Den Haag, KB, 74 G 35

Book of Hours (use of Utrecht)

Delft, Masters of the Delft Grisailles (illuminator); c. 1440-1460. Added section (ff. 144-174): Delft; c. 1480-1500. Added grisaille (f. 93): Southern Netherlands; c. 1450-1475

Beschrijving

17 full-page grisaille-miniatures (85/70x55/45 mm); decorated initiales with border decoration in Delft style (`coloured'; ff. 1r, 15r, 23r, 31v, 35r, etc.)

Herkomst

Families Van Matenes, Duivenvoorde and Foreest (c. 1480-1590). Acquired in 1809 as part of the collection of J. Visser of The Hague (no. 131)

Codicologie

Vellum, ff. 180 (VI+143+31), 115x85 (80x54) mm, 17 lines, littera hybrida. Latin. Binding: 18th-century brown leather, gilt

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1. The Annunciation: Gabriel announces Christ's birth...

2. The Crucifixion, with Mary and St. John

3. The Last Judgement: Christ on a rainbow raises the...

4. The Trinity: God the Father holding the crucifix (...

5. Mary holding the Christ-child

6. A guardian angel

7. St. Paul holding a sword and a book

8. St. George holding a sword and a spear, standing o...

9. The martyrdom of St. Sebastian: tied to a tree, he...

10. St. Christopher carries the Christ-child

11. St. Jerome, as a cardinal, seated, with an open bo...

12. The martyrdom of St. Erasmus of Formiae: his bowel...

13. St. Antony Abbot of Egypt holding a book, a bell a...

14. St. Catherine of Alexandria holding a sword and a ...

15. St. Barbara before the tower

16. St. Ursula of Cologne protecting the eleven thousa...

17. A funeral service

18. St. Veronica holding up the veil with the image of...