Book of Hours

Shelfmark The Hague, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, 133 M 82

Origin & date South Holland; [1484]. Added miniatures and decoration: Southern Netherlands; c. 1484

Physical description

Vellum, ff. 160, 132x91 (66x44) mm, 17 lines, littera hybrida. Dutch. Binding: contemporary brown leather, blind, with stamp representing coat of arms of Gorkum (rebacked)

Illumination

Decorated initials with border decoration in South Holland style (`anecdotical monkeys'; ff. 17r, 64r, 72r, 114r); penwork initials with pen-flourishes in South Holland style (`aubergine'; ff. 19r, 26v, 36r, 40v, 44r, etc.)

Provenance

Presented by Hanrick Thin Willemsone to his granddaughter Meritgen Thin (16th century). A. Lindheimer, Frankfurt (1929). Purchased in 1947 from L. Araquistain of London with support of the Friends of the Royal Library

Bibliography

Brandhorst & Broekhuijsen-Kruijer 1985, no. 284. - Korteweg 1987, p. 512 nt. 17. - CMD-NL 1988, no. 507, pl. 787b

Note

Utrecht calendar. Leaf with full-page miniature missing before f. 105 (Verses of St. Gregory)

All catalogue fields

Type	Manuscript book
NU	xx
Language of record	nl
Source project(s)	MSS; BYVANCK; KBMSS
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 133 M 82
Title (index form)	Book of Hours in Dutch
Language of origin code	nn
Place of origin	South Holland; Southern Netherlands
Date of origin	1484; 1484 (c.)
Decoration style	South Holland penwork (`aubergine'); South Holland decoration (`anecdotical monkeys')
Related names/collections	Araquistain, L.; Thin, Meritgen; Thin, Hanrick; Lindheimer, A.
Cataloguer's note	KB MH 14-7-2000. ask 15-7-2000
Language	Dutch
Language (Dutch)	Nederlands
Classification code	01 A 33 1
Geographic code	01 NL 02 SH; 03 SN

4 illuminations catalogued

f. 16vfull-page miniature

The Annunciation: Gabriel announces Christ's birth to Mary

Hours of the Virgin

1484

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	6385
Sequence (global)	6125
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 133 M 82
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 133 M 82
Image size (mm)	67x44
Type	manuscript illumination
Scene order key	16v
Language of origin code	1 Northern Netherlands

f. 63vfull-page miniature

The Crucifixion, with Mary and St. John, the confessing centurion and soldiers

Short Hours of the Cross

1484

73DD626(+0)73DD631 73DD625

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	6386
Sequence (global)	6126
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 133 M 82
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 133 M 82
Image size (mm)	68x43
Type	manuscript illumination
Scene order key	63v
Language of origin code	1 Northern Netherlands

f. 71vfull-page miniature

David at prayer

Penitential Psalms

1484

71H611

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	6387
Sequence (global)	6127
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 133 M 82
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 133 M 82
Image size (mm)	69x43
Type	manuscript illumination
Scene order key	71v
Language of origin code	1 Northern Netherlands

f. 113vfull-page miniature

The Last Judgement: Christ on a rainbow raises the dead in the presence of Mary and St. John the Baptist

Office of the Dead

1484

11U1 11U4

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	6388
Sequence (global)	6128
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 133 M 82
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 133 M 82
Image size (mm)	68x44
Type	manuscript illumination
Scene order key	113v
Language of origin code	1 Northern Netherlands