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The Hague, KB, 133 E 17

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Contents:

Book of Hours

Place of origin, date:

South Holland; c. 1440-1460. Added miniatures: Utrecht; c. 1440-1460. Added leaf (f. 1): c. 1490-1500

Material:

Vellum, ff. 251, 154x114 (88x58) mm, 21 lines, littera textualis, Binding: 19th-century brown leather; blind and gilt

Decoration:

4 historiated initials (47/38x52/43 mm); 51 historiated initials (26/11x38/15 mm); all historiated initials with border decoration in Utrecht(?) style; penwork initials with pen-flourishes in South Holland style (related to Delft `schulp') throughout
Added: 4 full-page miniatures (91/88x64 mm) with border decoration in Utrecht style (`thistles')
Added (f. 1): 1 miniature (coat of arms; 107x72)

Provenance:

Family Van Reymerswale (c. 1490-1500; coat of arms f. 1v). Maria Lodick van Reymerswale (1623). Purchased in 1897

Annotation:

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

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