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Penitential psalm (psalm 31) taken from the De Villers Book of Hours.
Image of the Annunciation to Mary concern the birth of Jesus Christ. At the bottom is included a depiction of the Immaculate Conception, illustrated by the meeting of Joachim and Anna at the Golden Gate. The image introduces the Hours of the Virgin.
Full page miniature with the Three Living and the Three Dead at a roadside cross. Below, Job sits on a dungheap while his friends console him. The images indicated the beginning of the Office of the Dead which includes portions of the Book of Job.
The Crucifixion of Jesus Christ with Mary and John the Evangelist on the right and Jewish leaders on the left. Below is depicted the road to Calvary. This image indicates the beginning of the Short Hours of the Holy Cross.
Back page of notes on the marriage of Monsieur Pierre de Villers and Jeanne de Chissiret, as well as the birth and baptisms of their children, 1603-1621.
Front page of notes on the marriage of Monsieur Pierre de Villers and Jeanne de Chissiret, as well as the birth and baptisms of their children, 1603-1621.
Full page-miniature with David kneeling in prayer. Below, young David stands with his slingshot in hand while Goliath holds his head in pain. The miniature indicates the beginning of the Penitential Psalms, which are included in the manuscript.
Full page-miniature which depicts the Pentecost and the descent of the Holy Spirit (the dove) upon Mary and the disciples of Christ.
Illuminated miniature of the Virgin and Child in the opening page of the Obsecro Te from the De Villers Book of Hours.
Notes on the family of Pierre De Villers and Jeanne de Chissiret, 1603-1621.
Litany of the Saints page taken from the De Villers Book of Hours
Full-page miniature illustrating Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane
Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane with the apostles sleeping below.
Lodged between the calendar pages and the first verses of Saint John is a tiny strip of vellum which indicates that there is a missing page that has been cut out or broken from the book.
Lodged between the calendar pages and the first verses of Saint John is a tiny strip of vellum which indicates that there is a missing page that has been cut out or broken from the book.
Excerpt from the Short Hours of the Holy Cross and Holy Spirit, De Villers Book of Hours.
Illumination of the Visitation or meeting of Mary and Elisabeth (mother of John the Baptist) "in the hill country"
Full page illumination of the Three Living and the Three Dead "at a roadside cross, and below, Job on the dungheap being consoled by his friends (Office of the Dead in which the readings are taken from the book of Job)".
Illumination of the Presentation in the Temple (none of the Hours of the Virgin)
Illumination of the Pentecost "showing the descent of the Holy Spirit as a dove upon the gathered disciples and Mary (Short Hours of the Holy Spirit).
"Illumination of the Nativity (prime of the Hours of the Virgin)."
Illumination of the Mass of Saint Gregory. " Gregory sees a vision of the risen Christ as he elevates the host at the the consecration, thus eliminating his doubts about the real presence of Christ in the consecrated bread."
Illumination of the Flight into Egypt (vespers of the Hours of the Virgin).
Full page illumination of the Crucifixion "with Mary and John the Evangelist to Christ's right and the Jewish leaders to his left, and below, the Road to Calvary (short hours of the Holy Cross)".