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Book of Hours

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Utrecht, Universiteitsbibliotheek Utrecht, Ms. fr. 3.40

Anna Duijsings, Myrthe Machielsen, Marleen van der Meulen and Chloé Vondenhoff, 'A supplement to Koert van der Horst, Illuminated and Decorated Medieval Manuscripts in the University Library, Utrecht (1989), vol. 2: Loose manuscript fragments (second section), Utrecht 2011., p. 7-8 (Born Digital)

General Information

Title Book of hours
Shelfmarks Ms. fr. 3.40
Material Parchment
Place of Origin Netherlands
Date of Origin 2nd or 3rd quarter of the 15th century
Script, Hands

Gothic Hybrida Libraria

Original Condition

Page Height 120 mm
Page Width 85 mm
Height of Written Area 80 mm
Width of Written Area 52 mm
Number of Columns 2
Width of Columns 22 mm
Number of Lines 24
Line Height 4 mm
Numbering

Folio A is foliated 64 and folio B is foliated 72 in modern script
More about the Condition

did not serve as binding waste

Current Condition

Dimensions 120 x 85 mm

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

For the penwork from Delft, compare K. H. Broekhuijsen, 'Delft', in: A. Korteweg (ed.), Kriezels, aubergines en takenbossen: randversiering in Noordnederlandse handschriften uit de vijftiende eeuw, Zutphen 1992, p. 64 no. 29 (The Hague, Royal Library, 74 H 28).

Content

  • Content Item
    • Text Language Dutch
    • Content Description

      Front pastedown/Front start: 1ar: “te dyns lichaems Here ontferme di onser Xriste”. Rear pastedown/Rear end: 1bv: “O maria dyn herte gruet ic dat alre eerste onder der sonnen wairdich was t onstaen den enigen gebo[]”.

History

Origin

Made in Delft, in the second or third quarter of the 15th century
Provenance

Purchased at the auction at Beijers, Utrecht (Books, prints and manuscripts), 23-11-2011, lot 316, from an unknown Dutch collector
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