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The Hague, KB, 76 G 8
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Contents:
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Book of Hours (use of Troyes)
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Place of origin, date:
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Troyes; c. 1480-1490
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Material:
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Vellum, ff. 162, 194x142 (103x64) mm, 15 lines, littera textualis, Binding: 17th-/18th-century brown leather; gilt
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Decoration:
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12 miniatures (92/88x64/61 mm); decorated initials with border decoration throughout
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Provenance:
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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)
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Annotation:
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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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