Choir-Psalter. Hymnary (Franciscan use)

Shelfmark The Hague, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, 78 A 32

Origin & date Limburg, Masters of the Dark Eyes (illuminator); 1521

Physical description

Vellum, ff. 154, 482x360 (370x255) mm, 2 columns, 23 lines or 11 lines and music, littera textualis. Latin. Binding: contemporary brown leather, blind

Illumination

4 historiated initials (85/80x80 mm); decorated initials

Provenance

Franciscans of the Monastery Slavante, Maastricht (18th century); seized in 1796 by the French occupying forces and rediscovered in 1839 in Maastricht; acquired in 1840 as part of the Collection Maastricht (no. 362)

Bibliography

Brandhorst & Broekhuijsen-Kruijer 1985, no. 332. - Boeren 1988, no. 52. - Broekhuijsen 1997, II, p. 223

Note

Hymnarium: . Opening leaf missing before f. 2 (Psalter, Psalm 1). 3 historiated initials cut out on f. 44v (Psalm 52), f. 64v (Psalm 80) and f. 73 (Psalm 97)

All catalogue fields

Type	Manuscript book
NU	xxx
Language of record	nl
Source project(s)	MSS; BYVANCK; KBMSS
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 78 A 32
Title (index form)	Psalter (Choir-Psalter; Franciscan use); Hymnary
Language of origin code	sn
Place of origin	Limburg
Date of origin	1521
Illuminator / Master	Masters of the Dark Eyes
Related names/collections	Maastricht, Coll.; Maastricht, Monastery Slavante, Franciscans
Cataloguer's note	ask 7-2000
Language	Latin
Language (Dutch)	Latijn
Classification code	01 A 32 1; 01 A 32 4
Geographic code	01 NL 02 LI

4 illuminations catalogued

f. 25rhistoriated initial

David and Goliath: David kills Goliath with a stone from his sling

Psalm 26 ('The Lord is my light and my salvation')

1521

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	3720
Sequence (global)	9603
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 78 A 32
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 78 A 32
Image size (mm)	83x80
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	tgvgd. B&BK 1985: 'David en Goliath'
Scene order key	25r
Language of origin code	2 Southern Netherlands

f. 36rhistoriated initial

David and Goliath: David beheads Goliath with his sword

Psalm 38 ('I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue')

1521

49L12(D)49L171 71H1443

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	3721
Sequence (global)	9604
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 78 A 32
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 78 A 32
Image size (mm)	83x83
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	tgvgd. B&BK 1985: 'David doodt Goliath'
Scene order key	36r
Language of origin code	2 Southern Netherlands

f. 52vhistoriated initial

David escapes through a window; Michal lets him down with the help of a rope

Psalm 38 ('I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue')

1521

49L12(S)49L171 71H1632

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	3722
Sequence (global)	9605
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 78 A 32
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 78 A 32
Image size (mm)	82x82
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	tgvgd
Scene order key	52v
Language of origin code	2 Southern Netherlands
Note	Not available = 78a32_052v.jpg

f. 91vhistoriated initial

The coronation of Mary by God the Father, Christ and the Holy Spirit

1521

49L12(D)49L171 73E793

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	3723
Sequence (global)	9606
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 78 A 32
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 78 A 32
Image size (mm)	87x81
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	tgvgd
Scene order key	91v
Language of origin code	2 Southern Netherlands
Note	Not available = 78a32_091v.jpg