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Prayer book

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Utrecht, Universiteitsbibliotheek Utrecht, Ms. fr. 4.15

Roel van der Assem, Femke van Hilten, Kristien Lammers, Sophie van Setten, 'Middelnederlandse handschriften in de Universiteitsbibliotheek Utrecht', 2012., 103 (Born Digital)

General Information

Title Book of prayer
Shelfmarks Ms. fr. 4.15
Material Paper
Place of Origin Netherlands
Date of Origin 1475-1525
Script, Hands

Gothic Hybrida, similar to G. I. Lieftinck en J. P. Gumbert, Manuscrits datés conservés dans les Pays-Bas, volume 2 (Leiden etc., 1988) nr. 724 (Utrecht, Universiteitsbibliotheek, Hs. 1023) and planche 762, written by a Dutch clerk in 1470. It has the characteristics of a Dutch Hybrida.
General Remarks

A watermark is partially visible; a crown of lilies with a flower on top, above a shield, of which only the double fleur-de-lis is visible. It is most similar to two watermarks found in documents now in Trier, see: G. Piccard, Wasserzeichen Lilie. Findbuch XIII (Stuttgart 1983) 277, nrs 1712 en 1713. Both watermarks were made in 1516.

Original Condition

Page Height 108 mm
Page Width 72 mm
Number of Columns 1
Collation

The bifolium has not been bound in a booklet, although the fold in the paper implied this. Folio 1v and 2r don't align textually.

Current Condition

Dimensions 108 x 72 mm
More about the Current Condition

Slightly torn at the edges.

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

Three red initials, one lombard. Rubrication of capital letters.

Content

  • Content Item
    • Persons Author unknown
    • Text Language Dutch
    • Content Description

      Prayer book. Coloured initials at the beginning of each prayer. Fol. 1 verso contains a Maria prayer, about the passion of Christ and the annunciation. From the sentence 'ic onwerdige sun[de]rsche vlec', meaning, 'I, unworthy sinner', it can be deduced that the text was aimed at a female audience, considering sundersche or 'sinner' is female. Fol. 2 verso starts with a rubricated text that contains instructions for prayer. After that follows a prayer for the salvation of the soul and a prayer emphasizing the torment of Christ.
    • Hs_fr_4_15_0002

History

Origin

Netherlands; presumably the border region with Germany, considering the language. The german 'euch' is written as 'uch'.
Provenance

unknown; no traces of utilisation as binding material.
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