Psalter, Book of Hours, Lay Breviary

Shelfmark The Hague, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, 135 K 30

Origin & date South Holland; c. 1440-1460. Added miniatures: Utrecht, Master of Catherine of Cleves (illuminator); c. 1440-1450

Physical description

Vellum, ff. 343, 150x100 (95x70) mm, 22 lines, littera textualis. Dutch. Binding: 19th-century green leather, gilt

Illumination

2 full-page miniatures (95x70 mm) with border decoration in Utrecht style (`tripetals-and-teardrops'); penwork initials with pen-flourishes in South Holland style (`visblaas/knuistje'; ff. 11r, 19v, 41r, 52r, 63r, etc.)

Provenance

Ex-libris with devise `Dit of dood' (c. 1900). Purchased in 1980 at a sale at Sotheby's, London (cat. June 24, no. 90)

Bibliography

The Hague 1980, no. 71, fig. - Biemans 1984, no. 97. - Brandhorst & Broekhuijsen-Kruijer 1985, no. 152. - The Hague 1986a, no. 18, fig. 2. - The Hague 1992, no. 38, fig. - Marrow (forthcoming)

Note

Utrecht calendar (Holland): feasts in red include St. Jeroen (August 17); first leaf with January and part of February missing. Litany: St. Augustine first among the confessors. Full-page miniature possibly missing before f. 243 (Seven Verses of St. Bernard)

All catalogue fields

Type	Manuscript book
NU	xxx
Language of record	nl
Source project(s)	MSS; BYVANCK; KBMSS
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 135 K 30
Title (index form)	Psalter, Book of Hours, Lay breviary in Dutch; Book of Hours and Lay Breviary in Dutch; Breviary (Lay Breviary) and Book of Hours in Dutch
Language of origin code	nn
Place of origin	South Holland; Utrecht
Date of origin	1440-1460; 1440-1450
Illuminator / Master	Master of Catherine of Cleves
Decoration style	Utrecht decoration (`tripetals-and-teardrops`); South Holland penwork (`visblaas/little-fist')
Related names/collections	Sotheby, London (auct. 1980)
Cataloguer's note	ASK 10-1996. 7-2000
Language	Dutch
Language (Dutch)	Nederlands
Classification code	01 A 33 1; 01 A 32 1; 01 A 32 2
Geographic code	01 NL 02 SH; 01 NL 02 UT UT

2 illuminations catalogued

f. 10vfull-page miniature

David playing the harp

Psalm 1 ('Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly')

1440-1460

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	7093
Sequence (global)	5553
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 135 K 30
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 135 K 30
Image size (mm)	95x70
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	bldpl.
Scene order key	10v
Language of origin code	1 Northern Netherlands
Illuminator / Master	Master of Catherine of Cleves

f. 297vfull-page miniature

St. Peter holding a key and a book and St. Barbara holding a palm and a book, standing before a tower

Suffrage to St. Barbara

1440-1460

11H(PETER)11HH(BARBARA)25G3(PALM-TREE)(+22)41A3281 41A361 49L72 49LL72

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	7094
Sequence (global)	5554
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 135 K 30
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 135 K 30
Image size (mm)	95x70
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	bldpl
Scene order key	297v
Language of origin code	1 Northern Netherlands
Illuminator / Master	Master of Catherine of Cleves