Item Summary

Book of hours compiled and translated by Geert Grote.

Descriptive Information

Title
[Book of hours]
Call Number
Garrett MS. 60
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dc0z7099772
Publisher
[Delft, Netherlands], [between 1525-1575]
Language
Dutch
Date Created
1525-1575
Format
Manuscript
Extent
170 leaves : parchment, illustrations ; 165 x 110 (84-86 x 58) mm bound to 175 x 125 mm.
Provenance
Unknown early and intermediate provenance. In the library of Rushton M. Dorman until sold by George A. Leavitt & Co. in 1886. Probably purchased then by Thomas Harrison Garrett (1849-1888), Class of 1868, of Baltimore, Maryland, then 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
Contents
1. fol. 1r-12v: [Calendar]
2. fol. 13r-51r: [Office of the Virgin]
3. fol. 52r-74r: [Long Hours of the Holy Ghost]
4. fol. 75r-97r: [Horologium sapientiae] / [Henricus Suso]
5. fol. 98r-125v: [Long Hours of the Cross]
6. fol. 126r-131v: [Seven penitential psalms]
7. fol. 142r-170r: [Office of the dead]
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from printed catalog.
Collation: Parchment ; fol. 170 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil.
Layout: 17-18 lines per page ; ruled.
Decoration: Late Gothic Dutch from Delft. 8-line ornamented initials with full borders. Subsequent sections open with 2- to 4-line gold, blue and rose initials. Smaller sections have 1-line initials. Folio 13r decorated with dragons.
Origin: Produced in Delft.
Binding Note
Contemporaneous? binding. Netherlands (?), 16th century. Brown calf over somewhat warped wooden boards (5 mm thick). Two brass bosses and two decorative cornerpieces. Metal clasp (partially missing). Edges sprinkled red.

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

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