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Calendar from Paris c.1400
Heures à l'usage du Mans et d'Angers (Paris? c.1420-1440)
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Introduction
The composition of the calendar is in this case an important factor in the judgment of the date and origin of this pure and classical french book of hours. The liturgical contents are apparently for use somewhere in Anjou between Angers and Le Mans (other similar books are known). But the calendar is a rare specimen of a clean composite model from Paris, with few variants and errors, and without any attempt to adopt the use for other locations, apart from the position of St.Anne on her normal day 26th instead of the Parisian day 28 July. This particularity was known to all professional scribes, who, when consequent, also would have exchanged Genevieve on 3 Jan. with the universal Octave S.Jehan. But the calendar has no affinity to local use, neigther to Angers, nor to Le Mans. Anne is not in red, which indicates a date very early in the 15th century. The names include some variants only found in similar combinations in calendars written in Paris before 1400-1410. Comparison with the variants in the Paris Calendar 1330-1530, shows how perfect it matches the general statistics. Noteworthy is the large number of rubrications, especially the exceptional rubrication of Pierre Martir 29 Apr. (Dominican saint canonized 1253), and the consequent rubrication of a number of feasts only sometimes rubricated in Paris, sometimes not [Gregoire, George, Marc ev., Yves, Germain (otherwise rarely rubricated!), Marguerite, Remy, Denis]. It is a not so distant derivation from the model earlier used in Les Petites Heures de Jean Duc de Berry (BN Lat.18014), and in a number of books of hours illuminated in Paris in the 1390'ies up to c.1410 (at the latest). Copenhagen Thott 113 8° is one of the members of this large group. It is hard to imagine a scribe in Le Mans or Angers writing this calendar without the least attempt to introduce a few of the most important local saints, as it has been done with consequence in the litany. The conclusion is that the manuscript was written on commission in a (monastic dominican) scriptorium in Paris, and probably at an earlier date than an immediate guess would be on basis of the miniatures. The traditional penwork around the initials, and the line-fillers, is executed with great routine and is very professional. It was made in a scriptorium who obviously had a large production of similar plain books of hours to earn their living. The miniatures, however, with their marginal decorations, were probably added in the provinces. The style is very far from the sophisticated products on the commercial market in Paris around this time. Books of hours with a mixed combination of Le Mans/Angers are not unusual, and many have a calendar of this Paris type, but normally with rubrications of local saints and other signs of adaptation for the use of Angers or Le Mans.

f.1		KL		Janvier
01.	01	iij	A	Circoncision nostre seigneur
02.	01		b	Oct. saint estienne
03.	01	xj	c	Sainte genevieue
04.	01		d	Oct. des innocens
05.	01	xix	e	Saint symeon
06.	01	viij	f	La typhaine de nostre seigneur
07.	01		g	Saint frambouc
08.	01	xvj	A	Saint lucien
09.	01	v	b	Saint paul
10.	01		c	Saint guillaume
11.	01	xiij	d	Saint sauveur
12.	01	ij	e	Saint satir
13.	01		f	Saint hylaire
14.	01	x	g	Saint felix
15.	01		A	Saint mor
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16.	01	xviij	b	Saint marcel
17.	01	vij	c	Saint supplice
18.	01		d	Sainte prisce
19.	01	xv	e	Saint lomer
20.	01	iiij	f	Saint fabien
21.	01		g	Sainte agnes
22.	01	xij	A	Saint vincent
23.	01	i	b	Sainte emerance
24.	01		c	Sainte babille
25.	01	ix	d	Conversion s' paul
26.	01		e	Saint policarpe
27.	01	xvij	f	Saint iulien
28.	01	vj	g	Sainte agnes
29.	01		A	Sainte paule
30.	01	xiiij	b	Saint bautheuch
31.	01	iij	c	Saint mettran

f.2		KL		Fevrier
01.	02		d	Sainte bride
02.	02	xj	e	Purificacion nostre dame
03.	02	xix	f	Saint blaise
04.	02	viij	g	Saint aventin
05.	02		A	Sainte agathe
06.	02	xvj	b	Saint amant
07.	02	v	c	Sainte helaine
08.	02		d	Saint salmon
09.	02	xiij	e	Saint aubert
10.	02	ij	f	Sainte scolace
11.	02		g	Saint desir
12.	02	x	A	Sainte eulalie
13.	02		b	Saint lucien
14.	02	xviij	c	Saint galeri
15.	02	vij	d	Saint marcel
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16.	02		e	Sainte iulienne
17.	02	xv	f	Saint donne
18.	02	iiij	g	Saint symeon
19.	02		A	Sainte susanne
20.	02	xij	b	Saint eleuthere
21.	02	i	c	Saint victor
22.	02		d	La chair s' pierre
23.	02	ix	e	Saint policarpe
24.	02		f	S. mathias apostre
25.	02	xvij	g	Saint verain
26.	02	vj	A	Sainte venice
27.	02		b	Sainte honorine
28.	02	xiiij	c	Saint iust

