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The Hague, KB, 76 F 22

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Contents:

Book of Hours (use of Paris)

Place of origin, date:

Paris, follower of the Bedford Master: Master of the Hours of Thomas Hoo (illuminator); c. 1440-1450

Material:

Vellum, ff. 153, 204x143 (110x70) mm, 16 lines, littera textualis, Binding: 18th-/19th-century mottled brown leather; gilt

Decoration:

13 miniatures (107/104x68/66 mm); decorated initials with border decoration throughout

Provenance:

Jesuits of the Collège Louis-le-Grand (Collège de Clermont), Paris; purchased in 1764 as part of this collection (cat. of 1764, no. 432) by Gerard Meerman (1722-1771) of Rotterdam, later The Hague; sold in 1770 by Meerman at the sale of P. and A. de la Court van derVoort at N. van Daalen, The Hague (cat. 19-28 Febr., pt. 3, p. 18 no. 216). Purchased in 1809 as part of the collection of Jacob Visser (1724-1804) of The Hague (Visser no. 128)

Annotation:

Paris calendar: feasts in gold include St. Geneviève (3 January). Related in style to the Hours of Thomas Hoo (Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, 12 R 31)

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