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253
(“Veni Creator”); f. 6 blank, but for a few “probationes” (?) on recto, erased.
Decoration
: f. 1r with large gilt initial “Q” extending into a gilt border rule, initial in blue with
gilt interior and red and blue shoots. - 2-line gilt initials in red and blue, extending into the
margin. - titles in red.
861 [Book of Hours - Utrecht]
-
Horae
. [Utrecht, 2nd half 15th c.], Middle Dutch manuscript on
vellum, c. 14,5 x 10,3 cm, 18th-c. goldtooled mottled calf over wood (expertly repaired, clasps and
catches gone), edges bevelled inside, covers with elaborate gilt ornamental border with corner pcs
and large central ornament, richly gilt spine on 5 raised bands, a.e.g. (soiled), 171 ff. (mod. pencil
numbering up to p. 111; 1 blank f. between calendar and text, other blanks cut out), ruled in brown
ink, writing area c. 8,8 x 6,9 cm (cut short at top occ. shaving marg. decoration, blank top margin of
2nd half sl. stained). In very good condition.
Cfr. ill.
€ 14000/16000
A very attractive well-executed and well-preserved Middle Ducth Book of Hours,
superb in its
simplicity
.
Contents
: Calendar (ff. 1-12v) with Utrecht saints (Ponciaen, Agnete, Pancras, Servaes, Bonifaes,
Odulphus, Lebuin), dated at the end in another hand “an° MCCCCLX | S.P.”, blank f. 13,
“Ghetiden van onser vrouwe” (ff. 14r-51v), “Vander ewiger wysheit” (ff. 52r-73v), “Ghetiden
vanden heilighen gheeste” (ff. 74r-91v), “Die lange ghetide” (ff. 92r-114v), “Die vij psalmen” (ff.
115r-124r: Penitential Psalms), “Die letanye” etc. (124r-134v), “Die vigilie” (ff. 135r-171v)
Decoration
: superbly decorated and rubricated throughout; numerous small 1-line initials in red
or blue; 28 larger initials with marg. flowery twigs;
5 large gilt initials
at the beginning of text
divisions, on a blue & red background; on f. 27r a
large gilt 9-line blue initial ‘h’
with a peacock
inside on a gilt background, and with marg. decoration of blue, green and ochre floral motifs.
Pencil note on front flyleaf “6 X
bre
1872 £5. | flamand, reliure à conserver | remettre les fermoirs |
de l’époque” (binder’s instructions).
~ With 14 miniatures by the Utrecht Master of the Boston “City of God” ~
862 [Book of Hours - Zwolle]
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Horae
. [Zwolle, “Sarijs” group, c. 1450-1470], Middle Dutch
translation of Geert Grote, illuminated manuscript on vellum, c. 14,2 x 10 cm, 18th-c. goldtooled
red morocco, covers with gilt flowery ornamental border and central decoration (bottom edge of
front cover skilfully repaired), richly gilt spine on 5 raised bands, gilt sides, mod. marbl. endpapers;
kept in a nice leather box signed
Renaud Vernier
, Maître d’Art, 2001 (with hinging parts), and in
a slipcase with gilt leather label, [227] ff. (26 quires of 8 ff., and the last one of 6 ff.; lacking 5th f.
of quire 3), incl. 14 full-page miniatures on inserted leaves, 17 ll., ruled in pale brown ink (written
space c. 7,7 x 5,5 cm), written in brown ink in a littera textualis libraria. Well preserved (some
soiling in calendar and bottom corners).
Cfr. ill.
€ 70000/80000
A rare nice complete vernacular manuscript from the Eastern Netherlands decorated by a Utrecht
Master.
Text
: Calendar (use of Utrecht, with months’ names in Latin, ff. 1r-12v), Hours of the Virgin
(ff. 15r-63v), Long Hours of the Holy Cross (ff. 65r-102v), Hours of the Eternal Wisdom (ff.
104r-129r), Long Hours of the Holy Spirit (ff. 129v-149r), Seven Penitential Psalms and Litany (ff.
151r-172r), Long Office of the Dead (ff. 173r-214r), Prayers (ff. 214r-225r), religious “lists” (Ten
Commandments, Seven Deadly Sins, etc., ff. 226r-227v).
Origin
: one of the “Sarijs” manuscripts made in (or near Zwolle) by copyists of religious houses
linked to the “Devotio Moderna”, and illuminated by a Utrecht miniaturist.
Decoration
: rubrics and several feasts in Calendar in red; red underlining of reading instructions;
line fillers of Litany in blue or gold-and-blue; many 1(-3)- line gold or blue initials with blue or red
penwork; seven 9-line initials in blue or salmon (or combined) with extended penwork decoration,