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Book of Hours (Use of Paris), "The Hours of St. Alexis" – Virtual Reconstruction

Parchment · 41 leaves · 1450 – 1475 CE · France (Northern) · 195 x 142 (85 x 62) mm

F-26sq

[sine loco], codices restituti,
Go to Overview Page

Language
Latin
Reconstruction Summary

A fifteenth-century Book of Hours known as the St. Alexis Hours. Written in Northern France in the third quarter of the fifteenth century, Use of Paris indicated by the Calendar and the responsories of the Office of the Dead. The presence of extensive illustrative cycles for the Lives of St. Alexis and of St. Catherine of Alexandria suggest that the manuscript may have been made for a married couple named Alexis and Catherine. Full borders of acanthus and rinceaux in gold and colors with birds, plants, trees, and hybrids. One- to -three-line initials throughout, many historiated with portraits. Roundel miniature in the outer central margin of each recto and verso illustrating several different narratives: Calendar: Labors of the Month (r) and Zodiac (v); Gospel Readings: Evangelist portraits and Biblical scenes; Marian prayers: Scenes from the Life of the Virgin and other Biblical scenes; Hours of the Virgin: Scenes from the Life of St. Catherine of Alexandria; Penitential Psalms and Office of the Dead: Scenes from the Life of St. Alexis. When complete, said to have been owned by Erza Clark Stillman (1907-95), New York, NY. Likely broken by Bruce Ferrini in the 1980s. Resequenced by students in Lisa Fagin Davis' Fall 2025 Simmons University School of Library and Information Science (Boston, Massachusetts) course, "The Medieval Manuscript: from Charlemagne to Gutenberg" (LIS 464): Téa Belog, Clayton Bessire, Laken Bonatch, Michael Borelli, Oscar Corkey, Juliana Cuomo, Regan Doyle, Sarah Flynn, Shaelyn Frost, Jennifer Giri, Nico Griner,   Marion Hamilton, Melinda Howard, Laura Kiely, Bailey Kirkpatrick, Julia Lee, Sarah Leveille, Emily Lewis, Theo Mandell, Liv Murphy, Annika Our, Caleb Ritter, Audrey Stewart, Tara Theaker, and Page Wheeler.

(Lisa Fagin Davis)
Scholarly description(s)
  • Simmons School of Library and Information Science LIS 464 (Fall 2025) observations
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Online Since
12/09/2025

Book of Hours (Use of Paris), "The Hours of St. Alexis"

Parchment · 41 leaves · 1450 – 1475 CE · France (Northern) · 195 x 142 (85 x 62) mm

F-26sq

[sine loco], codices restituti,

How to quote
Book of Hours (Use of Paris), "The Hours of St. Alexis" (Virtual Reconstruction), (https://fragmentarium.ms/overview/F-26sq)

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Permanent link
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Online Since
12/09/2025

Book of Hours (Use of Paris), "The Hours of St. Alexis" – Virtual Reconstruction

Parchment · 41 leaves · 1450 – 1475 CE · France (Northern) · 195 x 142 (85 x 62) mm

F-26sq

[sine loco], codices restituti,

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Contact E-Mail
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Online Since
12/09/2025
Century
  • 15th century
Text Language
  • Latin
Script Type
  • Northern Textualis
Illuminated
  • Yes
Liturgica
  • Book of hours
France
  • Role: Not Specified
  • Authority Source: Library of Congress

Book of Hours (Use of Paris), "The Hours of St. Alexis"

F-26sq

[sine loco], codices restituti
Overview

Label: Calendar

  • U_Missouri_r
  • U_Missouri_v
  • 1516r
  • 1516v
  • 4259r
  • 4259v
  • IM_1501r
  • IM_1501v
  • Grinnell_r
  • Grinnell_v
  • IM_1500r
  • IM_1500v
  • Pirages_ST12835_r
  • Pirages_ST12835_v

Label: Gospel Readings

  • im_13672r
  • im_13672v
  • 3498r
  • 3498v
  • 1489r
  • 1489v
  • Puckett_IM_4095r

Label: Obsecro te/ O intemerata

  • Ferrini_I_84r
  • 2816r_1_
  • 2816v
  • im_13673r
  • im_13673v

Label: Hours of the Virgin

Matins
  • Puckett_IM_1518r
  • Puckett_IM_1518v
  • ST14277r
  • ST14277v
  • Book_of_Hours_Leaf_Recto
  • Book_of_Hours_Leaf_Verso
  • 1519r
  • 1519v
  • U_Miami_Art_Museum_r
  • U_Miami_Art_Museum_v
  • 1474r
  • 1474v
Lauds
  • Quaritch_cat_1036_no_28_r
Compline
  • Cropped_Pirages_53_035_recto

