Book of Hours

Shelfmark The Hague, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, 131 G 5

Origin & date Eastern part of the Northern Netherlands; c. 1475-1485. Inserted miniatures: South(?) Holland; 1470-1490. Added(?) penflourishes: Groningen, Convent Feldwerd; c. 1475-1500

Physical description

Vellum, ff. 194, 151x110 (84x64) mm, 18 lines, littera textualis. Dutch. Binding: contemporary brown leather, blind (panelstamped)

Illumination

7 historiated initials (56/46x59/48 mm) with border decoration; decorated initials with border decoration in different style (ff. 21r, 22v, 30v, 33v, 36r, etc.)

Provenance

Purchased in 1899 at the sale of W.J. Roijaards van den Ham at J.L. Beyers, Utrecht (cat.

Bibliography

Libri Theol. 1922, no. Byvanck & Hoogewerff 1922-1925, no. 145, pl. 18. - Verheyden 1933 (Het boek), p. 33-34. - Brandhorst & Broekhuijsen-Kruijer 1985, no. 240. - Chavannes 1996, p. 37 nt.

Note

Utrecht calendar: feasts in red include the 11,000 Virgins. Leaves with full-page miniatures missing before f. 14 (Hours of the Virgin), f. 70 (Short Hours of the Cross), f. 76 (Hours of the Eternal Wisdom)

All catalogue fields

Type	Manuscript book
NU	xx
Language of record	nl
Source project(s)	MSS; BYVANCK; KBMSS
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 131 G 5
Title (index form)	Book of Hours in Dutch
Language of origin code	nn
Place of origin	Northern Netherlands, Eastern part; Groningen, Convent Feldwerd; South(?) Holland
Date of origin	1475-1485; 1470-1490; 1475-1500
Decoration style	Groningen penwork (`Feldwerd')
Related names/collections	Beyers, J.L. (auct. 1899); Roijaards van den Ham, W.J.
Cataloguer's note	ask 2-00. 6-2000 in taal: hilligen Meester van Oxford hs.
Language	Dutch
Language (Dutch)	Nederlands
Classification code	01 A 33 1
Geographic code	01 NL 02 GR AP FE; 01 NL 01 03; 01 NL 02 SH

11 illuminations catalogued

f. 14rhistoriated initial

Mary with the Christ-child

Hours of the Virgin

1450-1475

11FF4122 11F723 49L12(H)49L171

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	5649
Sequence (global)	5628
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 131 G 5
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 131 G 5
Image size (mm)	51x59
Type	manuscript illumination
Scene order key	14r
Language of origin code	1 Northern Netherlands
Note	Not available = 131G5_014R_INIT.JPG

f. 52vfull-page miniature

Pentecost: the Holy Spirit descends upon the apostles

Hours of the Holy Spirit

1450-1475

41A2 73E5

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	5650
Sequence (global)	5629
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 131 G 5
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 131 G 5
Image size (mm)	108x58
Type	manuscript illumination
Scene order key	52v
Language of origin code	1 Northern Netherlands
Note	Not available = 131G5_052V_MIN.JPG

f. 53rhistoriated initial

The Trinity: God the father holding the body of Christ (Not Gottes)

Hours of the Holy Spirit

1450-1475

11B3232 49L12(H)49L171

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	5651
Sequence (global)	5630
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 131 G 5
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 131 G 5
Image size (mm)	52x58
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	gcdrd
Scene order key	53r
Language of origin code	1 Northern Netherlands
Note	Not available = 131G5_053R_INIT.JPG

f. 70rhistoriated initial

Christ-child carrying the cross

Short Hours of the Cross

1450-1475

11D23 49L12(H)49L171

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	5652
Sequence (global)	5631
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 131 G 5
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 131 G 5
Image size (mm)	46x48
Type	manuscript illumination
Scene order key	70r
Language of origin code	1 Northern Netherlands
Note	Not available = 131G5_070R_INIT.JPG

f. 76rhistoriated initial

Salvator Mundi

Hours of the Eternal Wisdom

1450-1475

11D3222 49L12(M)49L171

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	5653
Sequence (global)	5632
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 131 G 5
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 131 G 5
Image size (mm)	50x55
Type	manuscript illumination
Scene order key	76r
Language of origin code	1 Northern Netherlands
Note	Not available = 131G5_076R_INIT.JPG

f. 97vfull-page miniature

The mass of St. Gregory the Great: Christ appears on the altar

Long Hours of the Cross

1450-1475

11H(GREGORY)51

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	5654
Sequence (global)	5633
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 131 G 5
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 131 G 5
Image size (mm)	105x58
Type	manuscript illumination
Scene order key	97v
Language of origin code	1 Northern Netherlands
Note	Not available = 131G5_097V_MIN.JPG

f. 98rhistoriated initial

Man of Sorrows: Christ holding scourge and reed

Long Hours of the Cross

1450-1475

49L12(H)49L171 73D73

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	5655
Sequence (global)	5634
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 131 G 5
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 131 G 5
Image size (mm)	55x57
Type	manuscript illumination
Scene order key	98r
Language of origin code	1 Northern Netherlands
Note	Not available = 131G5_098R_INIT.JPG

f. 123vfull-page miniature

The Last Judgement: Christ on a rainbow raises the dead in the presence of Mary and St. John the Baptist; trumpeting angels, devil dragging the damned into hell

Penitential Psalms

1450-1475

11U1 11U4

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	5656
Sequence (global)	5635
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 131 G 5
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 131 G 5
Image size (mm)	104x59
Type	manuscript illumination
Scene order key	123v
Language of origin code	1 Northern Netherlands
Note	Not available = 131G5_123V_MIN.JPG

f. 124rhistoriated initial

David playing the harp

Penitential Psalms

1450-1475

11I62(DAVID)33 49L12(H)49L171

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	5657
Sequence (global)	5636
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 131 G 5
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 131 G 5
Image size (mm)	51x57
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	gcdrd
Scene order key	124r
Language of origin code	1 Northern Netherlands
Note	Not available = 131G5_124R_INIT.JPG

f. 143vfull-page miniature

A funeral service in a church

Office of the Dead

1450-1475

11Q713 11Q742 42E2

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	5658
Sequence (global)	5637
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 131 G 5
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 131 G 5
Image size (mm)	106x58
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	gcdrd
Scene order key	143v
Language of origin code	1 Northern Netherlands
Note	Not available = 131G5_143V_MIN.JPG

f. 144rhistoriated initial

Souls in Purgatory

Office of the Dead

1450-1475

11T41 11T6 49L12(M)49L171

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	5659
Sequence (global)	5638
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 131 G 5
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 131 G 5
Image size (mm)	56x58
Type	manuscript illumination
Scene order key	144r
Language of origin code	1 Northern Netherlands
Note	Not available = 131G5_144R_INIT.JPG