Book of Hours

Shelfmark The Hague, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, 133 M 23

Origin & date Northern Netherlands; c. 1460-1480. Added miniatures: Delft, Master of the Delft Half-length Figures; c. 1460-1480. Added border decoration: Delft(?), `Kriezels' with elements of Lieven van Lathem; c. 1460-1480

Physical description

Vellum, ff. 176, 160x110 (95x60) mm, 16 lines, littera textualis. Dutch. Binding: 18th(?)-century brown leather over 16th-century wooden boards

Illumination

Penwork initials with pen-flourishes (ff. 1r, 70v, 71v, 73r, 74r, etc. and different style: f. 171r)

Provenance

Sold in 1937 at Sotheby's, London (cat. 26 April ff., no. 241). E. Boekman, Amsterdam; purchased in 1940 from C. Boekman

Bibliography

Brandhorst & Broekhuijsen-Kruijer 1985, no. 270. - Korteweg 1994, p. 323, fig. 1

Note

Utrecht calender. Leaf with full-page miniature missing before f. 79 (Hours of the Holy Spirit). Traces of pilgrim badges on 129v-130r

All catalogue fields

Type	Manuscript book
NU	xxx
Language of record	nl
Source project(s)	MSS; BYVANCK; KBMSS
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 133 M 23
Title (index form)	Book of Hours in Dutch
Language of origin code	nn
Place of origin	Delft(?); Delft; Northern Netherlands
Date of origin	1460-1480
Illuminator / Master	Master of the Delft Half-length Figures
Decoration style	Delft decoration (`kriezels' with elements of Lieven van Lathem)
Related names/collections	Boekman, C.; Boekman, E.; Sotheby's, London (auct. 1937)
Cataloguer's note	ask 12-99. 7-2000
Language	Dutch
Language (Dutch)	Nederlands
Classification code	01 A 33 1
Geographic code	01 NL 02 SH DE; 01 NL 02 SH DE; 01 NL

9 illuminations catalogued

f. 13vfull-page miniature

The Annunciation: Gabriel announces Christ's birth to Mary

Hours of the Virgin

1460-1480

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	6376
Sequence (global)	5786
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 133 M 23
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 133 M 23
Image size (mm)	108x59
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	tgvgd gcdrd
Scene order key	13v
Language of origin code	1 Northern Netherlands
Illuminator / Master	Master of the Delft Half-length Figures
Note	Not available = 133M23_013V_MIN.JPG

f. 14rhistoriated initial

The Nativity: the adoration of the Christ-child by Mary and St. Joseph

Hours of the Virgin

1460-1480

49L12(H)49L171 73B23 73B281(+0)

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	6377
Sequence (global)	5787
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 133 M 23
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 133 M 23
Image size (mm)	35x40
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	tgvgd gcdrd
Scene order key	14r
Language of origin code	1 Northern Netherlands
Illuminator / Master	Master of the Delft Half-length Figures
Note	Not available = 133M23_014R_INIT.JPG

f. 68vfull-page miniature

The Crucifixion, with Mary and St. John

Short Hours of the Cross

1460-1480

73D58 73D641

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	6378
Sequence (global)	5788
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 133 M 23
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 133 M 23
Image size (mm)	109x60
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	tgvgd gcdrd
Scene order key	68v
Language of origin code	1 Northern Netherlands
Illuminator / Master	Master of the Delft Half-length Figures
Note	Not available = 133M23_068V_MIN.JPG

f. 69rhistoriated initial

Man of Sorrows: Christ holding scourge and reed

Short Hours of the Cross

1460-1480

49L12(H)49L171 73D731

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	6379
Sequence (global)	5789
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 133 M 23
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 133 M 23
Image size (mm)	30x25
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	tgvgd gcdrd
Scene order key	69r
Language of origin code	1 Northern Netherlands
Illuminator / Master	Master of the Delft Half-length Figures
Note	Not available = 133M23_069R_INIT.JPG

f. 79rhistoriated initial

The Holy Spirit as a dove

Hours of the Holy Spirit

1460-1480

11E1 49L12(H)49L171

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	6380
Sequence (global)	5790
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 133 M 23
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 133 M 23
Image size (mm)	32x28
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	tgvgd gcdrd. B&BK 1985: 'H. Geest'
Scene order key	79r
Language of origin code	1 Northern Netherlands
Illuminator / Master	Master of the Delft Half-length Figures
Note	Not available = 133M23_079R_INIT.JPG

f. 105vfull-page miniature

The Last Judgement: Christ on a rainbow raises the dead in the presence of Mary and St. John the Baptist; trumpeting angels

Penitential Psalms

1460-1480

11U21(+3)11U4(+3)

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	6381
Sequence (global)	5791
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 133 M 23
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 133 M 23
Image size (mm)	109x59
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	tgvgd gcdrd
Scene order key	105v
Language of origin code	1 Northern Netherlands
Illuminator / Master	Master of the Delft Half-length Figures
Note	Not available = 133M23_105V_MIN.JPG

f. 106rhistoriated initial

David at prayer

Penitential Psalms

1460-1480

49L12(H)49L171 71H611

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	6382
Sequence (global)	5792
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 133 M 23
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 133 M 23
Image size (mm)	40x35
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	tgvgd gcdrd
Scene order key	106r
Language of origin code	1 Northern Netherlands
Illuminator / Master	Master of the Delft Half-length Figures
Note	Not available = 133M23_106R_INIT.JPG

f. 131vfull-page miniature

A funeral service in a church

Office of the Dead

1460-1480

11Q713 11Q742 42E2

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	6383
Sequence (global)	5793
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 133 M 23
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 133 M 23
Image size (mm)	110x60
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	tgvgd gcdrd
Scene order key	131v
Language of origin code	1 Northern Netherlands
Illuminator / Master	Master of the Delft Half-length Figures
Note	Not available = 133M23_131V_MIN.JPG

f. 132rhistoriated initial (damaged)

Two souls in Purgatory (barely visible, initial damaged)

Office of the Dead

1460-1480

11T6 49L12(M)49L171

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	6384
Sequence (global)	5794
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 133 M 23
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 133 M 23
Image size (mm)	32x35
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	Waar moet het woord 'damaged' komen?
Scene order key	132r
Language of origin code	1 Northern Netherlands
Illuminator / Master	Master of the Delft Half-length Figures
Note	Not available = 133M23_132R_INIT.JPG