f.3		KL		Mars
01.	03	iij	d	Saint albin
02.	03		e	Saint prime
03.	03	xj	f	Saint marin
04.	03		g	Saint andrien
05.	03	xix	A	Saint saturu
06.	03	viij	b	Saint felice
07.	03		c	Sainte perpetue
08.	03	xvj	d	Saint potencien
09.	03	v	e	Saint boutoul
10.	03		f	Saint alixandre
11.	03	xiij	g	Saint blanchart
12.	03	ij	A	Saint gregoire
13.	03		b	Saint macedoine
14.	03	x	c	Saint innocent
15.	03		d	Saint longin
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16.	03	xviij	e	Saint edouart
17.	03	vij	f	Saint patris
18.	03		g	Saint offrain
19.	03	xv	A	Saint affradosse
20.	03	iiij	b	Saint agapit
21.	03		c	Saint benoit
22.	03	xij	d	Saint emerance
23.	03	i	e	Saint theodoire
24.	03		f	Sainte pignesme
25.	03	ix	g	Annunciacio nostre dame
26.	03		A	Saint mondain
27.	03	xvij	b	Resurrection nostre seigneur
28.	03	vj	c	Saint ernoul
29.	03		d	Saint eustace
30.	03	xiiij	e	Saint rieule
31.	03	iij	f	Saint albaire

f.4		KL		Avril
01.	04		g	Saint valeri
02.	04	xj	A	Sainte marie egipcienne
03.	04		b	Saint paucrace
04.	04	xix	c	Saint boniface
05.	04	viij	d	Saint yranne
06.	04	xvj	e	Saint thimothe
07.	04	v	f	Saint machaire
08.	04		g	Saint apollinaire
09.	04	xiij	A	Saint procor
10.	04	ij	b	Saint gobert
11.	04		c	Saint leon
12.	04	x	d	Saint marcel
13.	04		e	Saint eufemme
14.	04	xviij	f	Saint valerien
15.	04	vij	g	Saint prime
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16.	04	vij	A	Saint anaclet
17.	04	xv	b	Saint leonide
18.	04	iiij	c	Saint mapolice
19.	04		d	Saint profert
20.	04	xij	e	Saint victor
21.	04	i	f	Saint gobert
22.	04		g	Invencion s' denis
23.	04	ix	A	Saint george
24.	04		b	Sainte anastaise
25.	04	xvij	c	S. marc ewangeliste
26.	04	vj	d
27.	04		e	Saint vital
28.	04	xiiij	f	Saint germain
29.	04	iii	g	Saint pierre martir
30.	04		A	Saint eutrope

f.5		KL		May
01.	05	xj	b	S. iaque et s' philippe
02.	05		c	Sainte anastaise
03.	05	xix	d	Invencion sainte croix
04.	05	viij	e	Saint quiriace
05.	05		f	Saint fortunat
06.	05	xvj	g	S. iehan devant porte latine
07.	05	v	A	Saint silvain
08.	05		b	Saint beath
09.	05	xiij	c	Translacion s' nicolas
10.	05	ij	d	Saint memer
11.	05		e	Saint gendulphe
12.	05	x	f	Saint paucras
13.	05		g	Saint boniface
14.	05	xviij	A	Saint andoine
15.	05	vij	b	Saint ysidoire
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16.	05		c	Saint honnoure
17.	05	xv	d	Saint ambroise
18.	05	iiij	e	Saint felice
19.	05		f	Saint yves
20.	05	xij	g	Saint vaudrille
21.	05	i	A	Saint aubert
22.	05		b	Saint enulle
23.	05	ix	c	Saint desir
24.	05		d	Saint donne
25.	05	xvij	e	Saint urbain
26.	05	vj	f	Saint augustin
27.	05		g	Saint cheron
28.	05	xiiij	A	Saint germain
29.	05	iij	b	Saint maxime
30.	05		c	Saint felix
31.	05	xj	d	Sainte perrounelle

