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The Hague, KB, 134 C 48

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Contents:

Ferial Psalter (for use in a convent of Augtinian nuns)

Place of origin, date:

Malines; c. 1490-1500

Material:

Vellum, ff. 186, 137x101 (96x66) mm, 19 lines, littera textualis, Binding: 17th(?)-century brown leather; gilt on spine

Decoration:

1 illustration in the margin; penwork initials with pen-flourishes (ff. 8r, 30r, 45r, 59v, 74r, etc.)

Provenance:

Made for a convent of Augustinian nuns (ff. 161v-168: Lethania pro sorore moriente). Purchased in 1956 from the Internationaal Antiquariaat, Amsterdam

Annotation:

Calendar of Augustine Order: feasts in red include St. George (24 April), St. Augustine (28 August), the 11,000 Virgins (21 October), St. Barbara (4 December), St. Nichasius (14 December), feasts in black St. Monica (4 May), Translation of St. Augustine (11 October).Litany: St. Augustine first among the confessors. Penwork similar to The Hague, KB, 129 E 21

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