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BOOK OF HOURS, Latin , use of Rome. [Probably Bruges, workshop or follower of Willem Vrelant, c. 1470]. ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM, 187 leaves, gatherings normally of eight leaves, except those with the inserted full-page miniatures and those in the calendar, 32mo (111 x 80mm.), written in black ink in a gothic rotunda, single columns of 15 lines, justification (64 x 41mm.), illustrated with 13 FULL-PAGE MINIATURES AND FIVE HISTORIATED INITIALS, all by the same hand, close to miniatures in W.195 at the Walters Art Gallery and Ms. 184 at the University of Chicago, all of which may be ascribed to the workshop of Willem Vrelant or to a follower, miniatures with full illuminated borders, facing pages with full illuminated borders and with either historiated or illuminated initials, numerous smaller illuminated and penwork initials, rubricated throughout. A few borders slightly trimmed and with some tiny paint losses , but generally in fresh condition. Added in the sixteenth or seventeenth century (in Spain?) are two leaves at the beginning with a title-page, protraits of Christ and the Virgin, and an indulgence with full borders and written in gold; at the end are added prayers on original leaves and a later bifolium ending with a decoration of a vase with flowers. BINDING English early nineteenth-century green morocco gilt, g.e., gilt-metal clasp. TEXTS Calendar (fols. 1 - 12v). Hours of the Cross (fols. 14 - 21v). Hours of the Holy Spirit (fols. 23 - 29v). Mass of the Virgin (fols. 31 -38). Gospel Sequences (fols. 38 - 43). Hours of the Virgin (fols. 45 114). Penitential Psalms and Litany (fols. 116 - 136v). Office of the Dead (fols. 139 - 179v). Added prayers (fols. 179v - 187). Calendar has Bavo (Oct. 1) and Donatian (Oct. 14) in red, and Livinus (Nov. 12) in black. Litany has Audomare (as Edomare) among the confessors. MINIATURES 13v Crucifixion 22v Trinity 30v Annunciation 44v Lamentation 58v Visitation 73v Nativity 79v Annunciation to the Shepherds 85v Adoration of the Magi 91v Presentation in the Temple 97v Massacre of the Innocents 107v Flight into Egypt 115v Last Judgment 138v Raising of Lazarus HISTORIATED INITIALS 23 Pentecost, in D 31 Virgin and Child Enthroned, with angels, in E 45 Annunciation, in D 116 David Praying to God, in D 139 Funeral Service, in D ADDED MINIATURES i verso Bust of Christ ii Bust of the Virgin PROVENANCE : Henry B.H. Beaufoy, F.R.S. (bookplate)