Book of hours, possibly according to the Use of Utrecht., 15th century.
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Calendar, including several Utrecht saints in red (folio 2);
(ii) Hours of the Virgin (folio 14);
(iii) Hours of the Cross (folio 59);
(iv) Hours of the Holy Ghost (folio 85);
(v) Hours of the Eternal Wisdom (folio 106);
(vi) Penitential Psalms and Litany (folio 129);
(vii) Office of the Dead (folio 153).
Lacking the first leaves of sections (ii)-(vii) (i.e. after folios 13, 58, 84, 105, 128, 152), and leaves after folios 39, 65, 82, 112, and 125. Rubrics are in red and initials are alternately in red or blue; a few larger initials have penwork decoration. In the margin of folio 8 verso is a note of a year's mind of Weyndel Walcken in the year 1411, and in the margin of folio 11 verso is a note of a year's mind of Henric Walc[kenj, the annotator's father, in the year 1442.
Dates
- Creation: 15th century.
Conditions Governing Access
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Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
198 Leaves ; 117 x 85 millimetres.
Language of Materials
Dutch; Flemish
Arrangement
198 folios.
Collation: 1⁸(1 pasted down), 2⁶, 3⁸(-1), 4-5⁸, 6⁸(-4), 7⁸, 8⁸(-8), 9⁸(-1), 10⁸(-1), 11⁸, 12⁸(-3, 6), 13-14⁸, 15⁴(-4), 16⁸(-1, 2), 17⁸(-2), 18⁸(-8), 19⁸(-4), 20-21⁸, 22⁴, 23⁸(-1), 24-27⁸, 28⁸(8 pasted down).
Single columns of 17 lines.
Custodial History
There are ownership notes, mostly deleted, of 'Suster anna Roe'(?),,'Suster schu van keffel'(?), and 'Deurk van schevichaven' at folio 1, the name 'Suster berber van langen' at folio 198, and an alphabet at folio 198 verso, all in hands probably of the sixteenth century. Inside the front cover is a note about the volume in a nineteenth-century hand.
Physical Description
Vellum. Contemporary binding of oak boards covered with blind-tooled leather with the remains of two clasps.
Repository Details
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