Accession number
MS M.1073
Object title
Book of hours (MS M.1073).
Display Date
ca. 1410-1420.
Created
Netherlands, ca. 1410-1420.
Binding
17th-century light green velvet over wooden boards.
Credit line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. H.P. Kraus, 1985.
Description
137 leaves (1 column, 17 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 114 x 80 mm
Provenance
Richard de Loménie; Walter Ashburner; his sale, Milan, Ulrico Hoepli, Aug. 26, 1938, lot 93; Mr. and Mrs. H.P. Kraus.
Notes
Ms. book of hours for the use of Rome (Hours of the Virgin, Office of the Dead); written and illuminated in the Netherlands, ca. 1410-1420.
Artist: probably illuminated by the Master of the Beaufort Saints.
Decoration: 11 large miniatures within decorative frames surrounded by full or partial illuminated borders, numerous illuminated initials with border extenders, filigree initials, and geometric line fillers; Dutch Gothic style.
Artist: probably illuminated by the Master of the Beaufort Saints.
Decoration: 11 large miniatures within decorative frames surrounded by full or partial illuminated borders, numerous illuminated initials with border extenders, filigree initials, and geometric line fillers; Dutch Gothic style.
Contents
fols. 1r-3v: Prayers (later addition) -- fols. 4r-9v: Calendar -- fols. 10r-15v: Mass of the Virgin -- fols. 16r-20v: Gospel Sequences -- fols. 21r-23v: Hours of the Cross -- fols. 23v-26v: Five Joys of the Virgin and other prayers -- fols. 27r-79v: Hours of the Virgin -- fols. 80r-87v: Advent Hours of the Virgin -- fols. 88r-105v: Penitential Psalms and Litany -- fols. 106r-135v: Office of the Dead -- fols. 135v-137v: Prayers (later addition).
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textura
Language
Latin
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