Missal (Missal of the Church of St. Servatius, Maastricht; use of Liège)

Shelfmark The Hague, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, 78 D 44

Origin & date Maastricht; c. 1400-1450

Physical description

Vellum, ff. 299, 354x264 (255x168) mm, 2 colums, 35 lines, littera textualis. Latin. Binding: contemporary brown leather(spine repaired)

Illumination

1 full-page miniature; 2 historiated initials, 2 illustrations in the margin; penwork initials with pen-flourishes (ff. 9r, 17v, 18v, 19v, 134r, etc.)

Provenance

Owned in 1463 by the St. Salvator Altar in the Capella Regia of the Church of St. Servatius, Maastricht. Gevorderd in 1796 by the French and rediscovered at Maastricht in 1839. Acquired in 1840 as part of the Collection Maastricht

Bibliography

Byvanck 1931, p. 41. - Brandhorst & Broekhuijsen-Kruijer 1985, no. 122. - Boeren 1988 (with bibliography)

Note

Liège calender: feasts in red include Visio St. Servatii (March 25); St. Servatius (May 13) and `Octava Servatii episcopi et confessoriis patroni nostri' (May 20) his translation (June 7) and Festum civitatis (or Triumphus sancti Servatii, first sunday of July)

All catalogue fields

Type	Manuscript book
NU	xxx
Language of record	nl
Source project(s)	MSS; BYVANCK; KBMSS
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 78 D 44
Title (index form)	Missal (Missal of the Church of St. Servatius, Maastricht; use of Liège)
Language of origin code	sn
Place of origin	Maastricht
Date of origin	1400-1450
Related names/collections	Maastricht, Coll.; Maastricht, St. Servatius
Cataloguer's note	ASK 5-99
Language	Latin
Language (Dutch)	Latijn
Classification code	01 A 31 5
Geographic code	01 NL 02 LI MA

1 illumination catalogued

f. 133vminiature

The Crucifixion, with Mary and St. John, the two malefactors, Longinus piercing Christ's side with a lance, the confessing centurion and soldiers

1400-1450

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	4401
Sequence (global)	7352
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 78 D 44
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 78 D 44
Image size (mm)	227x145
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	tgvgd
Scene order key	133v
Language of origin code	2 Southern Netherlands