Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
Book of hours : compilation and translation of Geert Grote.
Call Number
Garrett MS. 60
Identifier
ark:/88435/dc0z7099772
Publisher
[Netherlands] : [producer not identified], [between 1525-1575]
Language
Dutch
Date Created
1525-1575
Extent
1 volume (170 leaves) : parchment, illustrations ; 16 cm
Provenance
Garrett MS. 60 was produced in the city of Delft but is of unknown early provenance. According to Philip E. Webber, the dialect is of the northwestern Netherlands. The manuscript was probably purchased then by Thomas Harrison Garrett (1849-1888), Class of 1868, of Baltimore, Maryland, whose bookplate is on the inside front pastedown below the description. The book passed to his son Robert Garrett, also of Baltimore, Class of 1897. His gift to the Princeton University Library, 1942.
Source Acquisition
Gift of Robert Garrett, 1942.
References
Medieval & Renaissance manuscripts in the Princeton University Library, volume 1, pages 113-114.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Title from printed catalog.
Script: Textualis semi-quadrata.
Decoration: Late Gothic Dutch from Delft.
Binding Note
Netherlands (?), 16th century. Brown calf over somewhat warped wooden boards (5 mm thick).

Discovery Information

Subject
Books of hours—Netherlands—Early works to 1800
Catholic Church—Prayers and devotions—Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)—New Jersey—Princeton
Illumination of books and manuscripts

Physical Characteristics

File Count
344

Institutional Information

Collection
Medieval and Renaissance Mediterranean Manuscripts
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/dea745af-bb21-4e4c-a35a-3ad96584a248/manifest