Book of Hours

Shelfmark The Hague, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, 131 G 1

Origin & date South Holland; [1489]

Physical description

Vellum, ff. 209, 162x115 (91x61) mm, 17 lines, littera textualis. Dutch. Binding: 18th(?)-century red velvet

Illumination

1 unframed drawing (122x70 mm); 1 illustration in the margin; decorated initials with border decoration (ff. 17r, 63r, 92r, 100r, 102r, etc.; penwork initials with pen-flourishes in South-Holland style (`radishes'; ff. 2r, 17v, 25r, 140v, 144v, etc.)

Provenance

Purchased in 1899

Bibliography

Libri Theol. 1922 - Byvanck & Hoogewerff 1922-1925, no 159, pl. 236. - Byvanck 1931, p. 41. - Brandhorst & Broekhuijsen-Kruijer 1985, no. 288. - CMD-NL 2 1988, no. 489, pl. 598

Note

Utrecht calendar (Delft): feasts in red include St. Hippolytus (13 August), St. Jeroen (17 August) and the 11,000 Virgins (21 October). At least 10 miniatures missing before major texts

All catalogue fields

Type	Manuscript book
NU	xxx
Language of record	nl
Source project(s)	MSS; BYVANCK; KBMSS
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 131 G 1
Title (index form)	Book of Hours in Dutch
Language of origin code	nn
Place of origin	South Holland
Date of origin	1489
Decoration style	South Holland penwork (`radishes')
Cataloguer's note	JL 8-11-99. ask 6-2000; decoration related to painted aubergine
Language	Dutch
Language (Dutch)	Nederlands
Classification code	01 A 33 1
Geographic code	01 NL 02 SH

2 illuminations catalogued

f. 15rdrawing (unframed)

Zodiacal man

Astrological Table

1489(?)

23O5

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	5597
Sequence (global)	6147
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 131 G 1
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 131 G 1
Image size (mm)	120x65
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	tgvgd gcdrd
Scene order key	15r
Language of origin code	1 Northern Netherlands
Note	Not available = 131G1_015R_MIN.JPG

f. 146rmargin

Man of Sorrows: Christ with the Instruments of the Passion

Hundred Articles of the Passion of Christ

1489(?)

73D731

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	5598
Sequence (global)	6148
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 131 G 1
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 131 G 1
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	tgvgd gcdrd
Scene order key	146r
Language of origin code	1 Northern Netherlands
Note	Not available = 131G1_146R_RANDV.JPG