The miniatures
are of excellent design and colour, finely modelled, and quite in the
manner of the paintings of Fontainebleau. The text is a combination of
Jarry-like Roman with italic. It may be compared with 18854, similar in
some respects, but the smaller miniatures and the frames look more like
the older school of Tours. This MS. is also a Book of Offices, and was
written for Fran?ois de Dinteville, Bishop of Auxerre, in 1525, as
appears from an inscription in gold letters on fol. 26 v.
[Illustration:
OFFICM. B. MARI? VIRGINES
C. 1530
_Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 18853, fol. 52_]
[Illustration:
OFFICM. MORTUORUM.
16TH CENT. (EARLY)
_Brit. Mus. Egert. MS. 2125, fol. 183_]
Some of the border-frames are drawn in sepia, others in red-brown or
burnt siena, and highly finished with gold. The writing is a small Roman
hand. On the whole it is richer in illustration than 18853, but not so
perfect in drawing, yet it is a very fine MS. Sometimes it has a border
like those in the "Hours of Anne of Brittany." On fol. 26 v. is a
curious border of twisted ribbons covered with mottoes, such as
"Virtutis fortuna comes", "Ingrates servire nephas," etc.
Some of the tiny miniatures of the saints in the _Memori?_ are very
charmingly painted: St.
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