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Geert Grote, Book of hours

Hours of Eternal Wisdom

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Leuven, KU Leuven Bibliotheken Bijzondere Collecties, Ms. 1267

Roos in't Velt, Vlaamse Erfgoedbibliotheken, 2023 (Born Digital)

General Information

Title Geert Grote, Book of hours
Shelfmarks Leuven, KU Leuven Bibliotheken Bijzondere Collecties, Ms. 1267
Former Shelfmarks Ms. Fragm. 525
Material Parchment
Place of Origin Low Countries
Date of Origin 15th century
Script, Hands

Northern gothica textualis formata.

Original Condition

Page Height 163 mm
Page Width 114 mm
Height of Written Area 104 mm
Width of Written Area 66 mm
Number of Columns 1
Width of Columns 66 mm
Number of Lines 20
Line Height 5 mm
Ruling Full ink ruling
More about the Condition

Prickings visible in outer margin.

Current Condition

Extent 1 leaf
Dimensions 163 x 114 mm

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

Gilded foliate initial with marginal extension (fol. [1]r). Plain initials and versals, alternately in red and blue ink. Red rubrication, red paraphs.

Content

  • Content Item
    • Persons Geert Grote (compiler)
    • Text Language Middle Dutch (main); Latin (rubric)
    • Title Book of hours
    • Content Description

      Hours of Eternal Wisdom.

      • Lauds: collecta
      • Completes: Psalm ('die XIIJ salm vanden XV graden')
    • fol. [1]r
    • Edition Van Wijk, Nicolaas, ed., Het getijdenboek van Geert Grote naar het Haagse handschrift 133 E 21 (Leiden: Brill, 1940), p. 100, 67 <https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/grot001geti01_01/index.php>
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