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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

  • Place
    • Region : Flanders
    • Towns : Bruges
    • Details : Bruges
  • 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