,
215
x
160
mm,
Paris,
dated
1407
WMS
103
Folio
109
Recto
Ithaca,
Cornell
University,
Eleze
McKenzie
Collec@on
of
Medieval
and
Renaissance
Manuscript
Leaves,
call
number
6931/2,
Parchment,
187
ff.
originally,
184
x
133
mm,
Paris,
1408
Text
Page,
Office
of
the
Dead,
Vespers
ciliate
leaves
WMS
103
Folio
109
Verso
Ithaca,
Cornell
University,
Parchment,
187
ff.
originally,
184
x
133
mm,
Paris,
1408
Text
Page,
Office
of
the
Dead,
Vespers
Border
bubbles
away,
ruling
guidelines
s@ll
visible.
ciliate
leaves
WMS
103
Folio
110
Recto
Dublin,
Trinity
College,
MS
4904,
Parchment,
187
ff.
originally,
177
x
143
mm,
Paris,
1408
Text
Page,
Office
of
the
Dead,
Magnificat
needle
holes
and
thread
visible
WMS
103
Folio
110
Verso
Dublin,
Trinity
College,
MS
4904,
Parchment,
187
ff.
originally,
177
x
143
mm,
Paris,
1408
Text
Page,
Office
of
the
Dead,
Magnificat
needle
holes
visible
WMS
103
Folio
111
Recto
Dublin,
Trinity
College,
MS
4904,
Parchment,
187
ff.
originally,
177
x
143
mm,
Paris,
1408
Text
Page,
Office
of
the
Dead,
Vespers
needle
holes
visible
WMS
103
Folio
111
Verso
Dublin,
Trinity
College,
MS
4904,
Parchment,
187
ff.
originally,
177
x
143
mm,
Paris,
1408
Text
Page,
Office
of
the
Dead,
Vespers,
Psalms
145
Catchword
The
word
“deus”
is
repeated
twice
needle
holes
and
thread
visible
Folio
113
Verso
Unknown,
Sotheby’s
Auc@on,
6
December
2016,
Sale
Number
L16241,
Lot
56,
Vellum,
187
ff.
originally,
178
x
133
mm,
Paris,
1408
Text
Page,
Office
of
the
Dead,
Ma@ns,
First
Nocturne
WMS
103
Folio
123?
recto
Unknown,
Freeman’s
Auc@on,
23
April
2015,
Sale
1515,
Lot
282,
Parchment,
187
ff.
originally,
175
x
130
mm,
Paris,
1408
Text
Page,
Office
of
the
Dead,
Ma@ns,
Second
Nocturne
Lines
2
and
3
may
represent
area
where
scribe
made
an
error
and
used
a
penknife
to
correct
error
WMS
103
Folio
123?
Verso
Unknown,
Freeman’s
Auc@on,
23
April
2015,
Sale
1515,
Lot
282,
Parchment,
187
ff.
originally,
175
x
130
mm,
Paris,
1408
Text
Page,
Office
of
the
Dead,
Ma@ns,
Second
Nocturne
Folio
129?
Verso
Unknown,
Sotheby’s
Auc@on,
6
December
2016,
Sale
Number
L16241,
Lot
56,
Vellum,
187
ff.
originally,
178
x
133
mm,
Paris,
1408
Text
Page,
Office
of
the
Dead,
Ma@ns,
Third
Nocturne
WMS
103
Folio
135
Recto
Dunedin,
New
Zealand
Dunedin
Public
Library,
RMM
Fragment
17b,
Parchment,
187
ff.
originally,
175
x
130
mm,
Paris,
1408
Text
Page,
Office
of
the
Dead,
Mar@ns
Catchword;
unusual
placement,
not
a
bleed
through
WMS
103
Folio
135
Verso
Dunedin,
New
Zealand
Dunedin
Public
Library,
RMM
Fragment
17b,
Parchment,
187
ff.
originally,
175
x
130
mm,
Paris,
1408
Text
Page,
Office
of
the
Dead,
Mar@ns
Folio
144
Recto
Unknown,
Sotheby’s
Auc@on,
6
December
2016,
Sale
Number
L16241,
Lot
56,
Vellum,
187
ff.
