Book of hours

Title from: Faye & Bond, Supplement.
Book of hours, with calendar, Amiens usage.
Written in textualis semi-quadrata, brown ink, rubicated; text in 1 column of 18 long lines; liturgical calendar of 17 long lines; 12 miniatures, all in arched compartments mostly 13 lines high, miniatures are by the Waddesdon Master, a follower of the Master of Raoul d'Ailly; 1-line, 2-line, and 3-line + initials in gold and colors; line endings in gold and colors; decorative borders in gold and colors.
Made in Amiens c. 1440-1450. A space for a coat of arms was left below the Annunciation on fol. 25 but never filled in. This and the very standard nature of the texts and decoration suggests that the book was made for the open market.
Binding: 17th century brown morocco, gilt, decoration on sides and between raised bands on spine.
With bookplate of Nicolas Joseph Foucault (1643-1721), statesman and antiquarian.
Full calendar in French, with major feasts in red, Amiens usage; Gospel pericopes; Hours of the Virgin, Amiens usage; Penitential psalms; Litany, Amiens usage; Short hours of the Cross; Short hours of the Holy Spirit; Office of the Dead, Amiens usage.
Text in Latin and French.
From the library of Nicolas Joseph Foucault.