The Strozzi-Jarman Book of Hours

This manuscript is discussed in posts for 8 January 2017, 4 March 2017, 25 April 2020.

The ten recorded leaves were doubtless arranged as facing pairs:

	Full-page miniatures (versos)	Historiated initials (rectos)
Hours of the Virgin	[1] Annunciation	[2] Virgin and Child
Office of the Passion (?)	[3] Carrying the Cross	[4] Unknown (Christ Nailed to the Cross?)
Hours of the Cross	[5] Crucifixion	[6] Crucifixion
Penitential Psalms	[7] David and Nathan	[8] David Playing the Psaltery
Office of the Dead	[9] Last Judgement	[10] Funeral Service

 

[1] Annunciation

• John Boykett Jarman (d.1864), his sale at Sotheby's, 13 June 1864, lot 5, bought by Joseph Lilly.
• Henry Newnham Davis (d.1873); his sale at Sotheby's, 26-27 November 1900, part of lot 198, bought by Brewer.
• Nathaniel Newnham Davis (d.1917); sold at Sotheby’s, 11 July 1966, lot 199 (ill.), bought by Colnaghi for £380.

[2] Virgin and Child

• John Boykett Jarman (d.1864), his sale at Sotheby's, 13 June 1864, lot 5, bought by Joseph Lilly.
• Henry Newnham Davis (d.1873); his sale at Sotheby's, 26-27 November 1900, part of lot 198, bought by Brewer.
• Nathaniel Newnham Davis (d.1917); sold at Sotheby’s, 11 July 1966, lot 200, bought by Colnaghi for £110. 
• Sold anonymously at Sotheby’s, 10 July 1972, lot 8.
• Leslie Hindman Auctions (before December 2016).
• Sotheby’s, 2 December 2003, lot 26 (col. ill.). 
• Phillip J. Pirages; sold in 2016 to:
• Private Collection, California.

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[3] Christ Carrying the Cross

• John Boykett Jarman (d.1864), his sale at Sotheby's, 13 June 1864, lot 5, bought by Joseph Lilly.
• Henry Newnham Davis (d.1873); his sale at Sotheby's, 26-27 November 1900, part of lot 198, bought by Brewer.

[4] Subject unknown: Christ Nailed to the Cross (?)

• John Boykett Jarman (d.1864), his sale at Sotheby's, 13 June 1864, lot 5, bought by Joseph Lilly.
• Henry Newnham Davis (d.1873); his sale at Sotheby's, 26-27 November 1900, part of lot 198, bought by Brewer.

 

[5] Crucifixion (miniature)

• John Boykett Jarman (d.1864), his sale at Sotheby's, 13 June 1864, lot 5, bought by Joseph Lilly.
• Henry Newnham Davis (d.1873); his sale at Sotheby's, 26-27 November 1900, part of lot 198, bought by Brewer.
• Sold anonymously at Sotheby’s, 8 July 1970, lot 32 (ill.).

[6] Crucifixion (historiated initial)

• John Boykett Jarman (d.1864), his sale at Sotheby's, 13 June 1864, lot 5, bought by Joseph Lilly.
• Henry Newnham Davis (d.1873); his sale at Sotheby's, 26-27 November 1900, part of lot 198, bought by Brewer.
• Stuart Gerald Davis (d.1951), lent to the BFAC exhibition 1926-27.
• Nathaniel Newnham Davis (d.1917); sold at Sotheby’s, 11 July 1966, 1966, lot 201, bought by Maggs for £100; Maggs, Bulletin 4 (September 1966), no.59A (ill.).

 

[7] David and Nathan.

• John Boykett Jarman (d.1864), his sale at Sotheby's, 13 June 1864, lot 5, bought by Joseph Lilly.
• Henry Newnham Davis (d.1873); his sale at Sotheby's, 26-27 November 1900, part of lot 198, bought by Brewer.
• Nathaniel Newnham Davis (d.1917); sold at Sotheby’s, 11 July 1966, lot 202 (ill.), bought by Colnaghi for £420.
• Sotheby’s, 8 July 2014, lot 36 (col. ill.), unsold, re-offered at Sotheby’s, 2 December 2014, lot 38 (col. ill.).
• Sandra Hindman; given to:
• Chicago, Art Institute

[8] David Playing the Psaltery

• John Boykett Jarman (d.1864), his sale at Sotheby's, 13 June 1864, lot 5, bought by Joseph Lilly.
• Henry Newnham Davis (d.1873); his sale at Sotheby's, 26-27 November 1900, part of lot 198, bought by Brewer.
• Stanley Percy Davis (d.1945); with his name in pencil on the back
• Nathaniel Newnham Davis (d.1917); sold at Sotheby’s, 11 July 1966, lot 203, bought by Maggs for £70; Maggs, Bulletin 5 (April 1967), no. 16 (ill.).
• Sold anonymously at Sotheby’s, 18 June 1991, lot 44 (col. ill.) 

 

[9] Last Judgement

• John Boykett Jarman (d.1864), his sale at Sotheby's, 13 June 1864, lot 5, bought by Joseph Lilly.
• Henry Newnham Davis (d.1873); his sale at Sotheby's, 26-27 November 1900, part of lot 198, bought by Brewer.
• Stuart Gerald Davis (d.1951), lent to the Burlington Fine Arts Club exhibition 1926-27.
• Nathaniel Newnham Davis (d.1917); sold at Sotheby’s, 11 July 1966, lot 204, bought by Berès for £350.
• Pierre Berès, Manuscrits & enluminures du onzième au dix-huitième siècle (Paris [c.1974: undated, but not before March 1973; see nos. 5, 9, etc.]), no. 30 (ill.)
• Les Enluminures, Catalogue 10: Enluminures / Illuminations [Paris, 2001], no. 42 (col. ill.)
• Private collection, New York

[10] Funeral Service

• John Boykett Jarman (d.1864), his sale at Sotheby's, 13 June 1864, lot 5, bought by Joseph Lilly.
• Henry Newnham Davis (d.1873); his sale at Sotheby's, 26-27 November 1900, part of lot 198, bought by Brewer.
• Nathaniel Newnham Davis (d.1917); sold at Sotheby’s, 11 July 1966, lot 205, bought by Maggs for £80; Maggs, Bulletin 5 (April 1967), no. 17 (ill.).
• Sold anonymously at Sotheby’s, 18 June 2002, lot 13 (col. ill.).