Book of Hours (part: Penitential Psalms, Office of the Dead en Commendatio animae)

Shelfmark The Hague, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, 135 K 15

Origin & date Southern Netherlands; c. 1450-1475

Physical description

Vellum, ff. 74, 141x95 (88x59) mm, 19 lines, littera textualis. Dutch. Binding: 19th-century red leather, gilt, made by T. Armstrong, London

Illumination

2 unframed coloured drawings (25x44 and 17x60 mm); decorated initial with border decoration (f. 20r); penwork initial with pen-flourishes (1r)

Provenance

Ch.R. des Ruffières (bookplate); sale of C.N. de Ruffières in 1899 at Sotheby's, London (cat. 22 Febr., no. 1756). Presented in 1904 by S.C. Cockerell to C.H.StJ. Hornby of Shelley House, Chelsea (ms. 2). J.R. Abbey (nr. 3161); purchased in 1975 at the Abbey sale at Sotheby's, London (cat. 25 March, no. 2958, 2 figs.)

Bibliography

Brandhorst & Broekhuijsen-Kruijer 1985, no. 237. - Utrecht 1999

Note

Office of the Dead: translation of Geert Grote

All catalogue fields

Type	Manuscript book
NU	xxx
Language of record	nl
Source project(s)	MSS; BYVANCK; KBMSS
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 135 K 15
Title (index form)	Book of Hours in Dutch (part: Penitential Psalms, Office of the Dead and Commendatio animae)
Language of origin code	sn
Place of origin	Southern Netherlands
Date of origin	1450-1475
BR	Armstrong, T., London
Related names/collections	Sotheby', London (auct. 1975); Abbey, J.R.; Ruffières, Ch.R. des; Ruffières, C.N. des; Hornby, C.H.StJ.; Cockerell, S.C.
Cataloguer's note	GG 3-2-99. ask 3-6-99 en 7-2000
Language	Dutch
Language (Dutch)	Nederlands
Classification code	01 A 33 1
Geographic code	03 SN

2 illuminations catalogued

f. 19vdrawing (unframed)

A man and a woman sitting in a tomb

Saying, rhymed

1450-1500

11R51 31A(+53)31AA(+53)42E31

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	7076
Sequence (global)	5687
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 135 K 15
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 135 K 15
Image size (mm)	35x65
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	tgvgd gcdrd
Scene order key	19v _sc. 1
Language of origin code	1 Northern Netherlands
Note	Not available = 135K15_019V.MIN.JPG

f. 19vdrawing (unframed)

A coffin

Saying, rhymed

1450-1500

11R7 42E141

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	7077
Sequence (global)	5688
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 135 K 15
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 135 K 15
Image size (mm)	17x60
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	tgvgd gcdrd. Niet in B&BK 1985
Scene order key	19v _sc. 2
Language of origin code	1 Northern Netherlands
Note	Not available = 135K15_019V_MIN.JPG