summary
Book of Hours, use of Utrecht
note (text)
This manuscript is a Book of Hours for the Use of Utrecht, made in the Netherlands circa 1460. The text is the translation of Gerard Groote and is written in Gothic textualis script; the Hours of the Cross are missing. The manuscript has three large illuminated initials attributed to the Masters of Margriet Uutenham.
leaf dimensions : height (mm)
140
leaf dimensions : width (mm)
98
justification : height (mm)
88
justification : width (mm)
55
note (deco)
3 large illuminated initials with full foliate borders with floral motifs, large 5-line flourished initials in red, blue, purple, and green ink, some illuminated, at secondary text divisions, 1-2-line initials in alternating red and blue throughout.
binding
S. XVII, blind-tooled vellum over pasteboards with panel design; labeled on spine: "Getijde van de H. MARIA."
origDate : proposed date
Circa 1460
provenance
Bookplate (with motto Iour de ma vie) of the Rt. Honorable John, Lord De la Warr (1693-1766); W. J. Gilbert, St. Louis; his sale, Philadelphia, June 7, 1909, n. 242; John Frederick Lewis, Philadelphia.
ID Arkindex
90a422b7-9ee2-4241-b53e-2d732bebeb97
HORAE_1200pxmin (1815 mss)
Philadelphia_Free_Library_of_Philadelphia_Lewis_E_129.tar.gz
Digitization-type
single page
