The Limburg Sermons (`Limburgse Sermoenen'). Easter Play

Shelfmark The Hague, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, 70 E 5

Origin & date Limburg (Maastricht?); c. 1300

Physical description

Vellum, ff. 274 (232+42), 262x183 (180x125 and 175x124) mm, 2 columns, 31 lines, littera textualis. Latin. Binding: contemporary white leather

Illumination

1 historiated initial (30x25 mm) with border decoration and pen-flourishes; penwork initials with pen-flourishes (ff. 6v, 10r, 16v, 22r, 26v, etc.)

Provenance

Tertiaries of the Convent Maagdendries, Maastricht. Claimed in 1795 by the French occupying forces and rediscovered in 1839 at Maastricht; transfered in 1840 to the KB as part of the Collection Maastricht (no. 377)

Bibliography

Deschamps 1972, no. 93, fig. 70. - Brandhorst & Broekhuijsen-Kruijer 1985, no. 111. - Gumbert 1987, fig. - Hermans 1987, p. 118, passim. - Inventaris 1 1988, pp. 43, 90-95 (with bibliography). - Oliver 1988, p. 195, pl. 205. - Stooker & Verbeij 1997, p. 267, no. 897

All catalogue fields

Type	Manuscript book
NU	xx
Language of record	nl
Source project(s)	MSS; BYVANCK; KBMSS
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 70 E 5
Title (index form)	Limburgse Sermoenen; Limburg Sermons; Easter Play
Language of origin code	sn
Place of origin	Limburg (Maastricht?)
Date of origin	1300 (c.)
Related names/collections	Maastricht, Coll.; Maastricht, Convent Maagdendries, Tertiaries
Cataloguer's note	ask 3-6-99 datering nog nakijken bij Peter
Language	Latin
Language (Dutch)	Latijn
Classification code	01 A 35; 01 A 36
Geographic code	01 NL 02 LI

1 illumination catalogued

f. 3rhistoriated initial

Christ teaching his disciples

1300-1350

33A34 49L12(E)49L171 49L72 49LL71 73C73

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	111
Sequence (global)	6660
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 70 E 5
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 70 E 5
Image size (mm)	30x25
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	tgvgd
Scene order key	3r
Language of origin code	2 Southern Netherlands