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Illuminated book of hours use of Antwerp. Dutch compilations and translations by Geert Grote.
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- Publisher
- [Belgium?], [between 1450 and 1550]
- People
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- Author
- Catholic Church
- Related Name
- Princeton University Library. Manuscript. Garrett MS. 59.
- Language
- Dutch
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Item Summary
Illuminated book of hours use of Antwerp. Dutch compilations and translations by Geert Grote.
Descriptive Information
- Title
- [Book of hours : use of Antwerp].
- Call Number
- Garrett MS. 59
- Identifier
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dckh04f289t
- Publisher
- [Belgium?], [between 1450 and 1550]
- Language
- Dutch
- Date Created
- 1450-1500
- Format
- Manuscript
- Extent
- 192 leaves : parchment, illustrations ; 197 x 130 (115 x 70) mm bound to 123 x 141 mm.
- Provenance
- 16th-17th century ownership inscriptions mention the names: Eleanor Daça, Barbara Dassa, B. van Ursel dated 1567. Later owned by David Henriquez de Castro. Sold after his death in Amsterdam in 1899. Sold by Bernard Quaritch in 1902 to Robert Garrett, Class of 1897. His gift to Princeton University Library in 1942.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift of Robert Garrett, 1942.
- References
- Medieval & Renaissance manuscripts in the Princeton University Library, volume 1, pages 109-112.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Contents
- 1. fol. 4r-15v: [Graded calendar].
- 2. fol. 16v-21v: [Short hours of the Cross].
- 3. fol. 22v-25v: [Short hours of the Holy Cross].
- 4. fol. 26v-61v: [Hours of the Virgin].
- 5. fol. 63v-75v: [Seven penitential Psalms].
- 6. fol. 76v-109v: [Office of the dead].
- 7. fol. 113r-135r: [Devotional texts].
- 8. fol. 135r-137v: [Prayers to the Virgin]
- 9. fol. 142v-163v: [Miscellany of suffrages]
- 10. fol. 164r-176v: [Golden litany on the life and passion of our Lord]
- 11. fol. 176v-177v: [Miscellaneous prayers]
- 12. fol. 188r-189v: [Nine verses of Pope Gregory I]
- 13. fol. 190r-192r: [Suffrage to Erasmus of Gaeta]
- Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title devised by cataloger.
- Impressions of metal pilgrim's badges visible on folios 2-3.
- Collation: Parchment ; fol. 192 + i (marbled paper) ; modern foliation in pencil.
- Layout: 20 lines per page ; ruled.
- Decoration: Late Gothic, Netherlands. 5 full-page arched miniatures with full borders of flora and fauna, 7 7-line miniatures with partial borders, and 29 4- to 8-line miniatures, often with outer borders. One 5-line historiated initial. Main texts open with 7- to 8-line initials with full borders, smaller texts with 1- to 3-line gold initials on burghundy fields. Line-endings of rectangles of red grounds with gold filigree in Litany. Colors of royal blue, pale blue, rose, pink, red, mauve, gray, tawny yellow, green, and pale green. See the Index of Christian art or the entry in Medieval & Renaissance manuscripts in the Princeton University Library for detailed descriptions of the miniatures.
- Origin: Written in the southern Netherlands at the turn of the 16th century.
- Binding Note
- Later binding. Low countries?, 18th-century. Dark red morocco over pasteboard. Gold-tooled edging with floral ornament on the spine. Gilt turn-ins. Gilt edges. Marbled paper pastedowns and lower flyleaf.
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 390
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Medieval and Renaissance Mediterranean Manuscripts
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/fb704e1a-da26-4812-a34a-d5fbb723ea24/manifest