Den Haag, KB, 131 G 41

Book of Hours (use of Sarum)

Southern Netherlands; c. 1430-1450

Beschrijving

8 full-page miniatures (118x61 mm) with border decoration; 9 historiated initials (c. 30x35 mm); decorated initial with border decoration in English style (f. 8r); decorated initials in English style with border decoration in Southern Netherlandish style (ff. 14r, 25r, 30r, 33r, 36r, etc.); penwork initials with pen-flourishes throughout

Herkomst

Margareta Baller (16th century). Godebout family (17th-18th century). A. de Meunynck, Lille (bookplate); purchased in 1905 at his sale at R.P.W. de Vries, Amsterdam

Codicologie

Vellum, ff. 108, 169x116 102x63) mm, 20 lines, littera textualis. Latin. Binding: 18th-/19th-century brown leather, blind (c. 1900)

1. The Agony in the Garden: Christ prays in Gethseman...	2. Christ before Pilate	3. The tortures of Christ: Christ is flagellated	4. The carrying of the cross: Christ bears the cross	5. The Crucifixion, with Mary, St. John, St. Mary Mag...
6. The Deposition: Christ is taken down from the cros...	7. The Crucifixion, with Christ on the cross, alone	8. Three crosses	9. The head of Christ, with a crown of thorns	10. The Holy Wound in Christ's Right Hand
11. The Holy Wound in Christ's Left Hand	12. The five Holy Wounds	13. The Holy Wound in Christ's Right Foot	14. The Holy Wound in Christ's Left Foot	15. St. Mary
16. The Last Judgement: Christ on a rainbow raises the...	17. Raising of Lazarus