Book of Hours (Premonstrantensian use)

Shelfmark The Hague, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, 75 H 43

Origin & date Arras; c. 1400. Added sections (ff. 13-28 and 86-125): Southern Netherlands; c. 1450-1500

Physical description

Vellum, ff. 125, 141x104 (90x65 en 80x55) mm, 16 and 14 lines, littera textualis. Latin (and French). Binding: 18th-century vellum

Illumination

1 full-page miniature (80x50 mm); 1 historiated initial (27x33 mm) with border decoration; decorated initials with border decoration (ff. 37r, 51v, 54r, 56v, , etc.)

Provenance

Purchased in 1848 at a sale at H.C. Schetsberg, Leeuwarden

Bibliography

Libri Theol. 1922, no. 181. - Brayer 1963, no. 135. - Brandhorst & Broekhuijsen-Kruijer 1985, no. 37

Note

Arras calendar: feasts in red include Deposition of St. Vaast (6 February), Relation of St. Vaast (15 July), Translation of St. Vaast (1 October), St. Denis (9 October). Litany: St. Vedastur first among the confessors

All catalogue fields

Type	Manuscript book
NU	xx
Language of record	nl
Source project(s)	MSS; BYVANCK; KBMSS
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 75 H 43
Title (index form)	Book of Hours in Latin and French (Premonstratensian use)
Language of origin code	fr
Place of origin	Arras
Date of origin	1400 (c.); 1450-1500
Related names/collections	Schetsberg, H.C., Leeuwarden (auct. 1848)
Cataloguer's note	ask 7-2000; Office of the Dead: premontre, laatste ontbreekt door bladverlies
Language	French; Latin
Language (Dutch)	Frans; Latijn
Classification code	01 A 33 1
Geographic code	01 FR 02 PC AR

2 illuminations catalogued

f. 28vfull-page miniature

The Annunciation: Gabriel announces Christ's birth to Mary

Hours of the Virgin

1400 (c.)

73A521

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	1164
Sequence (global)	2183
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 75 H 43
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 75 H 43
Image size (mm)	90x59
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	tgvgd gcdrd. Mary holding a closed book
Scene order key	28v
Language of origin code	0 France
Note	Not available = 75H43_028V_MIN.JPG

f. 29rhistoriated initial

Madonna: Mary sitting on a cushion on the ground, holding the Christ-child

Hours of the Virgin

1400 (c.)

11FF4322 49L12(D)49L171

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	1165
Sequence (global)	2184
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 75 H 43
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 75 H 43
Image size (mm)	27x33
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	tgvgd gcdrd. Mary crowned. B&BK 1985: 'Nederige Madonna'. Maria zoogt echter niet. KvdH
Scene order key	29r
Language of origin code	0 France
Note	Not available = 75H43_029R_INIT.JPG