Book of Hours

Shelfmark The Hague, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, 133 D 1

Origin & date South Holland (Leyden?); c. 1480-1500. Added miniature (f. 36v): Leyden, Masters of Hugo Jansz. van Woerden (illuminator); c. 1480-1500. Added leaf (f. 100): Southern Netherlands (Bruges?); c. 1470-1480

Physical description

Vellum, ff. 161, 172x128 (103x73) mm, 16 lines, littera textualis. Dutch. Binding: 18th-century mottled brown leather, gilt

Illumination

Decorated initials with border decoration (ff. 13r, 50r, 69r, 89r, 110r, etc.); penwork initials

Provenance

Purchased in 1896 from J.I. Boas Berg of Amsterdam

Bibliography

Byvanck & Hoogewerff 1922-1925, no. 132, pl. 138. - Brandhorst & Broekhuijsen-Kruijer 1985, no. 299. - Nieuwstraten 1989, p. 80 nt. 54

Note

Utrecht calendar: besides the usual entries feasts in red include St. Jeroen, patron saint of Noordwijk, South Holland (August 17)

All catalogue fields

Type	Manuscript book
NU	xxx
Language of record	nl
Source project(s)	MSS; BYVANCK; KBMSS
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 133 D 1
Title (index form)	Book of Hours in Dutch
Language of origin code	nn
Place of origin	Leyden; South Holland (Leyden?); Southern Netherlands (Bruges?)
Date of origin	1480-1500; 1470-1480
Illuminator / Master	Masters of Hugo Jansz. van Woerden
Decoration style	Leyden decoration (`Leyden blue acanthus')
Related names/collections	Boas Berg, J.I.
Cataloguer's note	ask; gedeeltelijk spiky script. decoration related to `flowery'
Language	Dutch
Language (Dutch)	Nederlands
Classification code	01 A 33 1
Geographic code	01 BE 02 FL WV BR; 01 NL 02 SH LE; 01 NL 02 SH; 03 SN

2 illuminations catalogued

f. 36vfull-page miniature

The Crucifixion, with Mary, St. John and St. Mary Magdalene

1480-1500

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	5983
Sequence (global)	6052
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 133 D 1
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 133 D 1
Image size (mm)	104x67
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	tgvgd gcdrd
Scene order key	36v
Language of origin code	1 Northern Netherlands
Illuminator / Master	Masters of Hugo Jansz. van Woerden
Note	Not available = 133D1_036V_MIN.JPG

f. 36vmargin

Pelican feeding its young with its own blood

1480-1500

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

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	5984
Sequence (global)	6053
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 133 D 1
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 133 D 1
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	tgvgd gcdrd. B&BK 1985: 'Pelikaan'
Scene order key	36v
Language of origin code	1 Northern Netherlands
Illuminator / Master	Masters of Hugo Jansz. van Woerden
Note	Not available = 133D1_036V_RANDV.JPG