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Contents:

Book of Hours

Place of origin, date:

Utrecht, Master of the Boston City of God (illuminator); c. 1470

Material:

Vellum, ff. 265 (numbered 1-89; 70*-89*; 90-245), 170x135 (100x72) mm, 14 lines, littera textualis, Binding: 18th-century black leather; blind

Decoration:

7 full-page miniatures (115/110x75 mm) with border decoration; 28 historiated initials (60/30x60/30 mm) with border decoration; 2 illustrations in the margin; decorated initials with border decoration (ff. 29v, 45r, 52r, 58r, 64r, etc.); penwork initials with pen-flourishes in Utrecht style throughout

Provenance:

W.J. Roijaards van den Ham; purchased in 1899 at his sale at J.L. Beyers, Utrecht (cat. pt. 3, no. 3738)

Annotation:

Utrecht calendar

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