Breviary (summer part; use of Utrecht)

Shelfmark The Hague, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, 76 G 6

Origin & date Penwork: South Holland; c. 1490-1500. Historiated initials and decoration: Holland, Masters of the Dark Eyes (`Robinson') (illuminator); c. 1500

Physical description

Vellum, ff. 396, 209x147 (140x88) mm, 2 columns, 34 lines, littera textualis. Latin. Binding: 18th-century red morocco, gilt

Illumination

Penwork initials with pen-flourishes in South Holland style (related to `aubergine' and `radishes') throughout

Provenance

Probably made for a canon of the St. Salvator in Utrecht (f. 349v: `in ecclesia Sancti Salvatoris'). Acquired between 1806 and 1810

Bibliography

Libri theol. 1922, no. 115. - Byvanck & Hoogewerff 1922-1925, no. 175, fig. 109. - The Hague 1983, no. 44, pl. on p. 61. - Brandhorst & Broekhuijsen-Kruijer 1985, no. 305. - Boeren 1988, no. 45

Note

Utrecht calendar. Office of the Dead: Utrecht maiores and minores. F. 250r: `patris Willibrordi'

All catalogue fields

Type	Manuscript book
NU	xx
Language of record	nl
Source project(s)	MSS; BYVANCK; KBMSS
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 76 G 6
Title (index form)	Breviary (summer part; use of Utrecht)
Language of origin code	nn
Place of origin	Holland
Date of origin	1500 (c.)
Illuminator / Master	Masters of the Dark Eyes (`Robinson')
Decoration style	South Holland penwork (related to `aubergine' and `radishes'); Ghent-Bruges decoration (Dutch `strewn border')
Related names/collections	Utrecht, St. Salvator
Cataloguer's note	KB dec 1993 ask 9-1999
Language	Latin
Language (Dutch)	Latijn
Classification code	01 A 32 2
Geographic code	03 NN HO

3 illuminations catalogued

f. 7rhistoriated initial

The Resurrection: Christ steps out of his tomb

Temporal

1500 (c.)

49L12(U)49L171 73E123

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	3180
Sequence (global)	6477
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 76 G 6
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 76 G 6
Image size (mm)	35x50
Type	manuscript illumination
Scene order key	7r
Language of origin code	1 Northern Netherlands

f. 269rhistoriated initial

David at prayer, with kneeling donor

Psalm 1 ('Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly')

1500 (c.)

31A2331 49L12(B)49L171 61B111(+55)71H611(+5)71X1(Ps. 1)1

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	3181
Sequence (global)	6478
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 76 G 6
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 76 G 6
Image size (mm)	35x50
Type	manuscript illumination
Scene order key	269r
Language of origin code	1 Northern Netherlands

f. 332rhistoriated initial

David

Psalm 109 ('The Lord said to my Lord: "Sit thou at my right hand"')

1500 (c.)

11I62(DAVID)49L12(D)49L171 71X1(Ps. 109)1

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	3182
Sequence (global)	6479
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 76 G 6
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 76 G 6
Image size (mm)	35x50
Type	manuscript illumination
Scene order key	332r
Language of origin code	1 Northern Netherlands