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The Hague, KB, 76 G 8

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Contents:

Book of Hours (use of Troyes)

Place of origin, date:

Troyes; c. 1480-1490

Material:

Vellum, ff. 162, 194x142 (103x64) mm, 15 lines, littera textualis, Binding: 17th-/18th-century brown leather; gilt

Decoration:

12 miniatures (92/88x64/61 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. 424) 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., vol. 3, p. 17 no. 208). Purchased in 1809 as part of the collection of Jacob Visser (1724-1804) of The Hague (Visser no. 127)

Annotation:

Troyes calendar: feasts in red include St. Helena (4 May), St. Mastidia, patron saint of Troyes (7 May), and St. Lupus, bishop of Troyes (29 July)

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