f.6		KL		Juing
01.	06		e	Saint nichomede
02.	06	xix	f	Saint mathelin
03.	06	viij	g	Saint liephart
04.	06	xvj	A	Saint panthalin
05.	06	v	b	Saint boniface
06.	06		c	Saint ponce
07.	06	xiij	d	Saint proces
08.	06	ij	e	Saint marc
09.	06		f	Saint felicien
10.	06	x	g	Saint landri
11.	06		A	Saint barnabe apostre
12.	06	xviij	b	Sainte basille
13.	06	vij	c	Saint leon
14.	06		d	Saint babile
15.	06	xv	e	Sainte flour
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16.	06	iiij	f	Saint scire
17.	06		g	Saint boutoul
18.	06	xii	A	Saint maxime
19.	06	i	b	Saint gervois
20.	06		c	Saint florent
21.	06	ix	d	Saint liefroy
22.	06		e	Saint paulin
23.	06	xvij	f	Vigille
24.	06	vj	g	Saint iehan baptiste
25.	06		A	Saint eley
26.	06	xiiij	b	Saint iehan s' paul
27.	06	iij	c	Saint leon
28.	06		d	Vigille
29.	06	xi	e	S. pierre et s' paul apostres
30.	06		f	Commemoracio s' paul

f.7		KL		Juillet
01.	07	xix	g	Saint thyebaut
02.	07	viij	A	Saint proces
03.	07		b	Saint apolin
04.	07	xvj	c	La translacion s' martin
05.	07	v	d	Saint dominique
06.	07		e	Oct. saint pierre
07.	07	xiij	f	Saint thomas
08.	07	ij	g	Saint procope
09.	07		A	Saint zenon
10.	07	x	b	Les vij freres
11.	07		c	Saint benoit
12.	07	xviij	d	Saint sist
13.	07	vij	e	Saint curien
14.	07		f	Saint landri
15.	07	xv	g	Saint bertin
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16.	07	iiij	A	Saint alexi
17.	07		b	Saint piath
18.	07	xij	c	Saint ernoul
19.	07	i	d	Saint iust
20.	07		e	Sainte marguerite
21.	07	ix	f	Saint paucrace
22.	07		g	Marie magdaleine
23.	07	xvij	A	Saint apolinaire
24.	07	vj	b	Sainte xpistine
25.	07		c	S. iaque et s' xpofle
26.	07	xiiij	d	Sainte anne
27.	07	iij	e	Saint marcel
28.	07		f	Les vij dormans
29.	07	xj	g	Saint felix
30.	07	xix	A	Saint abdon
31.	07		b	Saint germain

f.8		KL		Aoust
01.	08	viij	c	S. pierre aux liens
02.	08	xvj	d	Saint estienne
03.	08	v	e	Invencion s' estienne
04.	08		f	Saint osonans
05.	08	xiij	g	Saint yon
06.	08	ij	A	Saint sist
07.	08		b	Saint donne
08.	08	x	c	Saint iustin
09.	08		d	Vigille
10.	08	xviij	e	Saint lorens
11.	08	vij	f	Sainte coronne
12.	08		g	Sainte claire
13.	08	xv	A	Saint ypolite
14.	08	iiij	b	Vigille
15.	08		c	Assumpcion nostre dame
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16.	08	xij	d	Saint omer
17.	08	i	e	Oct. saint lorens
18.	08		f	Saint agapit
19.	08	ix	g	Saint grant
20.	08		A	Saint lenart
21.	08	xvij	b	Saint prime
22.	08	vj	c	Saint symphorien
23.	08		d	Saint thymote
24.	08	xiiij	e	S. barthelemeu apostre
25.	08	iij	f	Saint loys roy de france
26.	08		g	Saint habundain
27.	08	xj	A	Saint george
28.	08	xix	b	Saint augustin
29.	08		c	Decollacion s' iehan baptiste
30.	08	viij	d	Saint fiacre
31.	08		e	Saint paulin

f.9		KL		Septembre
01.	09	xvj	f	Saint gille s' leu
02.	09	v	g	Saint antonin
03.	09		A	Saint godegran
04.	09	xiij	b	Saint marcel
05.	09	ij	c	Saint victorin
06.	09		d	Saint donacien
07.	09	x	e	Saint clauost
08.	09		f	La nativite nostre dame
09.	09	xviij	g	Saint omer
10.	09	vij	A	Saint demettre
11.	09		b	Saint scire
12.	09	xv	c	Saint venant
13.	09	iiij	d	Saint prothin
14.	09		e	Exaltacion sainte croix
15.	09	xij	f	Oct. nostre dame
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16.	09	i	g	Saint mathelin
17.	09		A	Saint liephart
18.	09	ix	b	Saint panthelin
19.	09		c	Saint signe
20.	09	xvij	d	Vigille
21.	09	vj	e	Saint mathieu apostre
22.	09		f	Saint morisse
23.	09	xiiij	g	Saint tecle
24.	09	iij	A	Saint hyece
25.	09		b	Saint fremin
26.	09	xj	c	Saint cyprien
27.	09	xix	d	Saint cosme
28.	09		e	Saint presme
29.	09	viij	f	S' michiel archange
30.	09		g	Saint ieroisme

