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The Hague, KB, 76 G 13

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Contents:

Book of Hours

Place of origin, date:

Leyden, Masters of Hugo Jansz. van Woerden (illuminator); c. 1475-1500. Added section (ff. 98-123: South Holland; c. 1490-1510; with added miniatures: Leyden, Masters of the Suffrages (illuminator): c. 1490-1510

Material:

Vellum, ff. 123 (97+26), 165x114 (105x70) mm, 23 lines, littera textualis, Binding: 18th-century mottled brown leather; gilt

Decoration:

6 full-page miniatures (x mm) with border decoration in Leyden style (`Leyden blue acanthus'); 6 historiated initials (...x... mm) with border decoration in Leyden style (`Leyden blue acanthus'); penwork initials with pen-flourishes in Leyden style (ff. 19r, 24r, 26r,28r, 29v, etc.)
Added section: 2 full-page miniatures with border decoration in Holland style (`Dutch strewn border'); penwork initials with pen-flourishes in South Holland style (`loops'; ff. 99r, 100v, 106r, 120v)

Provenance:

purchased in 1809 as no. 112 of the collection of Jacob Visser (1724-1804) of The Hague

Annotation:

Utrecht calendar: feasts in red include St. Jeroen (17 August)

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