Item Summary

Book of Hours, for use by a woman in the collegiate church of Saint Waudru at Mons, Belgium. Includes four feasts of St. Waldetrudis and three members of her family in the calendar; her portrait, with her two daughters, is on fol. 132r.

Descriptive Information

Title
[Book of Hours].
Call Number
85.1
Identifier
ark:/88435/dczc77t4559
Publisher
[ca. 1460].
Language
Latin
Date Created
1460
Extent
190 leaves : parchment ; 190 x 140 mm.
Provenance
Executed for a lady of the Froidmont-Joye family (depicted fol. 130); bookplate of Oliver H. Perkins; his sale (New York, Mar. 23, 1926, no. 551, facs.).
References
De Ricci, p. 2123, no. 20
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Ms. codex.
Decoration: 22 large miniatures (fols. 13r, 18r, 25r, 34r, 42v-43r, 56r, 69r, 75r, 80r, 84r, 89r, 97r, 103r, 118r, 126r, 127r, 128r, 129r, 130r, 132r, 134r); decorated borders by a Flemish artist of the atelier of Jacques Pilavaine.
Origin: Written at Mons (ca. 1460).
Binding Note
17th and 18th century. Calf, gilt, with medallion lettered J. H. S.

Discovery Information

Subject
Catholic Church—Prayers and devotions
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)—New Jersey—Princeton
Books of hours—Belgium—Mons
Illuminated manuscripts—Belgium—Mons—15th century
Books of hours
Parchment
Calf bindings

Physical Characteristics

File Count
394

Institutional Information

Collection
Medieval and Renaissance Mediterranean Manuscripts
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/e56809ba-f1e2-430a-8383-3a6d81f02ee8/manifest