Den Haag, KB, 76 F 29

Breviary (Bridgettine use)

Naples; c. 1390-1400

Beschrijving

1 miniature (full-page+border: 207x105 mm); 6 historiated initials (42/30 x 52/34 mm) with border decoration; decorated initials with border decoration (ff. 6v, 8r, 10r, 10v, 11v, etc.); penwork initials with pen-flourishes throughout

Herkomst

J. Mees P.Rzn., Rotterdam; purchased in 1920 from antiquarian bookseller A. van Straten, Rotterdam (cat. 9 november, no. 1718)

Codicologie

Vellum, ff. 74, 231x176 (156x128) mm, 2 columns, 35 lines, littera textualis (Italian). Latin. Binding: 20th-century brown leather binding, blind, made in 1969 (one cover of original red leather binding preserved)

Hier ziet u vanaf nummer 1 tot 7 van 7 illustraties.


1. St. Bridget of Sweden having a vision in which a f...

2. Madonna: Mary holding the Christ-child

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

4. The Nativity: the Christ-child in the manger, Mary...

5. Birth of Mary

6. The adoration of the Christ-child by the Magi

7. The deathbed of Mary: Christ appears and takes Mar...