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The Hague, KB, 135 E 12

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Contents:

Book of Hours

Place of origin, date:

Leyden, Masters of Hugo Jansz. van Woerden (illuminator); c. 1490-1500

Material:

Vellum, ff. 138, 196x130 (105x75) mm, 20 lines, littera textualis, Binding: contemporary brown leather; blind panel stamped

Decoration:

6 historiated initials (62/48x65/55 mm) with Leyden decoration (`golden tendrils`); 2 illustrations in the margin; decorated initials with border decoration in Leyden style (`Leyden blue acanthus'; ff. 19r, 25v, 28r, 30r, 32r, etc.); Leyden penwork (ff. 14v, 17v, 19v,20v, 23v, etc.)

Provenance:

Purchased in 1965 from antiquarian bookseller Maggs Brothers, London

Annotation:

Utrecht calendar: feasts in red include St. Jeroen (17 August). `Spiky' script

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