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Hours of the Virgin.
8.
(56v-65v) Office of the Dead.
9.
(67v-74v) Seven Penitential Psalms.
10.
(74v-77v)
Litany and Prayers.
Decoration
:
a.
3 miniatures
(7v Mary and John at the Cross, 56v Last Judgment (?), 67 David in Penance).
b.
all miniatures and facing openings of text parts
with elaborate flowery border decoration
and gilt borders
around 3 sides of text.
c.
7 seven-line gilt initials
with red and blue background.
d.
5 six-line gilt initials
with
red, blue and green background.
e
.
1 five-line rectangular initial
.
f.
numerous 2-line initials in red and blue,
some with marginal extensions.
Provenance
: 18th-c. collector's ticket Madame Van Huerne De Puyenbeke, née De Schietere De Lophem.
Armorial bookpl. Léonce Dupont de St. Ouen.
809
[Book of Hours] - Horae. Use of Utrecht
. Middle Dutch. [Utrecht region, c. 1450], Dutch
manuscript on vellum, c. 15,5 x 10,5 cm, cont. blindruled calf over wood (rubbed), metal clasps
and catches (leather tongues of clasps renewed, mod. vellum endpapers), spine on 5 raised bands
(rebacked with erroneous title "Missal"), 191 ff. with 1 old flyleaf bound before and 1 after,
written by a skilled hand in black ink within ruled borders with 18 ll. of text (mod. pencil
foliation, some minor staining or thumbing). Excellent well-preserved ms.
Cfr. ill.€ 20000/30000
Very nice Middle Dutch Book of Hours.
Contents
:
1.
(1r-12v) Calendar for Utrecht in red and black (with i.a. Ponciaen, Pancraes, Odulf, "dusent
mageden", Lebuinus);
2.
(14r-53r) Hours of the Virgin ("onser vrouwen tiden").
3.
(54r-78r) Hours of the
Cross ("cruys tiden").
4.
(80r-101v) Hours of Wisdom ("die wijsheit ghetiden").
5.
(103r-120v) Hours of the
Holy Spirit ("des heilighen geests tiden").
6.
(121r-128v) Prayers to saints.
7.
(130r-139v) Seven Penitential
Psalms ("die souen psalmen").
8.
(140r-150v) Litany and Prayers.
9.
(152r-191v) Office of the Dead ("die
langhe vigilie") and Prayers.
Decoration
:
a.
5 miniatures
(13v Annunciation, 79v Salvator Mundi, 102v Pentecost, 129v David in
Penance, 151v Raising of Lazarus (or Last Judgment?); 1 miniature might be lacking between ff. 53-54.
b.
all miniatures and facing openings of text parts with
gold leaf decoration and gilt borders
, surrounded by a
border with flowers and foliage.
c.
6 nine-line gilt initials
with red and blue background.
d.
text divisions
marked by
31 five-line initials
with foliage extending into margins.
e.
rubricated throughout
in red and blue,
often with 2-line initials.
Provenance
: on front covers gilt arms with device "Roi ne suis | ne comte aussi | ne prince | ne duc | je suis
le sire de Coucy". Sold in the Lord Brownlow sale, London, 6 Dec. 1971.
Ref.
S. Hindman, The Robert
Lehman Collection, IV Illumination (Metropolitan Museum 1997), p. 60 n. 22.
810
[Calligraphy] - 3 calligraphic manuscript ff., 1800-1829
. 2 mounted under passe-partout, 1
framed under glass (loose sheet folded and dampstained at top). In good condition.
€ 100/150
1.
Clemens, Dirk Abraham.
- Dutch rhyming verses. Calligraphic manuscript on paper, [Netherlands, c.
1800?], c. 32,5 x 40 cm. Inc. "'t Is Kermis, maer nog meer mijn Pligt, dat ik vertoon dit schrift en dicht".
2.
De Deken, Jean B.
- "Prédication de Jésus-Christ, 's-Gravenwezel, 1828". Manuscript on paper, c. 42 x 25
cm, framed, c. 61,5 x 42 cm (not unframed). Calligraphic French text with a few pen drawn animal ills at top.
3. Lauwers, P.A.
- "Fait au pensionnat de Monsieurs Hermans (?) à Oleghem. Ecrit par P.A. Lauwers natif
de Schilde, 1829". French calligraphic text and drawing on paper, c. 43 x 26 cm.
811
[Calligraphy] - Calligraphic "exemplum"
by "J. Vermij (?), Anno 1667", Dutch manuscript on
paper, on 1st p. of a bifolium c. 30 x 19 cm, expertly written in brown/black ink. Good condition
(paper age-toned, edges sl. frayed).
€ 180/220
Inc. "A B C … z. Want ick sal u op de thiensnarich instrument schoone liederen voortbrengende by J. (…)"
by J. Vermij, an unknown calligrapher ?
Ref.
Pettegree NB 19340. B.B. III:920 L-201. BT 1941. Adams L-
777. Bibl. Lips. Brux. 173. BCNI 4226.
812
[Calligraphy] - KOCH, Wilhelm -
Calligraphic German prayers. Homburg, 9 March 1806,
German manuscript on paper, c. 37,5 x 45 cm. Mounted under passe-partout (old central fold,
sm. tear at head and tail of central fold). Good copy.
Cfr. ill.
€ 450/600
Nice calligraphy in brown ink with coloured decoration in red, green and yellow. Text in 3 columns or in
cartouches.
~ A rare survivor ! ~
813
Confession aid for deaf-and-dumb persons
. [Southern Netherlands ?, c. 1800 ?], illustrated
Latin manuscript on bluish paper, c. 12,5 x 9 cm, cont. limp vellum with vellum flap and tie
(lower endpaper loose), 42 ff., written in brown ink (some thumbing and traces of use). In
reasonably good condition.
€ 500/700
A rare survivor of a practical aid for priests
.
Fascinating document, almost resulting in a
comic strip
.
Probably compiled by a priest in an institute for deaf-and-dumb children. It has 41 ff. with a coloured pen