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Calendar 1r - 6v;

    Short Hours of the Cross 7r - 19v;

    Illuminations (1)

    • Crucifixion fol. 7v

    Seven orations of St. Gregory 20r - 24v;

    Illuminations (1)

    • Mass of St. Gregory fol. 20v

    Antiphon to the Holy Spirit 25r - 26v;

    Illuminations (1)

    • Pentecost fol. 25v

    Prayer: On the Transfiguration 27r - 29r;

      Prayers and hymns to the Virgin 29v - 46*v;

      Illuminations (4)

      • Coronation of the Virgin by the Trinity fol. 30v
      • Annunciation fol. 34v
      • Lactation of St. Bernard fol. 37v
      • Presentation in the temple fol. 41v

      Suffrages 47r - 66v;

      Illuminations (8)

      • St. Anne, the Virgin and Child fol. 47r
      • Angel fol. 51v
      • St. Matthias fol. 53r
      • Adoration of the Magi fol. 54v
      • Penitence of St. Jerome fol. 59r
      • St. Anthony Abbot fol. 63r
      • St. Catherine of Alexandria fol. 65r
      • St. Barbara fol. 66r

      Prayer for the Dead 67r - 74r;

      Illuminations (1)

      • Office of the Dead fol. 67v

      Five prayers of St. Francis 74v - 79v;

      Illuminations (1)

      • Last Judgment fol. 75v

      Seven Penitential Psalms, litany, and collects 80r - 110r;

      Illuminations (1)

      • David praying fol. 80v

      Five questions about the Eucharist 110v - 116v;

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        Illuminations (19)

        • Crucifixion
        • Mass of St. Gregory
        • Pentecost
        • Coronation of the Virgin by the Trinity
        • Annunciation
        • Lactation of St. Bernard
        • Presentation in the temple
        • St. Anne, the Virgin and Child
        • Angel
        • St. Matthias
        • Adoration of the Magi
        • St. George battling the dragon
        • Penitence of St. Jerome
        • St. Anthony Abbot
        • St. Catherine of Alexandria
        • St. Barbara
        • Office of the Dead
        • Last Judgment
        • David praying
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        Manuscript Overview
        References
        Bindings & Oddities

        Abstract

        This pocket-size prayer book was written in Dutch on fine parchment ca. 1470. The calendar is for the use of Utrecht, which helps localize its original ownership. It is notable for its thirteen full-page illuminations and seven small miniatures for the suffrages, by artists close to the Utrecht school. This manuscript has been grouped with many related works, including Brussels, Bibliothèque Royale 10761, Oxford, Bodleian Library Ms. Douce 30, Utrecht, Aartsbisshoppelijk Museum Ms. 20, the so-called Harberton-Wodhull Hours, private collection, The Hague, Koninklijke Bibliotheek Ms. 131 G8, and Ms. 76 F31.

        Hand note

        Cursive bookhand text added by second hand in sixteenth century

        Contributors

        Principal cataloger: Marrow, James

        Cataloger: Devine, Alex

        Cataloger: Dutschke, Consuelo

        Cataloger: Herbert, Lynley

        Cataloger: Valle, Chiara

        Editor: Herbert, Lynley

        Copy editor: Dibble, Charles

        Contributor: Bockrath, Diane

        Contributor: Boot, Christine

        Contributor: Emery, Doug

        Contributor: Noel, William

        Contributor: Pizzinato, Riccardo

        Contributor: Tabritha, Ariel

        Contributor: Toth, Michael B.

        Conservator: Owen, Linda

        Conservator: Quandt, Abigail

        Bibliography

        Byvanck, Alexander W., and Godefridus J. Hoogewerff, La miniature hollandaise dans les manuscrits illustrés du XIVe au XVIe siècle aux Pays-Bas septentrionaux. vol. 3. The Hague, 1922-1926, p. 70


        De Ricci, Seymour, and William J. Wilson. Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada. Vol. 1. New York, 1935-1940, p. 797, no. 255.


        Miner, Dorothy. Dutch Illuminated Manuscripts in the Walters Art Gallery. Connoisseur Yearbook, 1955, pp. 76-77, figs. XII-XIV (fols. 54v, 75v, 80v).


        Snyder, James. "Geertgen Tot Sint Jans and the Haarlem School of Painting." Ph.D. Dissertation. Princeton University, 1958, p. 131, no. 61.


        Delaissé, Leon M. J. A Century of Dutch Manuscript Illumination. Berkeley and Los Angeles, 1968, pp. 49-50, figs. 110-11 (fols. 54v, 80v).


