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The Hague, KB, 134 C 47

Contents:

Book of Hours and Prayer Book

Place of origin, date:

Southern Netherlands; c. 1490-1500. Added section (ff. 183-205) and miniatures: Southern Netherlands; c. 1500-1525

Material:

Vellum, ff. 195 (numbered: 1-190; 201-205), 162x110 (104x63) mm, 20 lines, I: littera textualis; II: littera hybrida, Binding: 18th-century red leather; gilt

Decoration:

5 full-page miniatures (111/107x65/61 mm) with border decoration; 27 miniatures (42/32x35/29 mm) with border decoration; 1 historiated initial (26x26 mm) with border decoration; decorated initials with border decoration (ff. 8r, 17r, 65r, 95r, 134r, etc.); all borderdecoration in Ghent-Bruges style (`strewn borders')
Added: 8 full-page miniatures (ff.: 26v, 36v, 41v, 45v, 48va, 59v, 183v, 201r; 115/106x68/63 mm) with border decoration in Ghent-Bruges style (`strewn borders'); decorated initials (ff. 184r, 186r, 190v, 202v, etc.)

Provenance:

Margrieten van Beeringen, wife of Adriaen van Heylwigen, rentmeester van Loenen (16th cent.). Purchased in 1956 as part of the collection of M.R. Radermacher Schorer

Annotation:

General calendar: feasts in red include St. Nichasius (14 December). Added miniature lost before fol. 53 (Hours of the Virgin: Vespers). Traces of pilgrims badges on ff. 1r, 6v, 181v

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