Book of Hours

Shelfmark The Hague, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, 133 H 16

Origin & date Leyden; c. 1490-1500. Added section: South Holland; c. 1480-1490

Physical description

Vellum, ff. 123 (I: 1-48, 101-123; II: 49-100), 166x116 (I: 97x72; II: 97x67) mm, 20 lines, littera textualis. Dutch. Binding: 18th-century red leather, blind

Illumination

3 historiated initials (60/50x68/65 mm) with border decoration in Leyden style (`Leyden blue acanthus'); 1 illustration in the margin; decorated initials in Leyden style (ff. 19v, 26r, 28v, 30v, 33r, etc.)

Provenance

Purchased in 1905 from antiquarian bookseller J. Tregaskis, London

Bibliography

Brandhorst & Broekhuijsen-Kruijer 1985, no. 301. - Korteweg 1987, p. 512 nt. 17

Note

Utrecht calendar: feasts in red include St. Jeroen (August 17). Opening leaf with historiated initial missing before f. 113 (Office of the Dead)

All catalogue fields

Type	Manuscript book
NU	xxx
Language of record	nl
Source project(s)	MSS; BYVANCK; KBMSS
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 133 H 16
Title (index form)	Book of Hours in Dutch
Language of origin code	nn
Place of origin	Leyden; South Holland
Date of origin	1480-1490; 1490-1500
Decoration style	Leyden decoration (`Leyden blue acanthus´); South Holland decoration (`anecdotical monkeys'); South Holland penwork (`aubergine')
Related names/collections	Tregaskis, J., London (antiq.)
Cataloguer's note	MH 8-11-99. ask 7-2000
Language	Dutch
Language (Dutch)	Nederlands
Classification code	01 A 33 1
Geographic code	01 NL 02 SH LE; 01 NL 02 SH

4 illuminations catalogued

f. 13rhistoriated initial

Madonna: Mary with the Christ-child; Hortus Conclusus

Hours of the Virgin

1480-1490

11F111(HORTUS CONCLUSUS)11F4312 49L12(H)49L171

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	6347
Sequence (global)	6044
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 133 H 16
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 133 H 16
Image size (mm)	60x68
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	tgvgd
Scene order key	13r
Language of origin code	1 Northern Netherlands
Note	Not available = 133H16_013R_INIT.JPG

f. 43rhistoriated initial

St. Veronica holding up the veil with the image of Christ (Vera Icon)

Short Hours of the Cross

1480-1490

11D3121 49L12(H)49L171

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	6348
Sequence (global)	6045
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 133 H 16
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 133 H 16
Image size (mm)	50x65
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	tgvgd
Scene order key	43r
Language of origin code	1 Northern Netherlands
Note	Not available = 133H16_043R_INIT.JPG

f. 43rmargin

An angel holding an instrument of the Passion: cross

Short Hours of the Cross

1480-1490

73D82(CROSS)(+3)

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	6349
Sequence (global)	6046
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 133 H 16
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 133 H 16
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	tgvgd gcdrd. B&BK 1985: 'Engel met kruis'
Scene order key	43r
Language of origin code	1 Northern Netherlands
Note	Not available = 133H16_043R_RANDV.JPG

f. 101vhistoriated initial

David at prayer

Penitential Psalms

1480-1490

49L12(H)49L171 71H611

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	6350
Sequence (global)	6047
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 133 H 16
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 133 H 16
Image size (mm)	55x67
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	tgvgd
Scene order key	101v
Language of origin code	1 Northern Netherlands
Note	Not available = 133H16_101R_INIT.JPG