Accession number
MS S.1
Object title
Book of hours (MS S.1).
Display Date
ca. 1490.
Created
Utrecht, Netherlands, ca. 1490.
Binding
17th-century brown blind-stamped calf over original (?) wood boards, 17th-century silver catches and clasps, 7-tasseled green silk book marker with silver clasp.
Credit line
Bequest of E. Clark Stillman, 1995.
Description
170 leaves (1 column, 22 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 215 x 155 mm.
Provenance
Purchased by Mr. E. Clark Stillman (1907-1995) in NY, 20th century; E. Clark Stillman Collection.
Notes
Ms. book of hours, use of the Augustinian Canons of the Windesheim Chapter (Hours of the Virgin, Long Hours of the Holy Cross, Office of the Dead), and calendar for Utrech; written and illuminated in the Netherlands, possibly Utrecht, ca. 1490.
Textiles: 17th-century 7-tasseled green silk book marker with silver clasp.
Decoration: 15 full-page (inserted) miniatures, 9 half-page miniatures, 7 smaller miniatures, 15 historiated initials, 9 marginal illustrations; Dutch Gothic style.
Artist: Masters of Catharina van Wassenaer (Dark Eyes Group).
Textiles: 17th-century 7-tasseled green silk book marker with silver clasp.
Decoration: 15 full-page (inserted) miniatures, 9 half-page miniatures, 7 smaller miniatures, 15 historiated initials, 9 marginal illustrations; Dutch Gothic style.
Artist: Masters of Catharina van Wassenaer (Dark Eyes Group).
Contents
fols. 1r-14v: Calendar -- fol. 15r: Blank -- fols. 15v-51v: Hours of the Virgin -- fol. 52r: Blank -- fols. 52v-74v: Hours of the Cross -- fol. 75r: Blank -- fols. 75v-92v: Hours of the Eternal Wisdom -- fol. 93r: Blank -- fols. 93v-111v: Long Hours of the Holy Spirit -- fol. 112r: Blank -- fols. 112v-126v: Suffrages -- fols. 127r: Blank -- fols. 127v-170v: Office of the Dead.
Script
textura
Language
Dutch and Latin
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