IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 118775 accession number: MS McClean 68 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Monday 24 August 2020 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Parchment, i modern paper flyleaf + i modern parchment flyleaf + 340 fols. + i modern parchment flyleaf + i modern paper flyleaf, 110 x 77 mm (57 x 40 mm), 13 long lines, ruled in brown ink, catchwords BINDING: Nineteenth century, brown morocco over wooden boards, unidentified arms and motto Carpe Diem stamped on both covers, edges gilt and gauffered. CONTENTS: fols. 1r–12v Calendar fols. 13r–133v Hours of the Virgin fols. 134r–142r Mass of the Virgin fols. 142v–143r Rubric on Ember Days (in Italian) fols. 143v–144r Twelve Articles of Faith (in Italian) fols. 144r–145r Six Articles of Faith (in Italian) fols. 145v–146r Ten Commandments (in Italian) fols. 146v–147r Seven Sacraments (in Italian) fol. 147v Seven Deadly Sins (in Italian) fol. 148r Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit (in Italian) fol. 148r Seven Works of Corporal Mercy (in Italian) fol. 149r–149v Seven Works of Spiritual Mercy (in Italian) fol. 150v Seven Cardinal Virtues (in Italian) fols. 151r–153v Prayers to St Sebastian and against the plague fols. 154r–198v Long Hours of the Cross fols. 198v–202v Short Hours of the Cross fols. 202v–206r Prayer on the Seven Last Words fols. 206r–215r Prayer Sancta maria madre del nostro signore fols. 216r–289v Office of the Dead fols. 289v–292r Dies irae fols. 292v–293r Prayer against the plague fols. 293r–295r Prayer Gaude virgo mater Christi fols. 296r–329r Penitential Psalms and Litany fols. 329r–332v Rubricated prayers, O Domine Iesu Christi adoro te fols. 332v–335v Ten verses of St Bernard fols. 336r–337v Prayers at Communion, Signore mio dolcissimo (in Italian) fols. 337v–340r Prayers of the Communicant, Signore e dio padre (in Italian) DECORATION: Six historiated initials in pink, with white foliate patterns and stylized acanthus extensions on gold grounds, gold bars framing the text space on four sides, and full floral borders: fol. 13r Hours of the Virgin, Matins, [D, 8 ll.] Virgin and Child, with arms of the Spannocchi family (Piccolomini branch) on the left and arms of the Nini family (Trecerchi branch) on the right in lower border; fol. 134r Mass of the Virgin, [S, 8 ll.] Assumption of the Virgin; fol. 157r Long Hours of the Cross, [D, 7 ll.] Christ as Man of Sorrows; fol. 198v Short Hours of the Cross, [P, 6 ll.] Cross within rays; fol. 216r Office of the Dead, [D, 9 ll.] Skull and bones; fol. 296r Penitential Psalms [D, 8 ll.], David penitent. ORNAMENTATION: Blue, green or pink initials [5–9 ll.] with white or yellow foliate patterns and stylized acanthus extensions on gold grounds at major text divisions; gold initials [2–5 ll.] on green, blue and dark pink grounds with foliate extensions for lesser text division; alternate blue and red penwork initials [2–5 ll.], some parted, with red or blue pen flourishing; alternate red and blue one-line penwork initials; black and red foliate penwork line fillers; blue paraph marks; capitals highlighted in red or yellow (fols. 206r–215r only). title: book of hours NOTES ----- type: history note value: Arms of the Spannocchi family (Piccolomini branch) on the left and arms of the Nini family (Trecerchi branch) on the right in the border of fol. 13r; motto Carpe Diem and unidentified shield of arms, party per pale, dexter, a cross fleury between four stars, sinister, a chevron between three hands, on both covers; acquired by Frank McClean (1837–1904) in Bologna (James 1912a, 138); his bequest, 1904. LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Manuscripts and Printed Books collection: Frank McClean STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/118775 PEOPLE ------------------- McClean, Frank TECHNIQUES ---------- penwork TECHNIQUES ---------- illumination CATEGORIES ------ category: illuminated manuscript category: manuscript DATING ------ creation date: 1473 - 1476 creation date earliest: 1473 creation date latest: 1476 culture: 15th