Book of Hours

Shelfmark The Hague, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, 135 G 9

Origin & date Delft; c. 1440-1460. Added miniatures: Delft, Masters of the Delft Half-length Figures (illuminator); 1460-1480

Physical description

Vellum, ff. 147, 168x114 (90x60) mm, 21 lines, littera textualis. Dutch. Binding: 18th-century red morocco, gilt

Illumination

1 full-page miniature (110x77 mm) with border decoration in Delft style ('coloured'); decorated initials with border decoration in Delft style (`coloured'; ff. 15r, 47r, 73r, 92r, 108r, etc.); penwork initials with pen-flourishes in Delft style (`scallop`; 21v, 28v, 31r, 36r, 38v, etc.)

Provenance

Purchased in 1971 at a sale at Sotheby's, London (12 July, lot 41)

Bibliography

Brandhorst & Broekhuijsen-Kruijer 1985, no. 175. - Hague 1992, no. 26, fig.

Note

Utrecht calendar (Holland): feasts in red include St. Jeroen (17 August). Leaf with full-page miniature probably missing before f. 47 (Long Hours of the Cross)

All catalogue fields

Type	Manuscript book
NU	xxx
Language of record	nl
Source project(s)	MSS; BYVANCK; KBMSS
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 135 G 9
Title (index form)	Book of Hours in Dutch
Language of origin code	nn
Place of origin	Delft
Date of origin	1440-1460
Decoration style	Delft decoration (`kriezel'); Delft decoration (`coloured'); Delft penwork (`scallop')
Related names/collections	Sotheby's, London (auct. 1971)
Cataloguer's note	ask 1-6-99. JL 20-1-00. ask 7-2000; Noordhollands aandoend schrift
Language	Dutch
Language (Dutch)	Nederlands
Classification code	01 A 33 1
Geographic code	01 NL 02 SH DE

4 illuminations catalogued

f. 1vfull-page miniature

Allegorical garden

Calendar

1440-1460

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	6874
Sequence (global)	5549
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 135 G 9
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 135 G 9
Image size (mm)	110x77
Type	manuscript illumination
Scene order key	1v
Language of origin code	1 Northern Netherlands
Note	Not available = 135G9_001V_MIN.JPG

f. 14vfull-page miniature

The Annunciation: Gabriel announces Christ's birth to Mary

Hours of the Virgin

1440-1460

49LL72 49N 73A523

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	6875
Sequence (global)	5550
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 135 G 9
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 135 G 9
Image size (mm)	92x58
Type	manuscript illumination
Scene order key	14v
Language of origin code	1 Northern Netherlands
Note	Not available = 135G9_014V_MIN.JPG

f. 91vfull-page miniature

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

Penitential Psalms

1440-1460

11U1 11U4

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	6876
Sequence (global)	5551
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 135 G 9
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 135 G 9
Image size (mm)	92x58
Type	manuscript illumination
Scene order key	91v
Language of origin code	1 Northern Netherlands
Note	Not available = 135G9_091V_MIN.JPG

f. 124vfull-page miniature

A funeral service in a church

Office of the Dead

1440-1460

11Q713 11Q742 42E2

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	6877
Sequence (global)	5552
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 135 G 9
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 135 G 9
Image size (mm)	92x58
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	gcdrd
Scene order key	124v
Language of origin code	1 Northern Netherlands
Note	Not available = 135G9_124V_MIN.JPG