Ferial Psalter (use of Utrecht)

Shelfmark The Hague, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, 74 G 10

Origin & date Groningen, Monastery Selwerd, Benedictinesses; c. 1470-1490. Added miniature: Groningen(?); c. 1475-1500

Physical description

Vellum, ff. 309, 115x80 (68x48) mm, 18 lines, littera hybrida. Latin. Binding: contemporary brown leather, blind

Illumination

Decorated initials with border decoration in Groningen style (`Selwerd'; ff. 17r, 45r, 62v, 77v, 93r, etc.); penwork initials with pen-flourishes in Groningen style (`Selwerd'; ff. 18v, 19r, 19v, 21v, 24r, etc.)

Provenance

Assuerus van Swieten (or: a Zibetey; 1596). J.I. Doedes (book-plate and signature), his sale in 1898 at Beijers in Utrecht (May 4-5, p. 123 lot l). Purchased in 1909 as part of the collection of A.W.M. Mensing (no. 4)

Bibliography

Libri Theol. 1922, no.. - Brandhorst & Broekhuijsen-Kruijer 1985, no. 196. - Korteweg 1986, pp. 243-244. - The Hague 1992, no. 136, fig.

Note

Utrecht calendar: besides the usual Utrecht entries feasts in red include St. Francis (October 4). Office of the Dead: Utrecht maiores and minores

All catalogue fields

Type	Manuscript book
NU	xxx
Language of record	nl
Source project(s)	MSS; BYVANCK; KBMSS
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 74 G 10
Title (index form)	Psalter: Ferial Psalter (use of Utrecht)
Language of origin code	nn
Place of origin	Groningen, Monastery Selwerd, Benedictinesses
Date of origin	1470-1490; 1475-1500
Decoration style	Groningen decoration (`Selwerd'); Groningen penwork (`Selwerd')
Related names/collections	Mensing, A.W.M., coll.; Doedes, G.J.; Assuerus a Zibetey; Zwieten, A. van; Beijers, Utrecht (auct. 1898)
Cataloguer's note	25-nov-1991 ASK 2-1999, 5-00
Language	Latin
Language (Dutch)	Latijn
Classification code	01 A 32 1
Geographic code	01 NL 02 GR GR SE

1 illumination catalogued

f. 205vwoodcut

Holy Face, Holy Wounds and Instruments of the Passion: cross, lance, and nails

1470-1490

11D312 73D82(CROSS)73D82(LANCE)73D82(NAILS)73D83

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	745
Sequence (global)	5894
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 74 G 10
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 74 G 10
Image size (mm)	86x62
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	tgvgd. B&BK 1985: 'H. Aanschijn, Arma Christi en kruiswonden'
Scene order key	205v
Language of origin code	1 Northern Netherlands
Note	Not available = 74G10_205V_MIN.JPG