Research Catalog

Title

Book of hours.

Author

Catholic Church.

Publication

North Holland, approximately 1450.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Rogiersz, Antonis, uten Broec
• Geert, Grote, 1340-1384
• Linel, Albert, 1833-1916
• Linel, Michael, 1830-1893
• New York Public Libary. Manuscript. Spencer Coll. MS 152.

Description

187 leaves, bound : parchment, ink, manuscript, illuminations; 152 x 106 mm

Uniform Title

Book of hours

Alternative Title

Book of hours

Subject

• Catholic Church > Liturgy > Texts > Early works to 1800
• Catholic Church > Prayers and devotions
• Catholic Church
• Books of hours > Texts > Early works to 1800
• Illumination of books and manuscripts
• Manuscripts, Dutch > New York (State) > New York
• Manuscripts, Dutch
• Illumination of books and manuscripts, Gothic > Netherlands
• Illumination of books and manuscripts, Gothic
• Netherlands

Genre/Form

• Manuscripts – Netherlands – 15th century.
• vellum (parchment)
• Early works.
• illuminated manuscripts.
• Illuminated initials (layout features)
• Blind tooled bindings (Binding) – 15th century.
• Wooden boards (Binding) – 15th century.
• Leather bindings (Binding) – 15th century.
• books of hours.
• Devotional literature.
• Sacred works.
• Prayers and devotions.
• Illuminations – Netherlands – 15th century.
• Miniatures (Illuminations) – Netherlands – 15th century.

Note

• Copy of the Dutch language book of hours compiled in the late fourteenth century by Geert Grote.
• Manuscript is foliated 1-188; according to James Marrow (The Splendor of the Word), foliation should be i + 187.
• Layout: Written in 20 long lines per page, ruled in brown ink. Occasional prickings visible.
• Decoration: Six full-page miniatures on the versos of inserted singletons; human figures in borders around miniatures. 1-line and 2-line red and blue initials. 3-line red and blue initials with elaborate purple and red penwork, with green accents. Pen flourishing in the style of the so-called Mask Group.
• Script: Gothic textura.
• Artist: Antonis Rogiersz. uten Broec.
• The ms produced ca. 1450-65 in the northern Netherlands, with the miniatures added slightly later by Antonis Rogiersz. uten Broec formerly known as the Master of the Boston City of God; he had worked in Brabant, as well as in the Utrecht area.

Access (note)

• Restricted use.

Indexed In (note)

• The Splendor of the Word. (ed.) J. G. Alexander, J. H. Marrow, L. F. Sandler (NYPL / Harvey Miller, 2005)
• New York Public Library. Spencer Collection. Dictionary catalog and shelf list

Cite As (note)

• NYPL. Spencer Collection MS. 152

Language (note)

• In Dutch.

Provenance (note)

• Collection of Michael Linel (1830-1892) and Albert Linel (1833-1916). Acquired by the city of Frankfurt for the Kunstgewerbemuseum by purchase in 1892 & by bequest, 1916. Ms. LM 8 of this museum until deaccessioned in 1953.

Binding (note)

• 15th or early 16th century Flemish panel-stamped brown calf over boards, blind; central panel containing birds, thistle (?), dog (?), three flowers and a stag; bordered by inscription reading "o mater dei memento mei."

Call Number

Spencer Coll. MS. 152

OCLC

1347491111

Author

Catholic Church.

Title

Book of hours.

Imprint

North Holland, approximately 1450.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Access

Restricted use. Requires permission for access.

Indexed In:

The Splendor of the Word. (ed.) J. G. Alexander, J. H. Marrow, L. F. Sandler (NYPL / Harvey Miller, 2005), n. 68.

New York Public Library. Spencer Collection. Dictionary catalog and shelf list, vol. II, p. 908.

Cite As:

NYPL. Spencer Collection MS. 152

Language

In Dutch.

Provenance

Collection of Michael Linel (1830-1892) and Albert Linel (1833-1916). Acquired by the city of Frankfurt for the Kunstgewerbemuseum by purchase in 1892 & by bequest, 1916. Ms. LM 8 of this museum until deaccessioned in 1953.

Binding

15th or early 16th century Flemish panel-stamped brown calf over boards, blind; central panel containing birds, thistle (?), dog (?), three flowers and a stag; bordered by inscription reading "o mater dei memento mei."

Source of description

Part of the description used is from Digital Scriptorium 1.0

Connect to:

NYPL Digital Collections

Place of Publication

Netherlands Utrecht?

Added Author

Rogiersz, Antonis, uten Broec, illuminator.

Geert, Grote, 1340-1384, compilator.

Linel, Albert, 1833-1916, former owner.

Linel, Michael, 1830-1893, former owner.

New York Public Libary. Manuscript. Spencer Coll. MS 152.

Research Call Number

Spencer Coll. MS. 152