Content:
Ferial psalter. Contains the psalms in the Dutch translation by
Geert Grote and Johannes Scutken, arranged for weekdays: (ff.
1r-1273) Matins (and Lauds): Sunday (1r), Monday (29r), Tuesday
(45v), Wednesday (59r), Thursday (72v), Friday (91v), Saturday
(108r). - (ff. 127r-145v) Lesser hours: Prime (127r), Terce (136r),
Sext (140r), None (143r). - (ff. 145v-166r) Vespers: Sunday (145v),
Monday (149r), Tuesday (151r), Wednesday (153r), Thursday (155r),
Friday (158r), Saturday (162r). - (ff. 166r-168r) Compline. - (ff.
168r-173v) Litany of All Saints. - (ff. 173v-176v) Smaller prayers.
- (ff. 176v-182v) Two prayers to the Virgin Mary. - Empty: f. 183
(except for the owner inscription on 193r). Note:
Origin: Based on the decoration (Hülsmann 2009) and a contemporary
owner inscription: "Dit boeck toe behoert die susteren van sinte
claren tenchusen" (f. 183r).
Decoration: (f. 1r) 15-line initial (psalm 1). - (f. 29r) 8-line
initial (psalm 26). - (f. 45v) 5-line initial (psalm 38). - (f.
59r) 5-line initial (psalm 52). - (f. 72v) 6-line initial (psalm
68). - (f. 91v) 8-line initial (psalm 80). - (f. 108r) 8-line
initial (psalm 97). - (f. 145v) 6-line initial (psalm 109). -
Smaller decorated initials with pen-flourishes (3/5-line). - 2-line
initials and versals alternating in red and blue.
Binding: Medieval binding, contemporary. - Leather (brown
blind-tooled) over wooden boards with bevelled edges.Decorated with
panel stamp on both sides: Madonna with inscription "Ave gratia /
plena dominus tecum o / maria mater / dei memento mei", also used
in the binding of LTK 289 (see Heijnen 1940 for another binding,
now Nijmegen, Jesuits Library Berchmanianum, 5000 C 109). Bookblock
sewn on five thongs. Hooked clasps of the two metal fastenings
renewed. Kept in a leather case (19th century).
Description (Bouwman 2023):
http://hdl.handle.net/1887.1/item:3619870
Description (BNM 460):
http://hdl.handle.net/1887.1/item:1906104
Also described by A.W. Byvanckgenootschap (database RKD, The
Hague). Subject (temporal):
Middle Ages
15th century