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The Hague, KB, 75 A 2 / 4

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Contents:

Prayer Book

Place of origin, date:

St. Trond; c. 1570-1580

Material:

Vellum, ff. 103, 130x95 (80x58) mm, 15 lines, littera cursiva (cancelleresca), Binding: 19th-century brown leather; gilt

Decoration:

38 full-page miniatures (84/73x60/54 mm) with border decoration; 12 miniatures in the calendar (35/27x63/59 mm); 3 illustrations in the margin; decorated initials with border decoration (ff. 17r, 22r, 31r, 37r, 55r, etc.)

Provenance:

Probably made for Libertus Schaloun (Librecht van Hulsbergen), prior of the Abby of St. Trond. E. Denie, Antwerp (1941). Acquired in 1952 from antiquarian bookseller A.L. van Gendt, Eemnes (cat. 4, p. 38-39, nr. 129, fig.), as a present from the Friends of theLibrary

Annotation:

Calendar of the Abby of St. Trond: feasts in red include St. Eucherius (20 February), St. Libertus (14 July), Translation of St. Trudo and St. Eucherius (11 August), St. Trudo (23 November)

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