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The Hague, KB, 135 G 9

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Contents:

Book of Hours

Place of origin, date:

Delft; c. 1440-1460. Added miniatures: Delft, Masters of the Delft Half-length Figures (illuminator); 1460-1480

Material:

Vellum, ff. 147, 168x114 (90x60) mm, 21 lines, littera textualis, Binding: 18th-century red morocco; gilt

Decoration:

1 full-page miniature (110x77 mm) with border decoration in Delft style ('coloured'); decorated initials with border decoration in Delft style (`coloured'; ff. 15r, 47r, 73r, 92r, 108r, etc.); penwork initials with pen-flourishes in Delft style (`scallop`; 21v, 28v,31r, 36r, 38v, etc.)
Added: 3 full-page miniatures (92x58 mm) with border decoration in Delft style (`kriezel')

Provenance:

Purchased in 1971 at a sale at Sotheby's, London (12 July, lot 41)

Annotation:

Utrecht calendar (Holland): feasts in red include St. Jeroen (17 August). Leaf with full-page miniature probably missing before f. 47 (Long Hours of the Cross)

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