Book of Hours

Shelfmark The Hague, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, 129 G 2

Origin & date Leyden, Masters of the Suffrages (illuminator); c. 1500- 1510

Physical description

Vellum, ff. 166, 165x113 (105x68) mm, 19 lines, littera textualis. Dutch. Binding: 18th(?)-century purple velvet

Illumination

2 full-page miniatures (99/96x60/58 mm) with border decoration; decorated initials with border decoration (ff. 11v, 17r, 57r, 83r, 120r, etc); all border decoration in South Holland style (`strewn borders'); penwork initials with pen-flourishes in South Holland style (`aubergine'; ff. 12v, 13v, 14r, 14v, 15v, etc.)

Provenance

Oeyda van Rossem (17th century); Steffen van Rossem, lord of Poederoyen und Nyevelt (17th century). Purchased in 1898 from antiquarian bookseller J. Tregaskis, London

Bibliography

Libri Theol. 1922 - Brandhorst & Broekhuijsen-Kruijer 1985, no. 329. The Hague 1986, no. 1, pl. 2. - Oosterman 1995

Note

Utrecht calendar: feasts in red include St. Jeroen (17 August). Leaves with full-page miniature missing before f. 17 (Hours of the Virgin), f. 83 (Office of the Dead, Psalm) and probably before f. 132 (Seven Prayser of St. Gregory)

All catalogue fields

Type	Manuscript book
NU	xxx
Language of record	nl
Source project(s)	MSS; BYVANCK; KBMSS
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 129 G 2
Title (index form)	Book of Hours in Dutch
Language of origin code	nn
Place of origin	Leyden
Date of origin	1500-1510
Illuminator / Master	Masters of the Suffrages
Decoration style	South Holland decoration (`strewn borders'); South Holland penwork (`aubergine')
Related names/collections	Tregaskis, J., London (antiq.); Rossem, O. van; Rossem, S. van, lord of Poederoyen und Nyevelt
Cataloguer's note	MN 27-9-99. ask 6-2000
Language	Dutch
Language (Dutch)	Nederlands
Classification code	01 A 33 1
Geographic code	01 NL 02 SH LE

2 illuminations catalogued

f. 56vfull-page miniature

David sees Bathsheba bathing from a window of his palace

Penitential Psalms

1501-1510

71H71

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	5409
Sequence (global)	9464
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 129 G 2
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 129 G 2
Image size (mm)	96x60
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	tgvgd gcdrd
Scene order key	56v
Language of origin code	1 Northern Netherlands
Note	Not available = 129G2_056V_MIN.JPG

f. 119vfull-page miniature

Two angels adorating the Holy Sacrament

Meditation on the Holy Sacrament

1501-1510

11G25 11Q713 11Q71444(+3)

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	5410
Sequence (global)	9465
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 129 G 2
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 129 G 2
Image size (mm)	99x58
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	tgvgd gcdrd
Scene order key	119v
Language of origin code	1 Northern Netherlands
Note	Not available = 129G2_119V_MIN.JPG