Den Haag, KB, 76 F 6

Book of Hours (`Hours of Isabella of Castile'; use of Rome)

Lombardy (Milan?), Master of the Modena Book of Hours (illuminator); c. 1390-1400. Added decoration: Spain; 1475-1500

Beschrijving

2 full-page miniatures (...x... mm), 36 historiated initials (...x... mm), 2 illustrations in the margin

Herkomst

Belonged, according to an (Probably fake) inscription which has been lost since, to Isabella of Castile. J.H. van Wassenaer-van Obdam; purchased in 1750 at his sale by Stadtholder William IV; by inheritance to King William I, who presented it in 1816 to the KB

Codicologie

Vellum, ff. 159, 212x163 (89x67) mm, 13 lines, littera textualis. Latin. Binding: 18th-century brown leather, gilt, with coat of arms of Stadtholder William V

Hier ziet u vanaf nummer 1 tot 37 van 37 illustraties.


1. The archangel Gabriel

2. Four shields, each with the five Holy Wounds

3. Annunciation: God the Father sends Gabriel to anno...

4. The Visitation: Mary meets St. Elisabeth

5. The Visitation: Mary, St. Joseph and several women...

6. Mary as handmaid of the temple

7. The Visitation: Mary, St. Joseph and several women...

8. Man praying to God

9. Five prophets (one of them being David?)

10. Salvator Mundi: Christ holding an orb

11. Christ

12. Mary

13. Mary

14. A male saint praying

15. Christ

16. Christ and two angels

17. Christ

18. Christ and children

19. Christ

20. David(?)

21. A male saint and a king

22. Christ

23. David praying to Christ

24. Four bishops

25. Christ

26. Christ and two clerics

27. A man praying to Christ

28. Harrowing of Hell: Christ leaves hell and liberate...

29. Harrowing of Hell: Christ leaves hell and liberate...

30. Christ at prayer

31. A man praying

32. A man praying to Christ

33. A man praying

34. Mary holding a book

35. The Nativity: the adoration of the Christ-child by...

36. Annunciation of Christ's birth to the shepherds

37. The arrest of Christ: the kiss of Judas; the ear o...