Book of Hours and Prayer Book
Southern Netherlands; c. 1490-1500. Added section (ff. 183-205) and miniatures: Southern Netherlands; c. 1500-1525
Beschrijving
5 full-page miniatures (111/107x65/61 mm) with border decoration; 27 miniatures (42/32x35/29 mm) with border decoration; 1 historiated initial (26x26 mm) with border decoration; decorated initials with border decoration (ff. 8r, 17r, 65r, 95r, 134r, etc.); all border decoration in Ghent-Bruges style (`strewn borders')
Herkomst
Margrieten van Beeringen, wife of Adriaen van Heylwigen, rentmeester van Loenen (16th cent.). Purchased in 1956 as part of the collection of M.R. Radermacher Schorer
Codicologie
Vellum, ff. 195 (numbered: 1-190, 201-205), 162x110 (104x63) mm, 20 lines, I: littera textualis, II: littera hybrida. Dutch. Binding: 18th-century red leather, gilt
