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1911  :  Hours (incomplete)

Number

1911


Shelf Marks

  • London, BL, Add. 50005

Owners before c.1550

  • (vrouw ?)

Commissioners

  • (vrouw ?)
    • Gender : Woman

Country

United Kingdom


Ownership Category

Public

Origin

  • Place
    • Region : Holland
    • Towns : Delft
    • Details : Delft ?
  • Date
    • Date details : c.1420
    • Half centuries : 1400-1449
    • Decade : 1420 - 1429

Physical description

Measurements

  • 181 (1+179+1) leaves
  • Size categories of height : 125-149 mm
  • Height of text blocks : 125 mm
  • Width of text blocks : 086 mm

Illustrations

  • Total number of illustrations : 69
  • Number of miniatures :
  • Number of historiated initials : 3
  • Number of grisailles :
  • Number of drawings : 66

Miniaturists

  • M Morgan Infancy Cycle

Material

Parchment

Binding

  • Description : 17th c. (red morocco)
  • Dating : 1600-1700


Content

Genre

books of hours and prayer books

Authors

/

Translators

/

Contents

  • 1 : Hours (incomplete)

Languages

  • Dutch

Bibliography

Henri L.M. Defoer, Anne S. Korteweg & Wilhelmina C.M. Wüstefeld, The Golden Age of Dutch Manuscript Painting, exhib. cat., New York-Utrecht-Stuttgart 1989, cat. no. 014 (3 ill.)

Bodo Brinkmann, Die flämische Buchmalerei am Ende des Burgunderreichs: der Meister des Dresdener Gebetbuchs und die Miniaturisten seiner Zeit, 2 vols., Turnhout 1997, p.361 (n59) (M Morgan Infancy Circle)

J. A. Herbert, Illuminated Manuscripts, London 1911-, vol. V, no. 32 (f.22v)

Online Informations and images

Digitisation : http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_50000

Responsable

Hanno Wijsman