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Book of hours Ms. Codex 738
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Abstract

Flemish hours of the Virgin Mary, with calendar of Utrecht, translation of Geert Groote.

Physical Description

Support: parchment; Extent: 158 leaves : 158 x 107 (95 x 61) mm. bound to 164 x 106 mm; Foliation: Parchment, iii (paper) + 158 + i (parchment); [1-159]; modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto.

Layout

Written in 20 long lines.

Script

Written in a Gothic book hand with notes in a later hand on the last folio and the back endleaf.

Decoration

Rubrics in red, alternating red and blue capitals, illuminated historiated initials with illuminated borders of Madonna and Child (f. 13r), Gregorian Man of Sorrows (f. 47r), Christ in the attitude of Benediction (f. 75r), Pentecost (f. 95r), The Last Judgment (f. 111r), and Hell's Mouth (f. 127r); one initial appears to be unfinished (f. 69r). Water damage to a number of illuminations and borders.

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Notes

Ms. codex.

Incipit: Hier begint onser wrouwen ghetide (f. 13r).

Notes in a later hand (to 1684) on final 2 leaves comprise a family history of the Brantzum family of Friesland. A transcription of this chronicle of the Brantzum family and corrections to the description of the ms. by Philip E. Webber have been made by Lydia Wierda and shelved with the manuscript.

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Keywords
15th century
Book of Hours
Devotion
Illumination
Christian
Netherlands
Dutch
University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts

Place of Origin

Netherlands

Date

Written in the northeast Netherlands (dialect), 15th century (Webber).

Binding

Contemporary blind stamped goatskin over wooden boards, lower cover detached, upper cover nearly detached.

Language

Dutch

Provenance

Formerly owned by James Laurie; Paul-Louis Feiss (bookplates, inside upper cover).

Sold at auction at Parke-Bernet Galleries, 15 Dec. 1953 (catalog 1487), lot 390.

Acquired through Lathrop C. Harper, 1956.

return to search Book of hours Ms. Codex 738

Place of Origin

Netherlands

Date

Written in the northeast Netherlands (dialect), 15th century (Webber).

Language

Dutch

Provenance

Formerly owned by James Laurie; Paul-Louis Feiss

Sold at auction at Parke-Bernet Galleries, 15 Dec. 1953

Acquired through Lathrop C. Harper, 1956.

Manuscript Overview

Abstract

Flemish hours of the Virgin Mary, with calendar of Utrecht, translation of Geert Groote.

Notes

Ms. codex.

Incipit: Hier begint onser wrouwen ghetide (f. 13r).

Notes in a later hand (to 1684) on final 2 leaves comprise a family history of the Brantzum family of Friesland. A transcription of this chronicle of the Brantzum family and corrections to the description of the ms. by Philip E. Webber have been made by Lydia Wierda and shelved with the manuscript.

Script note

Written in a Gothic book hand with notes in a later hand on the last folio and the back endleaf.

Decoration Note

Rubrics in red, alternating red and blue capitals, illuminated historiated initials with illuminated borders of Madonna and Child (f. 13r), Gregorian Man of Sorrows (f. 47r), Christ in the attitude of Benediction (f. 75r), Pentecost (f. 95r), The Last Judgment (f. 111r), and Hell's Mouth (f. 127r); one initial appears to be unfinished (f. 69r). Water damage to a number of illuminations and borders.

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.

References
Binding Images

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.

Spine

Keywords
15th century
Book of Hours
Devotion
Christian
Netherlands
Dutch
University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts
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