Low Countries, northern part ; Leiden?, 15th century, second quarter
Language
Latin
Dutch
Title
Book of hours and prayers (Latin, Dutch), BPL 224
Horarium
Description
Content:
Contains: (ff. 1r-12v) Calendar (Latin), use of Utrecht. - (ff.
14r-29v) Hours of the Eternal Wisdom (Latin). - (ff. 30v-37v) Short
Hours of the Cross (Latin). - (ff. 39r-54v) Hours of the Holy
Spirit (Latin). - (ff.56r-114r) Little Office of the Blessed Virgin
Mary; hymns and prayers (Latin). - (ff. 116r-147v) Passion
exercise; prayers (Dutch). - (ff. 148r-162v) Penitential psalms;
Litany of the Saints; prayers (Latin). - (ff. 164r-222v ) Office of
the Dead (Latin); prayers (Latin). - (ff. 223r-242v) Prayers, dicta
and first pericope from the Gospel of John (Dutch). - (ff.
243r-246v) Passion exercise (Dutch); prayers and dicta (Dutch, some
in Latin). - Blank: ff. 13r, 38r, 55r, 69r, 76r, 79r, 82r, 85r,
92r, 106r, 115r, 121r, 124v-125r, 128r, 133r, 134r, 138r, 141r,
163r, 204r, 213r. Note:
Script: Codex probably written by Elyzabeth van Zaers, canoness
regular of Marienpoel, a convent belonging to the Chapter of Sion;
Cf. Obbema 1996.
Decoration: 13 grisaille miniatures by the Masters of the Delft
grisailles added: ff. 13v, 38v, 55v, 69v, 76v, 79v, 82v, 85v, 92v,
106v, 163v, 204v, 213v. - 8 miniatures with border decoration in
Utrecht style (`gold thistles') by the Master of Catherine of Cleve
added on ff. 115v, 121v, 125v, 128v, 133v, 134v, 138v, 141v.
Textual: Calendar contains. in red, saints venerated in the diocese
of Utrecht: Pontian (14.1), Pancras (12.5), Odulph (12.6),
Translation of Martin (4.7), Willibrod (7.11), Lebuinus (12.11) and
his Translation (25.6). The Windesheim connection is based on the
special attention for Augustine, in the calendar (28.8), Litany of
the Saints (first confessor, 155v), and in the Office of the Dead
on the reponsory to the ninth lesson of the third nocturne that
differs from the standard Utrecht one: "Libera me domine de morte
..." instead of "Ego sum ressurectio ..." (178v).
Binding: Post-medieval binding.
Description (Bouwman 2023):
http://hdl.handle.net/1887.1/item:3619870
Description (Geel 1852):
http://hdl.handle.net/1887.1/item:290750
Description (Catalogus compendiarius 1932):
http://hdl.handle.net/1887.1/item:491294
Description (Gumbert 2009):
http://hdl.handle.net/1887.1/item:3161419
Description (BNM 431):
http://hdl.handle.net/1887.1/item:1906980
Also described by MMDC and A.W. Byvanckgenootschap (database RKD,
The Hague). Subject (temporal):
Middle Ages
15th century
