Prayer Book (composite volume)

Shelfmark The Hague, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, 133 F 9

Origin & date South Holland; c. 1480-1500. Added section (ff. 42-181): c. 1500-1550

Physical description

Vellum (I) and paper (II+III), ff. 181 (41+18+122), 103x69 (I: 69x40) mm, 15 lines, littera textualis, (II: 70x50) mm, 14-16 lines, littera hybrida (III: 72x50) mm, c. 22 lines, littera hybrida. Dutch. Binding: 16th-century brown leather, blind

Illumination

1 full-page miniature (58x40 mm) with border decoration (probably over woodcut `schabloon'); 1 full-page miniature (63x43 mm); penwork initials with pen-flourishes in South Holland style (related to `radishes'; ff. 1r, 19r)

Provenance

J.J. Serrée of Utrecht (1889), sold in 1890 in the auction of De Jong van Beek en Donk a.o. at Beijers, Utrecht (cat. Oct., no. 3827), where bought by J.G.R. Acquoy (book-plate); purchased in 1897 as part of the Acquoy collection

Bibliography

Libri Theol. 1922, no. 375. - Biemans 1984, no. 179 (with bibliography). - Brandhorst & Broekhuijsen-Kruijer 1985, no. 231

All catalogue fields

Type	Manuscript book
NU	xxx
Language of record	nl
Source project(s)	MSS; BYVANCK; KBMSS
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 133 F 9
Title (index form)	Prayer Book in Dutch (composite volume)
Language of origin code	nn
Place of origin	South Holland
Date of origin	1450-1500; 1500-1550
Decoration style	South Holland penwork (`radishes', related)
Related names/collections	Acquoy, J.G.R., Coll.; Serrée, J.J.; Beijers, Utrecht (auct. 1890)
Cataloguer's note	GD 3-2-99. ask 7-2000
Language	Dutch
Language (Dutch)	Nederlands
Classification code	01 A 41
Geographic code	01 NL 02 SH

2 illuminations catalogued

f. Ivfull-page miniature

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

Meditation

1450-1500

11H(GREGORY)51

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	6341
Sequence (global)	5681
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 133 F 9
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 133 F 9
Image size (mm)	60x34
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	tgvgd gcdrd
Scene order key	0 042 Iv
Language of origin code	1 Northern Netherlands
Note	Not available = 133F9_IV_MIN.JPG

f. 18vfull-page miniature

St. Veronica holding up the veil with the image of Christ (Vera Icon); IHS monogram

Meditation

1450-1500

11D113 11D3121

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	6342
Sequence (global)	5682
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 133 F 9
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 133 F 9
Image size (mm)	73x60
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	tgvgd gcdrd. B&BK 1985: 'H. Veronica'
Scene order key	18v
Language of origin code	1 Northern Netherlands
Note	Not available = 133F9_018V_MIN.JPG