Live auction - Lot 936
[Devotion - Prayerbook]
Latin prayerbook.
[Low Countries?, 15th c.]
€ 1.500 / 2.000
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Lot description
18vo, c. 13,5 x 10,5 cm: [240] ff., on paper, written in a tiny hand in brown and red ink, with countless abbreviations, 30/34 ll. (toned, occ. soiling or staining).
Old vellum, flat spine. In good condition.
Contents: ff. [1r-6v] a calendar with numerous extra indications as "missa" or "duplex"; [7r-8v] Hymans (Stabat Mater, Stella Marisà; [9r-240v] Psalms, prayers and litanies to the Holy Virgin and various Saints, prayers for different parts of the Mass etc. (to be identified). Rubricated throughout.
Prov. "Luytens Vte de Bossut", probably Maximilien-François-Joseph Luytens de Bossut (Tournai 1733 - Lille 1801), lord of Bossut-sur-l’Escaut, Espagneux, Escournay, etc. (18th-c. engr. armorial bookpl. by "Derond"). - Old tickets on binding.