summary
Book of Hours in the Dutch translation by Geert Grote. Contains the Hours of the Eternal Wisdom, Grote's Dutch adaptation of Henricus Suso's Cursus de aeterna sapientia, part of the Horologium aeternae sapientiae
leaf dimensions : height (mm)
145
leaf dimensions : width (mm)
100
justification : height (mm)
83
justification : width (mm)
56
note (deco)
miniatures, border decoration, pen-flourished initials
origDate : proposed date
c.1460
note (history)
Calendar: feasts in red include St. Hippolytus (August 13), St. Jeroen (August 17) and the 11,000 Virgins (October 21)
provenance
Bought in 1803 by Willem H.J. van Westreenen van Tielland (1783-1848) of The Hague from P. Wetters. Bequeathed to the State of the Netherlands, under the precondition of the foundation of a museum (founded in 1852)
note (temp)
The Hague, MM : ms. 10 F 2http://telma.irht.cnrs.fr/outils/luxury-bound/manuscrit3331/