summary
Book of Hours, use of Utrecht
note (text)
This manuscript is a late fifteenth-century Dutch book of hours for the Use of Utrecht with a calendar for the Use of Maastricht. Occasional corrections or additions are written in the lower margin with points of insertion marked in the text, possibly by the scribe. Two miniatures, a Pieta and a penitent David, are by a much later artist.
leaf dimensions : height (mm)
148
leaf dimensions : width (mm)
115
justification : height (mm)
96
justification : width (mm)
63
scriptNote
Scribe 1, main text; Scribe 2, ff. 13r-v, f. 115r, 132v-133v, and 153a.
note (deco)
5-line flourished initials in red, blue, and purble ink at major text divisions, painted initials "S" and "B" in green, red, and gold on f. 13r, 1-2-line initials in alternating red and blue throughout
binding
Dark red morocco, gold-tooled in panel design, gold-tooled inner edges, marbled endleaves; HORAE / DUTCH MS. / XV. CENTURY stamped on gold-tooled spine with false raised bands. Bound by H. Zucker of Philadelphia after 1912.
origDate : proposed date
Late 15th century
note (history)
Names of Lambertus Eerens and Conradus Eerens appears in 16thcentury cursive hand on recto of original front flyleaf; name of Conradus Eerens appears twice again in lower margin of f. 19r with date "1511" written in red ink.
provenance
Lambertus and Conradus Eerens (16th century); W. C. Crane; his sale New York, Anderson Auction Co., December 9, 1912, no. 386; John Frederick Lewis, Philadelphia
ID Arkindex
aeabfc2e-f2da-4eb0-9fa4-af37b52aefae
HORAE_1200pxmin (1815 mss)
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Digitization-type
single page
