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Illuminated book of hours, compilation and translation of Geert Groote. Liturgical evidence points to the Utrecht diocese with its chief saints (Pontianus, Odulph, and Willibrord) graded in red in the composite Calendar and listed in the Litany.
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Metadata
- Publisher
- [Utrecht?], [between 1490 and 1500]
- People
-
- Author
- Catholic Church
- Related Name
- Princeton University Library. Manuscript. Garrett MS. 53.
- Language
- Dutch
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Item Summary
Illuminated book of hours, compilation and translation of Geert Groote. Liturgical evidence points to the Utrecht diocese with its chief saints (Pontianus, Odulph, and Willibrord) graded in red in the composite Calendar and listed in the Litany.
Descriptive Information
- Title
- [Book of hours : use of Utrecht].
- Call Number
- Garrett MS. 53
- Identifier
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dcpk02cp766
- Publisher
- [Utrecht?], [between 1490 and 1500]
- Language
- Dutch
- Date Created
- 1490-1500
- Format
- Manuscript
- Extent
- 175 leaves : parchment, illustrations ; 180 x 133 (100 x 65) mm bound to 192 x 142 mm.
- Provenance
- Early and intermediate provenance unknown. Sold by Sotheby's, London in 1902. Owned by Beverly Chew. Sold from his collection in 1924 at the Anderson Galleries to Ernest Dressel North for 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 90-93.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Contents
- 1. fol. 1r-12v: [Calendar, use of Utrecht]
- 2. fol. 13v-49v: [Hours of the Virgin]
- 3. fol. 50v-55r: [Short hours of the Cross]
- 4. fol. 54v-80r: [Long hours of the Cross]
- 5. fol. 81v-103v: [Hours of eternal wisdom]
- 6. fol. 104v-118v: [Short hours of the Holy Ghost]
- 7. fol. 119r-119v: [Five verses of Pope Gregory I]
- 8. fol. 119v-120r: [Prayer to the Virgin]
- 9. fol. 120v-123v: [Suffrages to Archangel Michael, Anne, Catherine of Alexandria, etc.]
- 10. fol. 124r-137v: [Seven penitential Psalms]
- 11. fol. 138v-175r: [Office of the dead, use of Utrecht]
- Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title devised by cataloger.
- Collation: Parchment ; fol. ii (paper) + 175 + ii (paper) ; modern foliation in pencil.
- Layout: 19 lines per page ; ruled.
- Decoration: Late Gothic, Dutch, circa 1490s. 6 full-page, arched miniatures with borders. 4 small miniatures. 22 5- to 8-line historiated initials. 6- to 10-line decorated initials, and 2- to 3-line initials. Colors of gold, blue, pink, red and green. Borders contain fauna (including owls, griffins, hybrids, birds, fox, apes). Penwork line-endings in rectangles of gold with alternating red and black filigree. 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 Netherlands, probably for use in the diocese of Utrecht.
- Binding Note
- Later binding. Benelux countries, 16th-century. Brown calf over wooden boards (6 mm thick). Blind-stamped with concentric frames. Endbands. Red-sprinkled edges. Two later replacement brass clasps (one partially missing). Holes visible from earlier clasps.
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 366
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Medieval and Renaissance Mediterranean Manuscripts
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/3958bcfe-ab2d-4481-a116-c4cc89ccd1d6/manifest