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The Hague, KB, 133 M 131
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Contents:
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Book of Hours (use of Utrecht)
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Place of origin, date:
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Utrecht, precursor of the Masters of Zweder van Culemborg (illuminator); c. 1425
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Material:
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Vellum, ff. 273, 135x100 (67x44) mm, 12 lines, littera textualis, Binding: contemporary brown leather; blind
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Decoration:
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10 full-page miniatures (70x45 mm) with border decoration in Utrecht style (`tripetals' and `teardrops'); 25 historiated initials (35/23x40/26 mm) with border decoration in Utrecht style (`multi-coloured leaves'); decorated initials with border decoration in Utrechtstyle (`tripetals' and `teardrops'; ff. 14v, 17v, 19r, 22r, 24r, etc.); penwork initials with pen-flourishes in Utrecht style throughout (`little stars') and 1 in different style (`krausel'; f. 270)
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Provenance:
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Purchased in 1953 from antiquarian bookseller Meyer Elte, The Hague, with support of the Friends of the Royal Library
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Annotation:
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Utrecht calendar: feasts in red include St. Eligius (25 June). Leaf with full-page miniature missing before fol. 102 (Hours of the Holy Spirit)
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