Psalter

Shelfmark The Hague, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, 133 M 1

Origin & date North Holland; 1450

Physical description

Vellum, ff. 165, 165X115 (97x72) mm, 22 lines, littera textualis. Dutch. Binding: contemporary brown leather, blind (panelstamped: Lamb of God)

Illumination

2 historiated initials (36/35x53/45 mm) with border decoration; decorated initials with border decoration (ff. 28r, 41v, 68r, 98v); alle border decoration in North Holland style (`bunches-of-twigs'); penwork initials with pen-flourishes in Nort Holland style (`thorn-and-stitch'; 114v, 117v, 120v, 121r, 131r, etc.)

Provenance

Sister Susanne and sister Sibilla, daughters of Ian van der Meer, Tertiaries at the Convent of St. Ursula, Schiedam. Sold in 1764 at the sale of P. van Damme a.o. at F.L. Varon & J. Gaillard, The Hague (cat. 8 Oct. Pt. 3, no. 2626). J. Koning; his sale in 1833 at Het Huis met de Hoofden, Amsterdam (cat. 29 April, pt. 1, no. 181), where purchased by Groebe. Sold in 1938 at a sale at Van Stockum, The Hague (cat. 28 Nov.-3 Dec., no. 1811), where bought by antiquarian bookseller Meyer Elte, The Hague; purchased in 1938 from [Meyer Elte

Bibliography

Byvanck 1940, pp. 34-35, fig. 1. - Biemans 1984, no. 92. - Nieuwstraten 1989, pp. 68-69. - Brandhorst & Broekhuijsen-Kruijer 1985, no. 187. - The Hague 1992. - Marrow (forthcoming)

Note

Opening leaf, probably with historiated initial missing before f. 1 (Psalm 1)

All catalogue fields

Type	Manuscript book
NU	xxx
Language of record	nl
Source project(s)	MSS; BYVANCK; KBMSS
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 133 M 1
Title (index form)	Psalter in Dutch
Language of origin code	nn
Place of origin	North Holland
Date of origin	1450
Decoration style	North Holland decoration (`bunches of twigs'); North Holland penwork (`thorn-and-stitch')
Related names/collections	Schiedam, Convent of St. Ursula; Ian van der Meer; Susanne [van der Meer], sister; Sibilla [van der Meer], sister; Meyer Elte, The Hague (antiq); Damme, P. van; Huis met de Hoofden, Amsterdam (auct. 1833); Stockum, Van, The Hague (auct. 1938); Groebe; Varon, F.L., & J. Gaillard, The Hague (auct. 1764)
Cataloguer's note	ask 7-2000
Language	Dutch
Language (Dutch)	Nederlands
Classification code	01 A 32 1
Geographic code	01 NL 02 NH

2 illuminations catalogued

f. 54vhistoriated initial

David playing the harp

Psalm 52 ('The fool said in his heart, "There is no God"')

1450

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	6374
Sequence (global)	5619
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 133 M 1
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 133 M 1
Image size (mm)	36x47
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	gcdrd
Scene order key	54v
Language of origin code	1 Northern Netherlands
Note	Not available = 133M1_054V_INIT.JPG

f. 83vhistoriated initial

An angel holding a coat of arms with the five Holy Wounds

Psalm 80 ('Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob; Take a psalm and bring hither the timbrel')

1450

44B194 49L12(U)49L171 73D83(+3)71X1(Ps. 80)3

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	6375
Sequence (global)	5620
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 133 M 1
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 133 M 1
Image size (mm)	35x45
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	gcdrd
Scene order key	83v
Language of origin code	1 Northern Netherlands
Note	Not available = 133M1_083V_INIT.JPG