Century, Mid-Late# CREATORS -------- maker: Mercati, Venturino d’Andrea da Milano EXHIBITIONS HISTORY ------------------- title: Splendours of Italian Illumination: Romanesque - Gothic - Renaissance CITATIONS -------- Corali minati de Monte Oliveto Maggine A descriptive catalogue of the McClean Collection of Manuscripts in the Fitzwilliam Museum The Wildenstein Collection of Illuminations: The Lombard School A Catalogue of Western Book Illumination in the Fitzwilliam Museum and the Cambridge Colleges. Part Two. Vols. 1-2: Italy and the Iberian Peninsula --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/msspb/msspb16/MS_20McClean_2068_20_2813r_29.jpg height: 780 pixels width: 603 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/msspb/msspb16/mid_MS_20McClean_2068_20_2813r_29.jpg height: 647 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/msspb/msspb16/MS_20McClean_2068_20_2813r_29.jpg height: 780 pixels width: 603 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/msspb/msspb16/preview_MS_20McClean_2068_20_2813r_29.jpg height: 323 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/msspb/msspb16/MS_20McClean_2068_20_28134r_29.jpg height: 780 pixels width: 659 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/msspb/msspb16/mid_MS_20McClean_2068_20_28134r_29.jpg height: 592 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/msspb/msspb16/MS_20McClean_2068_20_28134r_29.jpg height: 780 pixels width: 659 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/msspb/msspb16/preview_MS_20McClean_2068_20_28134r_29.jpg height: 296 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/msspb/msspb16/MS_20McClean_2068_20_28157r_29.jpg height: 780 pixels width: 648 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/msspb/msspb16/mid_MS_20McClean_2068_20_28157r_29.jpg height: 602 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/msspb/msspb16/MS_20McClean_2068_20_28157r_29.jpg height: 780 pixels width: 648 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/msspb/msspb16/preview_MS_20McClean_2068_20_28157r_29.jpg height: 301 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/msspb/msspb16/MS_20McClean_2068_20_28170v_29.jpg height: 780 pixels width: 661 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/msspb/msspb16/mid_MS_20McClean_2068_20_28170v_29.jpg height: 590 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/msspb/msspb16/MS_20McClean_2068_20_28170v_29.jpg height: 780 pixels width: 661 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/msspb/msspb16/preview_MS_20McClean_2068_20_28170v_29.jpg height: 295 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/msspb/msspb16/MS_20McClean_2068_20_28177v_29.jpg height: 780 pixels width: 684 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/msspb/msspb16/mid_MS_20McClean_2068_20_28177v_29.jpg height: 570 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/msspb/msspb16/MS_20McClean_2068_20_28177v_29.jpg height: 780 pixels width: 684 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/msspb/msspb16/preview_MS_20McClean_2068_20_28177v_29.jpg height: 285 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/msspb/msspb16/MS_20McClean_2068_20_28198v_29.jpg height: 780 pixels width: 664 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/msspb/msspb16/mid_MS_20McClean_2068_20_28198v_29.jpg height: 587 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/msspb/msspb16/MS_20McClean_2068_20_28198v_29.jpg height: 780 pixels width: 664 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/msspb/msspb16/preview_MS_20McClean_2068_20_28198v_29.jpg height: 294 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/msspb/msspb16/MS_20McClean_2068_20_28296r_29.jpg height: 780 pixels width: 606 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/msspb/msspb16/mid_MS_20McClean_2068_20_28296r_29.jpg height: 644 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/msspb/msspb16/MS_20McClean_2068_20_28296r_29.jpg height: 780 pixels width: 606 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/msspb/msspb16/preview_MS_20McClean_2068_20_28296r_29.jpg height: 322 pixels width: 250 pixels