Notes: [1] Although there is a full-page miniature of the patron and his wife praying to the Virgin and child (f. 20v and f. 21r, respectively), it is not certain who they are. Suggestions include Thomas Howard, third Duke of Norfolk (1473–1554) and his wife, Anne of York (1475–1511/1512); Sir William Capell (ca. 1446–1515), a Lord Mayor of London and member of Parliament, and his wife Margaret Arundell Capell (1456–1519); or Sir Stephen Jenyns (ca. 1450–1523).[2] Auction by Sotheby’s, London, June 20, 1860, Lot 117. [3] His bookplate is inside the front cover. It has the initials JP after the name, indicating he was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Surrey. See https://www.google.com/books/edition/Armorial_Families/uzc6AQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Justices+of+the+peace,+Beddington,+Surrey&pg=PA106&printsec=frontcover, p. 715. The manuscript number written on the bookplate, MS. 273, was the Bute collection number. [4] Auction by Sotheby’s, London, July 21, 1910, Lot 119. [5] Auction by Sotheby’s, London, November 15, 1918, Lot 380. It is unclear if the buyer was John Chrichton-Stuart, the Fifth Marquess of Bute, or if he acquired it shortly thereafter. [6] Auction by Sotheby’s, London, June 13, 1983, Lot 34. [7] The Berger Collection Educational Trust was founded shortly after William Berger’s death in 1999. It is uncertain when the manuscript was gifted to the trust. The collection was on loan to the Denver Art Museum until 2018. [8] The Green Collection purchased the manuscript in a private sale from Sotheby’s, London, where it was on consignment from the Berger collection Educational Trust.

Selected References:

Linda Ehrsam Voigts, “Plague Saints, Henry VII and Saint Armel,” in Saints and Cults in Medieval England, ed. Susan Powell, Harlaxton Medieval Studies 27 (New Series) (Shaun Tyas Publications: Donington, UK, 2017), 101–123.

Lori M. Grecco, “Illuminating Faith: The Bute Book of Hours” (master’s thesis, University of Denver, 2010), https://digitalcommons.du.edu/art_mrp/294 (abstract only).