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The Hague, KB, 131 G 5

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Contents:

Book of Hours

Place of origin, date:

Eastern part of the Northern Netherlands; c. 1475-1485. Inserted miniatures: South(?) Holland; 1470-1490. Added(?) penflourishes: Groningen, Convent Feldwerd; c. 1475-1500

Material:

Vellum, ff. 194, 151x110 (84x64) mm, 18 lines, littera textualis, Binding: contemporary brown leather; blind (panelstamped)

Decoration:

7 historiated initials (56/46x59/48 mm) with border decoration; decorated initials with border decoration in different style (ff. 21r, 22v, 30v, 33v, 36r, etc.)
Inserted: 4 full-page miniatures (108/104x58 mm) with border decoration
Added(?): penwork initials with pen-flourishes in Groningen style (`Feldwerd'; ff. 191v, 192v)

Provenance:

Purchased in 1899 at the sale of W.J. Roijaards van den Ham at J.L. Beyers, Utrecht (cat.

Annotation:

Utrecht calendar: feasts in red include the 11,000 Virgins. Leaves with full-page miniatures missing before f. 14 (Hours of the Virgin), f. 70 (Short Hours of the Cross), f. 76 (Hours of the Eternal Wisdom)

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