BOOK OF HOURS, in Latin, for the use of Utrecht (?), illuminated on vellum. [ Bruges, c. 1450]. In-8° (15 x 11,8 cm) : 72-[1] lvs (decorated lvs slightly cropped at the top or at the bottom, Crucifixion damaged by water, slightly used).
Estimation :
8 000 - 10 000 €
Adjudication :
8 000 €
Description
19th century binding : full red calf, bords with gold tooled frame, flat spine, gilt edges (binding used).
Text (9,2 x 6,4 cm) : 19 lines, ruled in light pink, Gothic script, rubricated, initials in foliate gold, red or blue, some with blue or red pen flourishing.
Content :
Calender for the use of Utrecht (?) including Adrianus (4 March),
Saint Sophia (15 May) and Saint Lazarus (17 December) (ff. 1-6);
Hours of the Holy Cross (ff. 7r-9);
Mass of the Virgin (ff. 10-12);
Hours of the Holy Spirit (ff.13-20);
Offices of the virgin for use of Rome : ad matutinas (ff. 21-28);
ad laudes (ff. 29-35); ad primam (ff. 36-38);
ad terciam (ff. 39-40); ad sextam (ff. 41-42);
ad nonam (ff. 43-44);
ad vesperas (ff. 45-47);
ad completorum (ff. 48-49);
Seven Penitential Psalms (ff. 50-59) and the Office of the Death (ff. 60-72).
Illumination: 6 FULL-PAGE MINIATURES, 6 large initials painted in blue with foliate gold, in large full decorated borders, decorated initials in gold on blue and red grounds throughout.
Iconography: Crucifixion, Throning Virgin with Child, Pentecost, Annunciation, Last Judgment, Office of the Dead.
Style: the foliate borders in the tradition of the Master of the Gold Scrolls (Bruges, 1420-1435), while pleats and faces bear resemblances to the Missal of St. Magdalenagodshuis which was produced after the arrival of Willem Vrelant in Bruges in 1454.
Smeyers, Vlaamse miniaturen 251;
Strubbe 196.
Provenance : David M. Laren.
Text (9,2 x 6,4 cm) : 19 lines, ruled in light pink, Gothic script, rubricated, initials in foliate gold, red or blue, some with blue or red pen flourishing.
Content :
Calender for the use of Utrecht (?) including Adrianus (4 March),
Saint Sophia (15 May) and Saint Lazarus (17 December) (ff. 1-6);
Hours of the Holy Cross (ff. 7r-9);
Mass of the Virgin (ff. 10-12);
Hours of the Holy Spirit (ff.13-20);
Offices of the virgin for use of Rome : ad matutinas (ff. 21-28);
ad laudes (ff. 29-35); ad primam (ff. 36-38);
ad terciam (ff. 39-40); ad sextam (ff. 41-42);
ad nonam (ff. 43-44);
ad vesperas (ff. 45-47);
ad completorum (ff. 48-49);
Seven Penitential Psalms (ff. 50-59) and the Office of the Death (ff. 60-72).
Illumination: 6 FULL-PAGE MINIATURES, 6 large initials painted in blue with foliate gold, in large full decorated borders, decorated initials in gold on blue and red grounds throughout.
Iconography: Crucifixion, Throning Virgin with Child, Pentecost, Annunciation, Last Judgment, Office of the Dead.
Style: the foliate borders in the tradition of the Master of the Gold Scrolls (Bruges, 1420-1435), while pleats and faces bear resemblances to the Missal of St. Magdalenagodshuis which was produced after the arrival of Willem Vrelant in Bruges in 1454.
Smeyers, Vlaamse miniaturen 251;
Strubbe 196.
Provenance : David M. Laren.
