Psalter. Breviary of St. Bridget
Den Bosch, Monastery Marienwater, Bridgettines/Bridgettinesses; 1468
Beschrijving
1 full page miniature (104x59 mm); 1 historiated initial (48x60 mm); 26 illustrations in the margin; penwork initials with pen-flourishes (8r, 176r, 121v, 231v, 245v, etc)
Herkomst
Suster Alit Snoex (d. 1517). D.-C. and J.-J. van Voorst; sold in 1860 at their sale at Fr. Muller, Amsterdam (cat. 17 Oct., p. 15, no. 123). Six van Hillegom (bookplate); sold in 1928 at his sale at F. Muller, Amsterdam (cat. p. 2, no. 194). Purchased in 1959 at a sale at J.L. Beyers, Utrecht (cat. 21 April, no. 40) with support of the Friends of the Royal Library
Codicologie
Vellum, ff. 290, 147x105 (100x61) mm, 19 lines, littera textualis. Latin. Binding: 15th/16th-century brown leather, blind, made c. 1500 by one of the Van Gavere's in Gent
