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The Hague, KB, 135 C 4

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Contents:

Book of Hours (use of Rheims)

Place of origin, date:

Paris; c. 1460-1470

Material:

Vellum, ff. 157, 187x137 (90x62) mm, 14 lines, littera textualis, Binding: 18th-century green leather; gilt

Decoration:

6 miniatures (84/80x62/58 mm); decorated initials with border decoration (ff. 16r, 22r, 26v, 44r, 55v, etc.)

Provenance:

[Jan] Peter van Suchtelen (1751-1836; bookplate). Florence Yeatracas (?; early 20th century). Sold in 1932 at a sale by Edouard Giard & Georges Andrieux at Hotel Drouot (19 Nov. 1932, lot VII; cat. Vente de Quinze Manuscrits des XIVe, XVe et XVIe siècles, appartenent aM. E. R.-A. Vente le 19 Novembre 1932, pp. 16, 17, with Pl.). Deposited in 1960 by the Dienst voor 's-Rijks verspreide kunstvoorwerpen, The Hague (at present: Instituut Collectie Nederland, Amsterdam) in the KB

Annotation:

Notes: calendar (by different scribe): feasts in red include St. Geneviève (4 January), St. Yvo (May 19), St. Eligius (June 25 and December 1), St. Stephen (August 3), St. Louis (August 25), St. George (August 27), St. Denis (October 9), St. Marcellus (November 3),St. Nichasius (December 14)

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