Book of Hours

Shelfmark The Hague, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, 74 G 34

Origin & date Penwork: North Holland; c. 1425. Added decoration and miniatures: Utrecht, precursor of the Masters of Zweder van Culemborg (illuminator); c. 1425

Physical description

Vellum, ff. 269, 106x81 (57x39)mm, 13 lines, littera textualis. Dutch. Binding: 18th-century brown leather, gilt, with initials M.V.D.H.

Illumination

Penwork initials with pen-flourishes (early form of North Holland `thorn-and-stitch' with `bearded man'; ff. 2r, 3r, 4r, 5r, 6r, etc.)

Provenance

Dijewer Arnt van Hoinendochter, Utrecht (15th cent.). Lyessgen van Westreenen (16th cent.). J. Clarenborch. Purchased in 1895 of antiquarian bookseller J. Tregaskis, London (cat. 1895, no. 28)

Bibliography

Libri Theol. 1922 - Byvanck & Hoogewerff 1922-1925, no. 27, fig. 20. - Brandhorst & Broekhuijsen-Kruijer 1985, no. 137. - The Hague 1992, p. 88, fig. 10

Note

Utrecht calendar. Litany: St. Augustine first among the confessors. Leaves, possibly with miniatures, missing before f. 94r (Mass of the Virgin), f. 117r (Suffrages), f. 167r (Penitential Psalms)

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 34
Title (index form)	Book of Hours in Dutch
Language of origin code	nn
Place of origin	Utrecht; North Holland
Date of origin	1425 (c.)
Illuminator / Master	Masters of Zweder van Culemborg, precursor
Decoration style	Utrecht decoration (`multi-coloured-leaves'); Utrecht decoration (`green-teardrops'); North Holland penwork (`thorn-and-stitch', early form)
Related names/collections	Dijewer Arnt van Hoinendochter; Lyessgen van Westreenen; Clarenborch, J.; Tregaskis, J., London (antiq.)
Cataloguer's note	KB en ask 1-7-99
Language	Dutch
Language (Dutch)	Nederlands
Classification code	01 A 33 1
Geographic code	01 NL 02 NH; 01 NL 02 UT UT

2 illuminations catalogued

f. 14vminiature

The Annunciation: Gabriel announces Christ's birth to Mary

1425 (c.)

11B44(+0)11C 11D12 11D21 11E1 11G192 49LL72 49N 73A523(+1)

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	947
Sequence (global)	4728
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 74 G 34
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 74 G 34
Image size (mm)	60x45
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	tgvgd
Scene order key	14v
Language of origin code	1 Northern Netherlands
Note	Not available = 74G34_014V_MIN.JPG

f. 15rhistoriated initial

Madonna of Humility

1425 (c.)

11F4322 11F723 49L12(O)49L171

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	948
Sequence (global)	4729
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 74 G 34
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 74 G 34
Image size (mm)	40x45
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	tgvgd
Scene order key	15r
Language of origin code	1 Northern Netherlands
Note	Not available = 74G34_015R_INIT.JPG