Book of Hours

Shelfmark The Hague, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, 79 K 1

Origin & date Haarlem, Masters of the Haarlem Bible (illuminator); c. 1445-1450

Physical description

Vellum, ff. 213, 136x92 (x) mm, 17 lines, littera textualis. Dutch. Binding: 17th-century

Illumination

5 full-page miniatures (...x... mm); decorated initials with border decoration in North Holland style (early `bunches of twigs'; ff. )

Provenance

Jeurian Klaesz (1663). Scholte Collection, Amsterdam. Purchased in 1760 by Jan Pieter Peelen. Tulford Redman (bookplate). Presented in 1908 by J.W. Smith to the Public Library of Syracuse (NY), ms. Smith 6; sold in 1996 on an auction in California. Purchased in 1996 from antiquarian bookdealer Forum, 't Goy

Bibliography

Syracuse 1974, no. 73. - Axters 1976, p. 330. - Marrow (forthcoming)

Note

Miniature of Annunciation copied after a Delft grisaille. Also some Delft details in the decoration

All catalogue fields

Type	Manuscript book
NU	xxx
Language of record	nl
Source project(s)	MSS; BYVANCK; KBMSS
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 79 K 1
Title (index form)	Book of Hours in Dutch
Language of origin code	nn
Place of origin	Haarlem
Date of origin	1445-1450
Illuminator / Master	Masters of the Haarlem Bible
Decoration style	North Holland decoration (early `bunches of twigs')
Related names/collections	Klaesz, J.; Scholte; Peelen, J.P.; Redman, T.; Smith, J.W.; Syracuse, Public Library; Forum, 't Goy (antiquarian bookdealer)
Cataloguer's note	19-sep-1991. Niet in B&BK 1985
DI	9A 1:13-26
Language	Dutch
Language (Dutch)	Nederlands
Classification code	01 A 33 1
Geographic code	01 NL 02 NH HA

5 illuminations catalogued

f. 13vfull-page miniature

God the Father

Hours of the Virgin

1445-1450

11C231(+0)

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	4630
Sequence (global)	5614
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 79 K 1
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 79 K 1
Image size (mm)	82x52
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	tgvgd
Scene order key	13v
Language of origin code	1 Northern Netherlands
Note	Not available = 79K1_013V_MIN.JPG

f. 57vfull-page miniature

Pentecost: the Holy Spirit descends upon Mary and the apostles

Hours of the Cross

1445-1450

73E5

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	4631
Sequence (global)	5615
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 79 K 1
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 79 K 1
Image size (mm)	81x54
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	tgvgd
Scene order key	57v
Language of origin code	1 Northern Netherlands
Note	Not available = 79K1_057V_MIN.JPG

f. 87vfull-page miniature

The Annunciation: Gabriel announces Christ's birth to Mary

Hours of the Eternal Wisdom

1445-1450

49LL72 73A522

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	4632
Sequence (global)	5616
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 79 K 1
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 79 K 1
Image size (mm)	82x53
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	tgvgd
Scene order key	87v
Language of origin code	1 Northern Netherlands
Note	Not available = 79K1_087V_MIN.JPG

f. 119vfull-page miniature

The Last Judgement: Christ on a rainbow raises the dead

Hours of the Holy Spirit

1445-1450

11U21

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	4633
Sequence (global)	5617
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 79 K 1
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 79 K 1
Image size (mm)	83x58
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	tgvgd
Scene order key	126v
Language of origin code	1 Northern Netherlands
Note	Not available = 79K1_119V_MIN.JPG

f. 144vfull-page miniature

The Crucifixion, with Mary and St. John

Penitential Psalms

1445-1450

73D58(+0)73D641

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	4634
Sequence (global)	5618
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 79 K 1
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 79 K 1
Image size (mm)	82x60
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	tgvgd
Scene order key	145v
Language of origin code	1 Northern Netherlands
Note	Not available = 79K1_144V_MIN.JPG