        Farquhar, James D. Creation and Imitation: The Work of a Fifteenth-century Illuminator. Nova University Studies in the Humanities I, 1976, p. 174, no. 50.


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        Keywords
        Christian
        Dutch
        Prayer book
        Miniature
        Netherlands
        15th century
        Devotion

        Origin Place

        Utrecht, Netherlands

        Date

        Third quarter of the 15th century (ca. 1470) CE

        Form

        book

        Binding

        Non-original Binding

        Binding Description

        Rebound by Léon Gruel and Robert Engelmann, France, late nineteenth or early twentieth century, dark crimson velvet; fols. 1-6 and fols. 107-116 are affected by rust deposits made by two metal rivets from a lost kindle chain

        Language

        The primary language in this manuscript is Dutch; Flemish. The secondary languages of this manuscript are German, Middle High (ca.1050-1500), Latin.

        Provenance

        Made ca. 1470 for use in Utrecht, Netherlands; Utrecht saints in calendar

        Gruel and Engelmann, Paris no. 96; bookplate on front pastedown

        Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1905, bought from Gruel and Engelmann

        Acquisition

        Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters' bequest

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        Origin Place

        Utrecht, Netherlands

        Date

        Third quarter of the 15th century (ca. 1470) CE

        Form

        book

        Language

        The primary language in this manuscript is Dutch; Flemish. The secondary languages of this manuscript are German, Middle High (ca.1050-1500), Latin.

        Provenance

        Made ca. 1470 for use in Utrecht, Netherlands; Utrecht saints in calendar

        Gruel and Engelmann, Paris no. 96; bookplate on front pastedown

        Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1905, bought from Gruel and Engelmann

        Acquisition

        Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters' bequest

        Manuscript Overview

        Abstract

        This pocket-size prayer book was written in Dutch on fine parchment ca. 1470. The calendar is for the use of Utrecht, which helps localize its original ownership. It is notable for its thirteen full-page illuminations and seven small miniatures for the suffrages, by artists close to the Utrecht school. This manuscript has been grouped with many related works, including Brussels, Bibliothèque Royale 10761, Oxford, Bodleian Library Ms. Douce 30, Utrecht, Aartsbisshoppelijk Museum Ms. 20, the so-called Harberton-Wodhull Hours, private collection, The Hague, Koninklijke Bibliotheek Ms. 131 G8, and Ms. 76 F31.

        Hand note

        Cursive bookhand text added by second hand in sixteenth century

        References

        Contributors

        Principal cataloger: Marrow, James

        Cataloger: Devine, Alex

        Cataloger: Dutschke, Consuelo

        Cataloger: Herbert, Lynley

        Cataloger: Valle, Chiara

        Editor: Herbert, Lynley

        Copy editor: Dibble, Charles

        Contributor: Bockrath, Diane

        Contributor: Boot, Christine

        Contributor: Emery, Doug

        Contributor: Noel, William

        Contributor: Pizzinato, Riccardo

        Contributor: Tabritha, Ariel

        Contributor: Toth, Michael B.

        Conservator: Owen, Linda

        Conservator: Quandt, Abigail

        Bibliography

        Byvanck, Alexander W., and Godefridus J. Hoogewerff, La miniature hollandaise dans les manuscrits illustrés du XIVe au XVIe siècle aux Pays-Bas septentrionaux. vol. 3. The Hague, 1922-1926, p. 70


        De Ricci, Seymour, and William J. Wilson. Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada. Vol. 1. New York, 1935-1940, p. 797, no. 255.


        Miner, Dorothy. Dutch Illuminated Manuscripts in the Walters Art Gallery. Connoisseur Yearbook, 1955, pp. 76-77, figs. XII-XIV (fols. 54v, 75v, 80v).


        Snyder, James. "Geertgen Tot Sint Jans and the Haarlem School of Painting." Ph.D. Dissertation. Princeton University, 1958, p. 131, no. 61.


        Delaissé, Leon M. J. A Century of Dutch Manuscript Illumination. Berkeley and Los Angeles, 1968, pp. 49-50, figs. 110-11 (fols. 54v, 80v).


        Farquhar, James D. Creation and Imitation: The Work of a Fifteenth-century Illuminator. Nova University Studies in the Humanities I, 1976, p. 174, no. 50.


        Bindings & Oddities

        These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.

        Upper board outside

        Lower board outside

        Spine

        Fore-edge

        Head

        Tail

        Keywords
        Christian
        Dutch
        Prayer book
        Miniature
        Netherlands
        15th century
        Devotion
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