1972 : Hours (Sarum)
Number
1972
Shelf Marks
- London, BL, Royal 2 A viii
Owners before c.1550
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Commissioners
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Country
United Kingdom
Ownership Category
Public
Origin
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Place
- Region : Flanders
- Towns : Bruges
- Details : Bruges
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Date
- Date details : c.1400-1415
- Half centuries : 1400-1449
- Decade : 1400 - 1409
Physical description
Measurements
- 133 (4+123+6) leaves
- Size categories of height : 150-174 mm
- Height of text blocks : 154 mm
- Width of text blocks : 112 mm
Illustrations
- Total number of illustrations : 9
- Number of miniatures : 9
- Number of historiated initials :
- Number of grisailles :
- Number of drawings :
Miniaturists
- M Beaufort Saints
Material
Parchment
Contemporary Bindings
Content
Genre
books of hours and prayer books
Authors
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Translators
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Contents
- 1 : Hours (Sarum)
Languages
- Latin
Bibliography
Maurits Smeyers, Bert Cardon, Susie Vertongeren, Katrien Smeyers & Rita Van Dooren, Naer natueren ghelike. Vlaamse miniaturen voor Van Eyck (ca. 1350 – ca. 1420), Leuven 1993, no. 21
Valerie Gersen, On request or off the shelf. An analysis of the manufacturing strategies of the Sarum Books of Hours within the Beaufort group with a special focus on the Bowet Hours, Research Master Thesis, Utrecht University, 2015
Online Informations and images
Description and images: http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/record.asp?MSID=5753&CollID=16&NStart=20108
Responsable
Hanno Wijsman