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This is a mid-fifteenth-century Book of Hours of the Use of Utrecht, written in Dutch using the Geert Groote translation. Large penwork initials and penwork borders mark the main textual divisions. The book contains eight full-page miniatures in ink and colored wash, with limited gilding for the haloes. These miniatures are tipped-in and do not relate iconographically to the portions of the text that they introduce, and as such were likely produced separately. The miniatures on 61v, 87v, 125v, 134v, and 234v include explanatory tituli in Dutch.
Support: Parchment; Extent: ii+236+ii; 155 x 120 mm bound to 162 x 131 mm; Foliation: Modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto; Collation: 1 (12), 2-7 (8), 8 (9, +1), 9 (8), 10 (10, leaf in position 10 has been replaced), 11 (10, leaf in position 10 has been replaced), 12 (8, -5 -6 -7), 13 (8), 14 (8, +1 +2 -7 -8), 15 (9, +9), 16 (9, +9), 17-18 (8), 19 (5, +5), 20-21 (6), 22-24 (8), 25 (2), 26-28 (8), 29 (9, +9), 30 (8, +1 +8), 31 (2)
One column of eighteen lines, ruled in black ink, prickings visible on some leaves; written area: 95 x 61 mm
Gothic--textualis
Eight full-page inserted color wash miniatures, some with gold paint, representing: Christ in a monk's habit surrounded by twelve lambs (fol. 61v); Christ in a monk's habit carrying the cross (fol. 87v); Pentecost (fol. 97v); Saint Veronica holding her Veil (fol. 125v); Last Judgment (fol. 134v); Christ holding Two Souls (fol. 155v); Noli me Tangere (fol. 226v); and the Instruments of the Passion (fol. 234v); eight large eight-to-eleven-line pen flourished initials with full borders in red, blue, purple, and green; three-to-four-line flourished initials in red and blue at secondary text divisions; one-line initials in alternating red and blue throughout
For a full list of Decorations in this manuscript please see the Content and Decorations section by clicking on the [i] button in the top left corner of the image viewer above.
Obituary of early owner's mother on fol. 8r (August 3: int jaer van l.) and father on fol. 10r (October 8: int jaer van lvii)
Two scribes: Scribe two responsible for fols. 194r-225v; scribe one for everything else
These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.
Netherlands
Mid-15th century
Eighteenth-century, Dutch mottled calf, gold-tooled vine-scroll decoration; decorated endpapers; LEGENDE ONSER LIEUE VROUWE stamped in gold on spine
Middle Dutch (ca. 1050-1350)
Henry Young (bookdealer), Liverpool, sale March 1910, catalogue 409, no. 215; John Frederick Lewis, Philadelphia; given by his widow, Anne Baker Lewis, to the Free Library of Philadelphia in 1936; catalogue entry of Young sale attached to endpaper with notes in hand of John Frederick Lewis; obituaries of an early owner's mother (August 3: int jaer van l.) and father (October 8: int jaer van lvii)
Netherlands
Mid-15th century
Middle Dutch (ca. 1050-1350)
Henry Young
This is a mid-fifteenth-century Book of Hours of the Use of Utrecht, written in Dutch using the Geert Groote translation. Large penwork initials and penwork borders mark the main textual divisions. The book contains eight full-page miniatures in ink and colored wash, with limited gilding for the haloes. These miniatures are tipped-in and do not relate iconographically to the portions of the text that they introduce, and as such were likely produced separately. The miniatures on 61v, 87v, 125v, 134v, and 234v include explanatory tituli in Dutch.
Obituary of early owner's mother on fol. 8r (August 3: int jaer van l.) and father on fol. 10r (October 8: int jaer van lvii)
Two scribes: Scribe two responsible for fols. 194r-225v; scribe one for everything else
Gothic--textualis
Eight full-page inserted color wash miniatures, some with gold paint, representing: Christ in a monk's habit surrounded by twelve lambs (fol. 61v); Christ in a monk's habit carrying the cross (fol. 87v); Pentecost (fol. 97v); Saint Veronica holding her Veil (fol. 125v); Last Judgment (fol. 134v); Christ holding Two Souls (fol. 155v); Noli me Tangere (fol. 226v); and the Instruments of the Passion (fol. 234v); eight large eight-to-eleven-line pen flourished initials with full borders in red, blue, purple, and green; three-to-four-line flourished initials in red and blue at secondary text divisions; one-line initials in alternating red and blue throughout
For a full list of Decorations in this manuscript please see the Content and Decorations section by clicking on the [i] button in the top left corner of the image viewer above.
These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.
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