Book of Hours and Prayer Book

Shelfmark The Hague, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, 135 E 22

Origin & date Delft; c. 1460-1480. Inserted miniatures: Delft, Masters of the Delft Half-length Figures (illuminator); c. 1460-1480

Physical description

Vellum, ff. 219, 170x122 (100x70) mm, 22 lines, littera textualis.Dutch. Binding: 20-century brown leather (made 197) with parts of 18th-century brown leather binding, gilt on spine

Illumination

7 illustration in the margin; penwork initials with pen-flourishes in Delft style (`block'; ff. 15r, 44r, 61r, 74r, 104r, etc.)

Provenance

Purchased in 1890 by C.A. Corrie in Venice and presented to A.W. Corrie of Park Hall, Oswestry, Shropshire (book-plate). Sold in 1968 at Sotheby's, London (cat. 10 July, no. 298, fig.); purchased in 1968 from antiquarian bookseller Meyer Elte, The Hague

Bibliography

Brandhorst & Broekhuijsen-Kruijer 1985, no. 242. - Korteweg 1986, p. 238 nt. 7, p. 239 nt. 10, p. 240. - Marrow (forthcoming)

Note

Utrecht calendar: feasts in red include St. Hippolytus (13 August), St. Jeroen (17 August), St. Francis (4 October) and the 11,000 Virgins (21 October)

All catalogue fields

Type	Manuscript book
NU	xxx
Language of record	nl
Source project(s)	MSS; BYVANCK; KBMSS
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 135 E 22
Title (index form)	Book of Hours and Prayer Book in Dutch
Language of origin code	nn
Place of origin	Delft
Date of origin	1460-1480
Illuminator / Master	Masters of the Delft Half-length Figures
Decoration style	Delft penwork (`block'); Delft decoration (`kriezel')
Related names/collections	Meyer Elte, The Hague (antiq.); Sotheby's, London (auct. 1968)
Cataloguer's note	ask 7-2000
Language	Dutch
Language (Dutch)	Nederlands
Classification code	01 A 33 1; 01 A 41
Geographic code	01 NL 02 SH DE

14 illuminations catalogued

f. 14vfull-page miniature

The Annunciation: Gabriel announces Christ's birth to Mary

Hours of the Virgin

1450-1475

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	6743
Sequence (global)	5647
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 135 E 22
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 135 E 22
Image size (mm)	116x64
Type	manuscript illumination
Scene order key	14v
Language of origin code	1 Northern Netherlands
Note	Not available = 135E22_014V_MIN.JPG

f. 43vfull-page miniature

Christ among the doctors

Hours of the Eternal Wisdom

1450-1475

73B93 73B931

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	6744
Sequence (global)	5648
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 135 E 22
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 135 E 22
Image size (mm)	106x60
Type	manuscript illumination
Scene order key	43v
Language of origin code	1 Northern Netherlands
Note	Not available = 135E22_043V_MIN.JPG

f. 60vfull-page miniature

Pentecost: the Holy Spirit descends upon Mary and the apostles

Hours of the Holy Spirit

1450-1475

11Q7131 49LL72 73E5

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	6745
Sequence (global)	5649
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 135 E 22
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 135 E 22
Image size (mm)	107x60
Type	manuscript illumination
Scene order key	60v
Language of origin code	1 Northern Netherlands
Note	Not available = 135E22_060V_MIN.JPG

