| LC control no. | no2007083709 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Uniform title heading | Bedford hours |
| Variant(s) | Hours of Anne of Burgundy and John of Lancaster Bedford missal Stundenbuch des Herzogs von Bedford Bedford-Stundenbuch British Library. Manuscript. Additional 18850 Bedford book of hours British Museum. Manuscript. Add. 18850 |
| See also | Container of (expression): Catholic Church. Book of hours (Manuscript Bedford hours) Artist: Bedford Master, active 1415-1430 Former owner: Anne, of Burgundy, Duchess of Bedford, 1404?-1432 Former owner: Bedford, John Plantagenet, Duke of, 1389-1435 Seller: Boone, William, 1795 or 1796-1870 Former owner: Marlborough, George Spencer Churchill, Duke of, 1766-1840 Former owner: Edwards, James, 1756-1816 Former owner: Portland, Margaret Cavendish Holles Harley Bentinck, Duchess of, 1715-1785 Former owner: Oxford, Edward Harley, Earl of, 1689-1741 Former owner: Catherine de Médicis, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of France, 1519-1589 Former owner: Henry II, King of France, 1519-1559 Former owner: Henry VI, King of England, 1421-1471 Current owner: British Library Former owner: British Museum |
| Other standard no. | 200153669 Q2616920 |
| Form of work | Illustrated works Manuscripts Illustrated works Painted books Illuminated manuscript |
| Content type | text still image |
| Beginning date | [1410~..1430~] |
| Associated place | London (England) |
| Place of origin | Paris (France) |
| Affiliation | British Library British Museum |
| Special note | Authorized access point represents the manuscript as a physical entity, including its decoration, script, history, etc.; for the textual content of the manuscript, use: Catholic Church. Book of hours (Manuscript Bedford hours) (n 80123794). |
| Found in | König, E. The Bedford Hours, 2007: t.p. (Bedford Hours) p. 5 (ms. book of hours illuminated by the Bedford master, now British Library Additional ms. 18850) p.128 (Hours of Anne of Burgundy and John of Lancaster, Duke of Bedford; book of hours for the Use of Paris, written and illuminated in several stages between ca. 1410-1415 and ca. 1430) Backhouse, J. The Bedford Hours, 1990: t.p. (Bedford Hours) p. 5 (Bedford Book of Hours, British Library Additional ms. 18850) Das Stundenbuch des Herzogs von Bedford, Ms. Add. 18850, The British Library, London, 2006: t.p. (Stundenbuch des Herzogs von Bedford) p. 11 (Bedford-Stundenbuch) Catalogue of additions to the manuscripts in the British Museum in the years MDCCCXLVIII-MCVVVLIII, 1868: p. 158 (Horæ and officia, known under the name of the Bedford Missal, Add. 18,850) Ocelli nominum, 1992: p. 19 (Bedford Hours/Missal, London, BL, Add. 18850) French painting in the time of Jean de Berry, 1968: p. 31, 70 (Bedford Hours) p. 370 (Brit. Mus. Add.18850, Bedford Hours) Wikipedia, 17 January 2023: Bedford Hours (Bedford Hours; French late medieval book of hours, early 15th century (c. 1410-1430); is in British Library, Add MS 18850; produced over several stages, including new material added as manuscript passed from owner to owner; some of its miniatures, including portraits of Duke and Duchess of Bedford, have been attributed to the Bedford Master and his workshop in Paris; in early 1420s, was in possession of John of Lancaster, the Duke of Bedford and regent of France on behalf of his nephew Henry VI; in 1423 he gave the manuscript to his wife Anne of Burgundy as a wedding present; in 1430 Anne gave it as Christmas present to Henry VI; later owners include King Henry II of France and his wife Catherine de' Medici (identifiable by their coats of arms, added to the manuscript), and Frances Worsley (1673-1750), wife of Sir Robert Worsley, 4th baronet of Appuldurcombe; Edward Harley probably purchased the manuscript from Frances Worsley; he bequeathed it to his daughter, Margaret Bentinck, Duchess of Portland; was sold in 1786 to James Edwards; George Spencer-Churchill, 5th Duke of Marlborough, bought the manuscript (along with the rest of Edwards's library); from sale of Duke's library, Sir John Tobin bought it: and in 1838 gave it to his son, the Rev. John Tobin, who sold it in 1851 to bookseller William Boone; purchased by British Museum in 1852) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedford_Hours> Johnson, Lauren. The shadow king, 2019: page 47 (John, Duke of Bedford, and Anne, Duchess of Bedford, turned their homes in Paris and Rouen into opulent centres of artistic patronage) page 92 (Bedford's Rouen base was an artistic and literary centre, producing works like the illuminated book of hours that Anne gave Henry VI, at the court of Rouen, as a New Year's gift in 1431) page 618 (note: BL, Add MS 18850; portraits of the duke and duchess appear at f256v and f257v) Wikipedia, 25 January 2023: British Library (prior to 1973, British Library was part of British Museum; British Library was created 1 July 1973 as result of British Library Act 1972; the Additional Manuscripts series covers manuscripts that are not part of the named collections, and contains all other manuscripts donated, purchased or bequeathed to the Library since 1756) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Library> |
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