Uppsala UB, C 433

 Manuscript: id 796785
repository_key
idno
C 433
textLang
Latin (LA, LAT)Swedish (SV, SWE)
summary
Book of Hours for use of the OSS sisters (birgittine)
extent
60 ff.
leaf dimensions : height (mm)
190
leaf dimensions : width (mm)
140
justification : height (mm)
140
justification : width (mm)
95
columns
1
origDate
1459 .. 1489
origDate : proposed date
1400-1499, before 1489
origPlace : proposed origin
Commissioned by: Written for one of the sisters, probably Kristina Karlsdotter (nun 1443-1504), her initials C K on f 32v. Statement of responsibility: Illuminator(s): Kristina Hansdotter Brask, Vadstena? Statement of responsibility: Scribe(s): Mainly one scribe. Probably Kristina Hansdotter Brask. Written before 1489, the year of deposition of S Katherine in Vadstena. She is mentioned in a secondarily added prayer on f 9v. Compare with National Archive fragment Fr 26740 (Mi 263 by the same scribe and illuminator) Ownership: Written in Sweden, in Vadstena Abbey, before 1489 but probably after 1459.
 
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