summary
Book of hoursUtrecht calendar: feasts in red include St. Jeroen (August 17). Opening page probably with decorated initial cut out before f. 17 (matins of the Hours of the Virgin)
leaf dimensions : height (mm)
137
leaf dimensions : width (mm)
96
justification : height (mm)
77
justification : width (mm)
52
note (deco)
6 full-page miniatures. Decorated initials with border decoration in Utrecht style. Penwork initials with pen flourishes in Utrecht style
binding
17th-century vellum binding
origDate : proposed date
c.1430-1450
note (history)
Localisation based on decoration. The illuminations are by a Follower of the Gethsemane Master and a Follower of the Masters of Otto van Moerdrecht, who are associated with Utrecht
provenance
Presented in 1872 by L.P.A. Gompertz, parish priest in Rotterdam, to the Bisschoppelijk Museum, Haarlem. Transferred in 1976 to the Rijksmuseum Het Catharijneconvent, Utrecht
note (temp)
Utrecht, RMCC : ms. BMH h 59http://telma.irht.cnrs.fr/outils/luxury-bound/manuscrit3422/
