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The Hague, KB, 135 E 36

Contents:

Book of Hours (use of Rome)

Place of origin, date:

Southern Netherlands/Northern France; 1400-1410. Added section (ff. ): Southern Netherlands; c. 1430; with added miniatures: Utrecht, Bible Masters of the First Generation (illuminator); c. 1430 and 1 added miniature: Liège; c. 1440. Added section (ff. 127-157): Flanders;c. 1425-1450

Material:

Vellum, ff. 157, 180x125 (95x60) mm, 13 lines, littera textualis, Binding: 15th/16th century brown leather binding; blind (made c. 1500)

Decoration:

ff. 13-81: 8 full-page miniatures (95/80x60/55 mm) with border decoration; decorated initials with border decoration (ff. 15r, 30r, 46r, 53r, 59r, etc.)
Added section (ff. 1-13, 82-126): decorated initials with border decoration (ff. 83r, 86r, 88r, 90r, 92r, 94r, etc.); border decoration added around miniatures inserted between ff. 82-96
Added (between ff. 82-96): 7 full-page miniatures (95/75x55 mm)
Added (f. 98v): 1 full-page miniature (105x55 mm) with border decoration in Liège style
Added section (ff. 127-157): decorated initials with border decoration (ff. 127r, 128r, 130r, 130v, 131r, etc.)

Provenance:

Roelofs (18th century). Sold in 1911 at the sale of J.S. Burry of Bockhanger, Ashford, Kent at Sotheby, Wilkonson & Hodge, London (cat. 13-15 Dec., no. 475, fig.). Purchased in 1926 by H. Scrive of Lille at antiquarian bookseller Madame Belin, Paris; by descent to G.Scrive of Ville-Marie. D.J. Wineman; purchased in 1976 at his sale at Sotheby's, London (cat. 13 Dec., no. 67, colourpl.)

Annotation:

General calender (ff. 1-13): feasts in red include St. Nichasius (14 December). Traces of pilgrims badges on ff. 156v-157r.

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