Den Haag, KB, 131 G 3

Book of Hours

Utrecht, Bible Masters of the First Generation: Gethsemane Master and Master Azor (illuminators); c. 1430

Beschrijving

10 full-page miniatures (115/90x65/55 mm) with border decoration; 3 historiated initials (72/55x67/52 mm) with border decoration; decorated initials with border decoration (ff. 28r, 41r, 46v, 51v, 57r, etc.); all border decoration in Utrecht style (`elongated green leaves, tri-petals, `thistles', large multi-coloured `feathery' of the Psalter Master (f. 135); penwork initials with pen-flourishes in Utrecht style (`early'; ff. 14v, 20v, 21v, 30r, 98v, etc.)

Herkomst

W.J. Roijaards van den Ham; purchased at his sale in 1899 at J.L. Beyers, Utrecht (cat. dl. 3, no. 3741)

Codicologie

Vellum, ff. 208, 157x102 (93x53) mm, 16 lines, littera textualis. Dutch. Binding: 16th-century brown leather, blind (rebacked)

1. The Annunciation: Gabriel announces Christ's birth...	2. Madonna: Mary holding the Christ-child, a crescent...	3. The arrest of Christ: the kiss of Judas; the ear o...	4. The tortures of Christ: Christ is flagellated	5. The Crucifixion, with Mary and St. John
6. The entombment of Christ	7. Salvator Mundi: Christ holding an orb	8. The carrying of the cross: Christ bears the cross	9. Christ sitting on the cold stone	10. Christ sitting on the cold stone
11. St. Barbara holding a palm, before the tower	12. A funeral service in a church	13. Two souls in Purgatory