Book of Hours (use unknown)

Shelfmark The Hague, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, 74 G 5

Origin & date Southern Netherlands (Brabant?); c. 1475-1500. Added section in Dutch (ff. 111-125)

Physical description

Vellum, ff. 127 (110+17), 142x117 (87x67) mm, 14 lines, littera textualis. Latin (and Dutch). Binding: 16th-century brown leather, blind, panelstamped (rebacked), of c. 1530

Illumination

1 historiated initial (30x43 mm) with border decoration; decorated initials with border decoration (ff. 24v, 34r, 38v, 42r, 45v, etc.); penwork initials with pen-flourishes (ff. 14v, 16r, 16v, 17v, 19r, etc.)

Provenance

Sold in 1776 at the auction of H. Spruit, Utrecht. Purchased in 1909 as part of the collection of A.W.M. Mensing (no. 82)

Bibliography

Libri Theol. 1922, no. 213. - Brandhorst & Broekhuijsen-Kruijer 1985, no. 418

Note

Liège(?) calendar: feasts in red include St. Lambert (September 17), St. Denis (October 9), St. Hubertus (November 3). Use of Hours of the Virgin: Prime, Cap.: Quando natus, Ant.: Ab initio, None, Cap.: Ecce Maria, Ant.: Sicut cynamonum; Responsories of the Office of the Dead: Credo quod, Qui Lazarum, Domine quando, Heu mihi, Ne recorderis, Manus tue, Peccantem me, Deus eterne, Libera me ... de morte. Traces of pelgrimsbadges (ff. I, 13)

All catalogue fields

Type	Manuscript book
NU	xx
Language of record	nl
Source project(s)	MSS; BYVANCK; KBMSS
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 74 G 5
Title (index form)	Book of Hours in Latin and Dutch (use unknown)
Language of origin code	sn
Place of origin	Southern Netherlands (Brabant?)
Date of origin	1475-1500
Related names/collections	Mensing, A.W.M., coll.; Spruit, H.
Cataloguer's note	GG; ask 7-99. 9-2000; Use niet in Ottosen; Bloem p. 63 Voor band zie Verheyden, Boek en bibliotheekwezen 106, pp. 121-124
Language	Latin; Dutch
Language (Dutch)	Latijn; Nederlands
Classification code	01 A 33 1
Geographic code	01 BE 02 FL BR

1 illumination catalogued

f. 14rhistoriated initial

The Annunciation: Gabriel announces Christ's birth to Mary

1475-1500

11E1 49L12(D)49L171 49LL72 49N 73A523(+13)

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	715
Sequence (global)	8839
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 74 G 5
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 74 G 5
Image size (mm)	30x40
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	tgvgd
Scene order key	14r
Language of origin code	2 Southern Netherlands
Note	Not available = 74G5_014R_INIT.JPG