originally,
178
x
133
mm,
Paris,
1408
Text
Page,
Office
of
the
Dead,
at
Lauds
WMS
103
Folio
148
Recto
Dunedin,
New
Zealand
Dunedin
Public
Library,
RMM
Fragment
17b,
Parchment,
187
ff.
originally,
175
x
130
mm,
Paris,
1408
Text
Page,
Office
of
the
Dead
Lauds,
Psalms
149
WMS
103
Folio
148
Verso
Dunedin,
New
Zealand
Dunedin
Public
Library,
RMM
Fragment
17b,
Parchment,
187
ff.
originally,
175
x
130
mm,
Paris,
1408
Text
Page,
Office
of
the
Dead
Lauds,
Psalms
150
WMS
103
Folio
149
Recto
Dunedin,
New
Zealand
Dunedin
Public
Library,
RMM
Fragment
17b,
Parchment,
187
ff.
originally,
175
x
130
mm,
Paris,
1408
Text
Page,
Office
of
the
Dead,
Lauds
WMS
103
Folio
149
Verso
Dunedin,
New
Zealand
Dunedin
Public
Library,
RMM
Fragment
17b,
Parchment,
187
ff.
originally,
175
x
130
mm,
Paris,
1408
Text
Page,
Office
of
the
Dead,
Lauds,
Psalms
129
WMS
103
Folio
153
Recto
Unknown,
Bloomsbury
Auc@on,
8
July
2015,
Lot
24
Parchment,
187
ff.
originally,
177
x
131
mm,
Paris,
1408
Text
Page,
“Obsecro
te”
and
“O
Intemerata”
Ivy
vines
are
denser
than
in
other
leaves
Famulo
tuo... filio
tuo
(masculine
forms)
WMS
103
Folio
158
Recto
Dublin,
Chester
Bea>y
Library,
WMS103,
Parchment,
187
ff.
originally,
176
x130
mm,
Paris,
1408
Text
page,
“Obsecro
te”
and
“O
Intemerata”
Textualis
quadrata
script
has
a
picket
fence
effect
WMS
103
Folio
158
Verso
Dublin,
Chester
Bea>y
Library,
WMS103,
Parchment,
187
ff.
originally,
174
x
130
mm,
Paris,
1408
Text
page,
with
the
colophon
Comparison,
Folio
27
Recto
Oxford,
Bodleian
Library,
MS.
Douce
144,
folio
27r,
Parchment,,
201
ff.,
215
x
160
mm,
Paris,
dated
1407
WMS
103
Folio
159
Recto
Princeton,
Princeton
University
Art
Museum,
Y1979-‐39
through
43,
Parchment,
187
ff.
originally,
175
x130
mm,
Paris,
1408
Trinity
or
Throne
of
Grace
Best
Comparison
Philadelphia,
Free
Library
of
Philadelphia,
MS
Widener
4
117v,
Trinity,
Vellum
210
X
150
mm,
Paris,
c.1410
WMS
103
Best
Comparison
New
York,
Morgan
Library,
MS
M.1000,
folio
222v,
Vellum,
239
ff.,
96
x
60
mm,
Paris,
c.1420
Appears
retouched,
gold
not
outlined
in
black
MS
Douce
144
Oxford,
Bodleian
Library,
MS.
Douce
144,
folio
129r,
Parchment,
201
ff.,
215
x
160
mm,
Paris,
dated
1407
Folio
160
Recto
Dublin,
Chester
Bea>y
Library,
WMS103,
Parchment,
187
ff.
originally,
174
x130
mm,
Paris,
1408
St.
Michael
Vanquishing
the
Devil,
Suffrages
WMS
103
Folio
160
Verso
Dublin,
Chester
Bea>y
Library,
WMS
103,
Parchment,
187
ff.
originally,
176
x
130
mm,
Paris,
1408
Text
page,
Suffrages
Words
with
more
than
one
minim,
such
as
“nomini”
are
difficult
to
read
Unusual
sunbursts
at
the
ends
of
text
lines
throughout
the
manuscript