Hours, use of Utrecht

Description

Title: Hours, use of Utrecht
Published / Created: [between 1400 and 1500]
Publication Place: Netherlands
Abstract: Manuscript on parchment of a Book of Hours with prayers in Dutch. The manuscript is misbound
Description: In Dutch and Latin.
Script: Written in liturgical gothic bookhand by a single scribe. 3-, 2-, and 1-line initials with very fine penwork: gold with dark blue penwork or blue with red penwork. 1-line initials within the text black with one or two red strokes. Line fillers: blue cables. Rubrics in orange-tinted red.
Water damage on ff. 8v, 38v and 39v has obliterated some initials; the text is still legible.
Binding: Date? Bookblock tacked to a vellum folder. The light rectangular patch on the front cover, lower left, was probably left by the removal of a shelf tag.
Provenance: Gift of John B. Galbraith in 1922.
Extent: ff. 43 : 135 x 102 (72 x 52) mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been partially digitized.
Language: Dutch
Latin

Repository: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number: Beinecke MS 32
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Genre: Prayers and devotions
Manuscripts, Medieval Netherlands 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: parchment ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Name): Catholic Church
Subject (Topic): Books of hours
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscripts, Medieval
Subjects: Catholic Church > Prayers and devotions
Books of hours
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Netherlands > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Hours, Use of Utrecht. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.