Book of Hours and Prayer Book

Shelfmark The Hague, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, 135 F 4

Origin & date South Holland; c. 1490-1500

Physical description

Vellum, ff. 205, 140x100 (78x56) mm, 17 lines, littera textualis. Dutch. Binding: contemporary brown leather, blind (rebacked)

Illumination

7 historiated initials (50/35x42/34 mm) with border decoration; decorated initials with border decoration (ff. 28v, 37v, 41r, 44v, 47v, etc.); decorated initials with penflourishes in South Holland style (ff. 14r, 15r, 15v, 16v, 17v, etc.); penwork initials with pen-flourishes in South Holland style (ff. 114v, 116v, 119v, 142v, 143r, etc.)

Provenance

Discovered in 1836 by J.V. Schuwirth, parish priest, at the Roman Catholic `Statie' on the Carolieweg, Groningen. Dominicans, Huissen; Purchased in 1965 as part of the collection of the Dominicans of the Collegium Albertinum, Nijmegen

Bibliography

Brandhorst & Broekhuijsen-Kruijer 1985, no. 304. - The Hague 1986, no. 32

Note

Utrecht calendar: feasts in red include St. Jeroen (17 August)

All catalogue fields

Type	Manuscript book
NU	xxx
Language of record	nl
Source project(s)	MSS; BYVANCK; KBMSS
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 135 F 4
Title (index form)	Book of Hours and Prayer Book in Dutch
Language of origin code	nn
Place of origin	South Holland
Date of origin	1490-1500
Related names/collections	Nijmegen, Collegium Albertinum, Dominicans; Schuwirth, J.V.; Huissen, Dominicans
Cataloguer's note	ask 2-6-99 en 12-99. 7-2000
Language	Dutch
Language (Dutch)	Nederlands
Classification code	01 A 33 1; 01 A 41
Geographic code	01 NL 02 SH

7 illuminations catalogued

f. 13rhistoriated initial

The Crucifixion, with Mary and St. John

Short Hours of the Cross

1490-1500

49L12(H)49L171 73D58 73D641

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	6845
Sequence (global)	6312
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 135 F 4
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 135 F 4
Image size (mm)	40x40
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	tgvgd gcdrd. Short Hours of the Cross
Scene order key	13r
Language of origin code	1 Northern Netherlands
Note	Not available = 135F4_013R_INIT.JPG

f. 19rhistoriated initial

Madonna: Mary on the crescent, holding the Christ-child

Hours of the Virgin

1490-1500

11F4132 11F721 49L12(H)49L171

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	6846
Sequence (global)	6313
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 135 F 4
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 135 F 4
Image size (mm)	36x39
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	tgvgd gcdrd. Mary half-length
Scene order key	19r
Language of origin code	1 Northern Netherlands
Note	Not available = 135F4_019R_INIT.JPG

f. 62rhistoriated initial

Salvator Mundi: Christ making a blessing gesture and holding an orb

Hours of the Eternal Wisdom

1490-1500

11D324 49L12(O)49L171

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	6847
Sequence (global)	6314
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 135 F 4
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 135 F 4
Image size (mm)	35x34
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	tgvgd gcdrd
Scene order key	62r
Language of origin code	1 Northern Netherlands
Note	Not available = 135F4_062R_INIT.JPG

f. 87rhistoriated initial

Pentecost: the Holy Spirit descends upon Mary and the apostles

Hours of the Holy Spirit

1490-1500

49L12(H)49L171 49LL72 49N 73E5

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	6848
Sequence (global)	6315
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 135 F 4
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 135 F 4
Image size (mm)	44x42
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	tgvgd gcdrd
Scene order key	87r
Language of origin code	1 Northern Netherlands
Note	Not available = 135F4_087R_INIT.JPG

f. 119rhistoriated initial

The head of Christ, with a crown of thorns

Long Hours of the Cross

1490-1500

49L12(H)49L171 73D3522

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	6849
Sequence (global)	6316
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 135 F 4
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 135 F 4
Image size (mm)	44x40
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	tgvgd gcdrd. B&BK 1985: 'Ecce Homo'. Long Hours of the Cross
Scene order key	119r
Language of origin code	1 Northern Netherlands
Note	Not available = 135F4_119R_INIT.JPG

f. 145rhistoriated initial

David playing the harp

Penitential Psalms

1490-1500

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

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	6850
Sequence (global)	6317
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 135 F 4
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 135 F 4
Image size (mm)	50x40
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	tgvgd gcdrd
Scene order key	145r
Language of origin code	1 Northern Netherlands
Note	Not available = 135F4_145R_INIT.JPG

f. 166rhistoriated initial

A soul in Purgatory

Office of the Dead

1490-1500

11T6 49L12(M)49L171

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	6851
Sequence (global)	6318
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 135 F 4
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 135 F 4
Image size (mm)	45x40
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	tgvgd gcdrd
Scene order key	166r
Language of origin code	1 Northern Netherlands
Note	Not available = 135F4_166R_INIT.JPG