Digital Medieval Manuscripts at Houghton Library
Bibliography for Harvard University, Houghton Library,
MS Typ 464
This bibliography was compiled by Aden Kumler, Justin Stover, Joshua O’Driscoll and William Stoneman.
Please be advised that some links may require Harvard ID and PIN.
HOLLIS Record (Link) and Digital Images (Link)
W.H. Bond and C.U. Faye, Supplement to the Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada. New York: Bibliographical Society of America, 1962. MS cited p. 279.
A brief description of the manuscript with a note on provenance. HOLLIS
Roger S. Wieck, Late Medieval and Renaissance Illuminated Manuscripts, 1350–1525, in the Houghton Library. Cambridge: Department of Printing and Graphic Arts, Harvard College Library, 1983. MS cited no. 16 with fig. reproducing ff. 4 and 71.
A description of the manuscript and a discussion of its illuminator, Jean Colombe. Additional notes on the miniatures, binding, provenance and bibliography. HOLLIS
Roger S. Wieck, “French Illuminated manuscripts in the Houghton Library: Recent Discoveries and Attributions,” Harvard Library Bulletin 31.2 (1983), pp. 188–198. MS cited pp. 191-192 with fig. 5 reproducing f. 102.
Very brief mention in a listing of the Library’s holdings of French illumination. The miniatures are attributed to Jean Colombe.
Available online (Link). HOLLIS
A Catalogue of an Exhibition of the Philip Hofer Bequest in the Department of Printing and Graphic Arts. Cambridge, MA: Harvard College Library, 1988. MS cited p. 14. HOLLIS
Kate Patrick, “Shades of Meaning,” Picturing Prayer: The Book of Hours in the Middle Ages. Cambridge, Mass.: Houghton Library, 2006. MS cited no. 4 with fig. reproducing f. 45v.
A discussion of grisaille in the MS, particularly in the Annunciation to the Shepherds miniature. HOLLIS