No image available

f. 61rmargin

Holy Spirit

Hours of the Holy Spirit

1450-1475

11E

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	6746
Sequence (global)	5650
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 135 E 22
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 135 E 22
Type	manuscript illumination
Scene order key	61r
Language of origin code	1 Northern Netherlands
Note	Not available = 135E22_061R_RANDV.JPG
Note	Not available = 135e22_061r.jpg

f. 73vfull-page miniature

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

Penitential Psalms

1450-1475

11U1 11U21 11U4

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	6747
Sequence (global)	5651
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 135 E 22
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 135 E 22
Image size (mm)	105x60
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	VO nog niet aangevuld dd 20-05-2000: nog geen scan (HB)
Scene order key	73v
Language of origin code	1 Northern Netherlands
Note	Not available = 135E22_073V_MIN.JPG

f. 103vfull-page miniature

The Crucifixion, with Mary and St. John

Long Hours of the Cross: Matins

1450-1475

73D58 73D641

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	6748
Sequence (global)	5652
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 135 E 22
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 135 E 22
Image size (mm)	107x59
Type	manuscript illumination
Scene order key	103v
Language of origin code	1 Northern Netherlands
Note	Not available = 135E22_103V_MIN.JPG

f. 104rmargin

Pelican feeding its young with its own blood

Long Hours of the Cross: Matins

1450-1475

11D131 25F36(PELICAN)(+1)25F36(PELICAN)(+42)

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	6749
Sequence (global)	5653
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 135 E 22
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 135 E 22
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	gcdrd. B&BK 1985: 'Pelikaan'
Scene order key	104r
Language of origin code	1 Northern Netherlands
Note	Not available = 135E22_104R_RANDV.JPG

f. 117rmargin

The Lamb of God (Agnus Dei)

Long Hours of the Cross: Vespers

1450-1475

11D1311 47I2133(+91)

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	6750
Sequence (global)	5654
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 135 E 22
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 135 E 22
Type	manuscript illumination
Scene order key	117r
Language of origin code	1 Northern Netherlands
Note	Not available = 135E22_117R_RANDV.JPG

f. 121vfull-page miniature

Christ at Gethsemane

Hundred Articles of the Passion of Christ

1450-1475

73D312

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	6751
Sequence (global)	5655
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 135 E 22
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 135 E 22
Image size (mm)	107x60
Type	manuscript illumination
Scene order key	121v
Language of origin code	1 Northern Netherlands
Note	Not available = 135E22_121V_MIN.JPG

f. 122rmargin

The five Holy Wounds

Hundred Articles of the Passion of Christ

1450-1475

73D83

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	6752
Sequence (global)	5656
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 135 E 22
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 135 E 22
Type	manuscript illumination
Scene order key	122r
Language of origin code	1 Northern Netherlands
Note	Not available = 135E22_122R_RANDV.JPG

f. 140vmargin

St. Bernard of Clairvaux holding a crozier and a book

Prayer of St. Bernard of Clairvaux

1450-1475

11H(BERNARD)11P31131 11P31521 49L72

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	6753
Sequence (global)	5657
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 135 E 22
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 135 E 22
Type	manuscript illumination
Scene order key	140v
Language of origin code	1 Northern Netherlands
Note	Not available = 135e22_140v.jpg

f. 158rmargin

The Holy Sacrament

Prayer to the Sacrament

1450-1475

11Q731125

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	6754
Sequence (global)	5658
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 135 E 22
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 135 E 22
Type	manuscript illumination
Scene order key	158r
Language of origin code	1 Northern Netherlands
Note	Not available = 135E22_158R_RANDV.JPG

f. 168vmargin

Mary with the Christ-child

Prayer to Mary

1450-1475

11F4122 11F721 44B191

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	6755
Sequence (global)	5659
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 135 E 22
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 135 E 22
Type	manuscript illumination
Scene order key	168v
Language of origin code	1 Northern Netherlands
Note	Not available = 135E22_168V_RANDV.JPG

f. 192vfull-page miniature

St. Michael weighing souls, conquering the dragon (Satan)

Office of the Dead

1450-1475

11G1831

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	6756
Sequence (global)	5660
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 135 E 22
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 135 E 22
Image size (mm)	110x59
Type	manuscript illumination
Scene order key	192v
Language of origin code	1 Northern Netherlands
Note	Not available = 135E22_192V_MIN.JPG