Gospels

Shelfmark The Hague, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, 128 D 28

Origin & date Delft, Tertiaries of the Convent of St. Ursula; 1476

Physical description

Vellum, ff. 155, 231x171 (162x115) mm, 2 columns, 29 lines, littera textualis. Dutch. Binding: 18th-century brown leather, gilt

Illumination

4 illustrations in the margin; penwork initials with pen-flourishes in Delft style (`block'; ff.

Provenance

Made for the Tertiaries of St. Ursula, Delft. H. Pelgrom Engelbregt, his sale in 1724 at J. van Oosterwyck at Amsterdam (cat. 26 Sept., 4°, no. 113). P. van Damme, his sale in 1797 at A. and J. Honkoop, Leyden (cat. 5 Oct., no. 35). R.J.C. Metelerkamp (d. 1872). Purchased in 1898 from antiquarian bookseller L.S. Olschki, Florence

Bibliography

Byvanck & Hoogewerff 1922-1925, no. 134, pl. 17. - Chavannes 1979, fig. 247. - Biemans 1984, no. 138. - Brandhorst & Broekhuijsen-Kruijer 1985, no. 273. - CMD-NL 2 1988, no. 479, pl. 583. - Hülsmann 1989a, p. 18, fig. 4. - The Hague 1992, no. 32, fig.

All catalogue fields

Type	Manuscript book
NU	xxx
Language of record	nl
Source project(s)	MSS; BYVANCK; KBMSS
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 128 D 28
Title (index form)	Bible: N.T.: Gospels in Dutch
Language of origin code	nn
Place of origin	Delft, Convent of St. Ursula, Tertiaries
Date of origin	1476
Decoration style	Delft penwork (`block')
Related names/collections	Olschki, L.S., Florence (antiq.); Delft, Convent of St. Ursula, Tertiaries; Pelgrom Engelbregt, H.; Oosterwyck, J. van, Amsterdam (auct. 1724); Damme, P. van; Honkoop, A. en J., Leyden (auct. 1797); Metelerkamp, R.J.C.
Cataloguer's note	5-dec-1991. ask 6-2000
Language	Dutch
Language (Dutch)	Nederlands
Classification code	01 A 31 1
Geographic code	01 NL 02 SH DE UR

4 illuminations catalogued

f. 1rmargin

The symbol of the Evangelist St. Matthew: the angel

Gospel of St. Matthew

1476

11I424

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	4902
Sequence (global)	6017
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 128 D 28
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 128 D 28
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	tgvgd
Scene order key	1r
Language of origin code	1 Northern Netherlands
Note	Not available = 128D28_001R_RANDV.JPG

f. 44rmargin

The symbol of the Evangelist St. Mark: the lion

Gospel of St. Mark

1476

11I423

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	4903
Sequence (global)	6018
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 128 D 28
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 128 D 28
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	tgvgd
Scene order key	44r
Language of origin code	1 Northern Netherlands
Note	Not available = 128D28_044R_RANDV.JPG

f. 73rmargin

The symbol of the Evangelist St. Luke: the ox

Gospel of St. Luke

1476

11I422

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	4904
Sequence (global)	6019
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 128 D 28
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 128 D 28
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	tgvgd
Scene order key	73r
Language of origin code	1 Northern Netherlands
Note	Not available = 128D28_073R_RANDV.JPG

f. 121rmargin

The symbol of the Evangelist St. John: the eagle

Gospel of St. Luke

1476

11I421

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	4905
Sequence (global)	6020
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 128 D 28
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 128 D 28
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	tgvgd
Scene order key	121r
Language of origin code	1 Northern Netherlands
Note	Not available = 128D28_121R_RANDV.JPG