Low Countries, northern part (east), 15th century, second quarter
Language
Dutch
Title
Book of hours (Dutch), BPL 3073
Getijdenboek
Horarium
Agent
Role
Former owner
Original form
Bibliotheca Publica Latina
Description
Form:
1 volume, 193 leaves : decorated and historiated initials, border
decoration ; 111x78 mm Content:
Contains: (ff. 1r-49v) Hours of the Virgin. - (ff. 50r-76r) Hours
of Eternal Wisdom. - (ff. 76r-102r) Long Hours of the Cross. - (ff.
102r-108r) Short Hours of the Cross. - (ff. 109r-131r) Hours of the
Holy Spirit. - (ff. 131r-154r) Seven psalms with litany. - (ff.
154v-190v) Office of the Dead. - (ff. 191r-193r) Prayers. -
Contains no calendar. Note:
Illumination: At the beginning of the Hours large initials, raised
in gold and with painted border, partly floral motifs, partly
historiated: Virgin with Child (1r), Man of Sorrows (76v), Holy
Face of Jesus (102r); simple penwork on f. 191r. Initials
alternating in red and blue; at the canonical hours sometimes
painted initials, gold-framed and with border decoration.
Two leaves missing after f. 167. Several leaves in disorder (ff.
9r/10v and 85v/86v) possibly with loss of text; some leaves
cropped.
Binding: Medieval binding, contemporary. - Leather (brown goatskin,
blind-tooled) over wooden boards. Decorated with panel stamp on
both sides (John the Baptist with lamb; described by Verheyden
1933). Two clasp fastenings (closing back to front, renewed). -
Bookblock resewn, spine renewed..
Description (Bouwman 2023):
http://hdl.handle.net/1887.1/item:3619870
Description (Gumbert 2009):
http://hdl.handle.net/1887.1/item:3161419
Also described by BNM, MMDC and A.W. Byvanckgenootschap (database
RKD, The Hague).
Bought at the auction held by Sotheby's, London, in 1984 (cat. nr.
58). Part of:
Bibliotheca Publica Latina Subject (temporal):
Middle Ages
15th century