f.10		KL		Octobre
01.	10	xvj	A	Saint remy
02.	10	v	b	Saint legier
03.	10	xiij	c	Saint victor
04.	10	ij	d	Saint franchois
05.	10		e	Sainte xpistine
06.	10	x	f	Sainte foy
07.	10		g	Saint marc
08.	10	xviij	A	Saint demettre
09.	10	vij	b	Saint denis
10.	10		c	Saint gereon
11.	10	xv	d	Saint macaire
12.	10	iiij	e	Saint venant
13.	10		f	Saint curien
14.	10	xij	g	Saint calixte
15.	10	i	A	Saint ozan
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16.	10		b	Saint michiel
17.	10	ix	c	Saint cerbon
18.	10		d	S. lucas ewangeliste
19.	10	xvij	e	Saint luthermast
20.	10	vj	f	Saint capraise
21.	10		g	Les xi mille virges
22.	10	xiiij	A	Saint mellon
23.	10	iij	b	Saint gracien
24.	10		c	Saint magloire
25.	10	xj	d	Saint crespin
26.	10	xix	e	Saint amant
27.	10		f	Vigille
28.	10	viij	g	S. symon s' iude apostres
29.	10		A	Saint marcis
30.	10	xvj	b	Saint lucain
31.	10	v	c	Vigille

f.11		KL		Novembre
01.	11		d	Feste de touz sains
02.	11	xiij	e	Commemoracion de mors
03.	11	ij	f	Saint marcel
04.	11		g	Saint cler
05.	11	x	A	Saint lye
06.	11		b	Saint lienart
07.	11	xviij	c	Saint herculain
08.	11	vij	d	Les iiij couronnes
09.	11		e	Saint theodoire
10.	11	xv	f	Saint tiburce
11.	11	iiij	g	Saint martin
12.	11		A	Saint leon
13.	11	xij	b	Sainte brisce
14.	11	i	c	Saint maclou
15.	11		d	Sainte eugene
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16.	11	ix	e	Saint aignen
17.	11		f	Saint mauduit
18.	11	xvij	g	Saint romain
19.	11	vj	A	Saint esmont
20.	11		b	Saint columbain
21.	11	xiiij	c	Saint iust
22.	11	iij	d	Sainte cecile
23.	11		e	Saint clement
24.	11	xj	f	Saint grisogone
25.	11	xix	g	Sainte katherine
26.	11		A	Sainte genevieue
27.	11	viij	b	Saint vital
28.	11		c	Saint ruffin
29.	11	xvj	d	Vigille
30.	11	v	e	Saint andrieu

f.12		KL		Decembre
01.	12	xiij	f	Saint eloy
02.	12	xiii.ii	g	Saint flain
03.	12		A	Saint claudrien
04.	12	x	b	Saint ambroise
05.	12		c	Sainte barbe
06.	12	xviij	d	Saint nicolas
07.	12	vij	e	Saint faire
08.	12		f	Concepcion nostre dame
09.	12	xv	g	Saint cyprien
10.	12	iiij	A	Sainte eulalie
11.	12		b	Saint fuscien
12.	12	xij	c	Saint valerien
13.	12	i	d	Saint lucien
14.	12		e	Saint nichaise
15.	12	ix	f	Saint maxime
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16.	12		g	Sainte barbe
17.	12	xvij	A	Saint ladre
18.	12	vj	b	Saint flauien
19.	12		c	Saint seurin
20.	12	xiiij	d	Saint enulle
21.	12	iij	e	Saint thomas apostre
22.	12		f	Saint victor
23.	12	xj	g	Saint berthin
24.	12	xix	A	Vigille
25.	12		b	Nativite nostre seigneur
26.	12	viij	c	S. estienne prothomartir
27.	12		d	S. iehan ewangeliste
28.	12	xvj	e	Les sains innocens
29.	12	v	f	Saint thomas
30.	12		g	Saint perpetue
31.	12	xiij	A	Saint sevestre

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