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BnF, MS lat. 10536 is a Book of Hours held in Paris’ Bibliothèque nationale de France. Produced in Picardy in the 15th century, the codex is notable for being one of a small handful of extant early (wikt:cordiform|cordiform) (heart-shaped) manuscript books.

Description

Copied on paper, and measuring approximately 175 × 100 mm, the 151 folio codex contains a calendar (ff. 1r–8r), followed by the Hours of the Use of Amiens,JOURNAL, Radical Beauty: Marguerite de Navarre's Illuminated Protestant Catechism and Confession, Orth, Myra D., Sixteenth Century Journal, 24, 2, 1993, 383–427, 10.2307/2541955, 2541955, {{rp|414 n.44}} the likely place of its production.BOOK, Les Rothschild collectionneurs de manuscrits, De Hamel, Christopher, Bibliothèque nationale de France, de Vigan, Monique, Paris, 2004, {{rp|101}} Written in Latin, the text is ornamented with enlarged initials, some decorated with penwork.WEB, Heures, BnF Gallica, 14 Feb 2022,weblink The codex is bound in red Morocco stamped with the arms of Philippe de Béthune.WEB, Latin 10536, BnF Archives et Manuscrits, 14 Feb 2022,weblink

Provenance

The Bibliothèque nationale de France purchased the book from M. de Bure, bookseller, in 1824. The sale of the collection of the famous Parisian bookseller and bibliophile Charles Chardin took place in February and March of that year at Hôtel Bullion, Paris;WEB, Charles Chardin, British Museum, 14 Feb 2022,weblink the manuscript had been lot number 155 in the sale.WEB, Charles Chardin (1742-1826?), BnF Data, 14 Feb 2022,weblink

See also

• Book of Hours
• Chansonnier Cordiforme
• Heart Book

References

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External links

• A black-and-white microfilm of the codex can be viewed via Gallica.

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