Label: Hours of the Holy Spirit

Matins/Prime
  • Akron_private_r
  • Akron_private_v
Sext
  • Emory_r
  • Emory_v

Label: Penitential Psalms

  • Ohio_State_290_22_r
  • Ohio_State_290_22_v
  • Christie_s_9_Dec_2020_lot_13_r
  • Freemans_Hindman_r
  • Freemans_Hindman_v

Label: Office of the Dead

Matins
  • CMA_2022_102r
  • CMA_2022_102v
  • RectoKeioUniversity
  • VersoKeioUniversity
  • 1472r
  • 1472v
  • BPL_Pb_Med_232r
  • BPL_Pb_Med_232v
  • 1st_dibs_r
  • 1st_dibs_v
  • Utah_MFAr
  • Utah_MFAv
  • 4093r
  • 4093v
  • Baltimore_R
  • Baltimore_V
  • Blackburn_2005_206r
  • Blackburn_2005_206v
Lauds
  • 4092r
  • 4092v
Vespers
  • 1488r
  • 1488v

Label: Suffrages

  • sn_recto
  • sn_verso

Label: French prayers

Tres doulce dame
  • 3499r
  • 3499v
Biau sire dieu
  • 343r
  • 343v

Label: Uncertain

  • 4091r
  • 4091v

Book of Hours (Use of Paris), "The Hours of St. Alexis"

F-26sq

[sine loco], codices restituti
Overview

Canvases
  • U_Missouri_r
  • U_Missouri_v
  • 1516r
  • 1516v
  • 4259r
  • 4259v
  • [empty]
  • IM_1501r
  • IM_1501v
  • Grinnell_r
  • Grinnell_v
  • IM_1500r
  • IM_1500v
  • [empty]
  • Pirages_ST12835_r
  • Pirages_ST12835_v
  • [empty]
  • im_13672r
  • im_13672v
  • 3498r
  • 3498v
  • 1489r
  • 1489v
  • [empty]
  • Puckett_IM_4095r
  • [empty]
  • [empty]
  • Ferrini_I_84r
  • [empty]
  • [empty]
  • 2816r_1_
  • 2816v
  • [empty]
  • im_13673r
  • im_13673v
  • [empty]
  • Puckett_IM_1518r
  • Puckett_IM_1518v
  • [empty]
  • ST14277r
  • ST14277v
  • [empty]
  • Book_of_Hours_Leaf_Recto
  • Book_of_Hours_Leaf_Verso
  • 1519r
  • 1519v
  • [empty]
  • U_Miami_Art_Museum_r
  • U_Miami_Art_Museum_v
  • [empty]
  • 1474r
  • 1474v
  • [empty]
  • Quaritch_cat_1036_no_28_r
  • [empty]
  • [empty]
  • Cropped_Pirages_53_035_recto
  • [empty]
  • [empty]
  • Akron_private_r
  • Akron_private_v
  • [empty]
  • Emory_r
  • Emory_v
  • [empty]
  • Ohio_State_290_22_r
  • Ohio_State_290_22_v
  • [empty]
  • Christie_s_9_Dec_2020_lot_13_r
  • [empty]
  • [empty]
  • Freemans_Hindman_r
  • Freemans_Hindman_v
  • [empty]
  • CMA_2022_102r
  • CMA_2022_102v
  • [empty]
  • RectoKeioUniversity
  • VersoKeioUniversity
  • [empty]
  • 1472r
  • 1472v
  • BPL_Pb_Med_232r
  • BPL_Pb_Med_232v
  • [empty]
  • 1st_dibs_r
  • 1st_dibs_v
  • [empty]
  • Utah_MFAr
  • Utah_MFAv
  • [empty]
  • 4093r
  • 4093v
  • Baltimore_R
  • Baltimore_V
  • [empty]
  • Blackburn_2005_206r
  • Blackburn_2005_206v
  • [empty]
  • 4092r
  • 4092v
  • [empty]
  • 1488r
  • 1488v
  • [empty]
  • sn_recto
  • sn_verso
  • [empty]
  • 3499r
  • 3499v
  • [empty]
  • 343r
  • 343v
  • [empty]
  • 4091r
  • 4091v
  • [empty]
  • Content Structure
  • Sequence
  • Description
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