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The Hague, KB, 135 J 9

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Contents:

Book of Hours (use of Paris)

Place of origin, date:

Paris(?); c. 1425-1450

Material:

Vellum, ff. 287, 90x70 (55x39) mm, 15 lines, littera hybrida, Binding: 18th-century red-brown leather; gilt

Decoration:

4 miniatures (c. 53x39 mm) with border decoration; decorated initials with border decoration (ff. 23v, 28v, 65v, 82v, 84r, etc.); penwork initials with pen-flourishes (ff. 38r, 38v, 39r, 42r, 44v, etc.)

Provenance:

Purchased in 1973 from antiquarian bookseller Meyer Elte, The Hague

Annotation:

calendar: feasts in red include St. Yvo (19 May), St. Eligius (25 June and 1 December), St. Louis (25 August), St. Denis (9 October)

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