Book of Hours

Shelfmark The Hague, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, 74 H 42

Origin & date Utrecht (?); c. 1460-1480. Added miniature: South Holland; c. 1460-1480

Physical description

Vellum, ff. 237, 176x120 (100x58) mm, 20 lines, littera textualis. Dutch. Binding: 17th-century vellum

Illumination

Penwork initials with pen-flourishes in Utrecht style (`crown-and-dragon' with South-Holland elements; ff. 12r, 52r, 68r, 90r, 119r, etc.)

Provenance

Agatha Geversd. (16th century). Acquired in 1809 as part of the collection of J. Visser of The Hague (no. 116)

Bibliography

Libri Theol. 1922, no. 253. - Brandhorst & Broekhuijsen-Kruijer 1985, no. 160. - The Hague 1992, no. 15, fig., p. 71. - Hülsmann 1994, p. 63, fig. 5

Note

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

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Type	Manuscript book
NU	xxx
Language of record	nl
Source project(s)	MSS; BYVANCK; KBMSS
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 74 H 42
Title (index form)	Book of Hours in Dutch
Language of origin code	nn
Place of origin	Utrecht(?); South Holland(?)
Date of origin	1460-1480
Decoration style	Utrecht penwork (`crown-and-dragon' with South-Holland elements)
Related names/collections	Agatha Geversd.; Visser, J.
Cataloguer's note	GG 20-1-99. ask 5-99. 12-99. 5-00. 9-2000
Language	Dutch
Language (Dutch)	Nederlands
Classification code	01 A 33 1
Geographic code	01 NL 02 SH; 01 NL 02 UT UT

1 illumination catalogued

f. 11vminiature

Madonna: Mary holding the Christ-child

1440-1460

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