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The Hague, KB, 129 F 4

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Contents:

Book of Hours

Place of origin, date:

Leyden, Masters of Hugo Jansz. van Woerden (illuminator); c. 1500-1510. Added section (ff. 86-94): North Holland; c. 1450-1475

Material:

Vellum, ff. 94 (85+9), 173x119 (I: 90x70; II: 110x70) mm, I: 18; II: 22 lines, littera textualis, Binding: contemporary brown leather; blind

Decoration:

4 miniatures (114/103x72x63 mm), 4 historiated initials (51/47x56/52 mm), all with border decoration in Leyden style (`Leyden-blue-acanthus'); 7 illustrations in the margin (roundels)
Added section: penwork initials with pen-flourishes in North-Holland style (`thorn-and-stitch'; ff. 88v, 90r)

Provenance:

Mary Lambersdochter, Begijnhof, Amsterdam (1568). Th. van Stavelen (1776). Purchased in 1894 at a sale at W.P. van Stockum, The Hague (cat. 17-27 Nov. p. 3a, no. E)

Annotation:

Utrecht calendar: feasts in red include St. Jeroen (17 August)

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