2427 : Hours (Dominicans) (of Engelbert of Nassau) vol. 1
Number
2427
Shelf Marks
- Oxford, BL, Douce 219 (+220)
- Fam. Paris
- Ch-A Picard
Owners before c.1550
- Engelbert II of Nassau
- Philip the Fair
Commissioners
- Engelbert II of Nassau ?
- Nobility
- Gender : Man
Country
United Kingdom
Ownership Category
Public
Scribe
Nicolaes Spierinc
Origin
-
Place
- Region : Flanders
- Towns : Ghent
- Details : Ghent
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Date
- Date details : c.1478-1480 (c.1475 ?); c.1490-1492
- Half centuries : 1450-1499
- Decade : 1470 - 1479
Physical description
Measurements
- 159 leaves
- Size categories of height : 125-149 mm
- Height of text blocks : 140 mm
- Width of text blocks : 080 mm
Illustrations
- Total number of illustrations : 26
- Number of miniatures : 26
- Number of historiated initials :
- Number of grisailles :
- Number of drawings :
Miniaturists
- M Mary of Burgundy: M Nassau Hours
- Nicolaes Spierinc
Material
Parchment
Binding
- Description : 18th c. (N-D Derôme, blue morocco, arms Fam. Paris)
- Dating : 1700-1800
Content
Genre
books of hours and prayer books
Authors
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Translators
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Contents
- 1 : Hours (Dominicans) (of Engelbert of Nassau) vol. 1
Languages
- (no data)
Bibliography
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Photo Archives
Leuven, Illuminare, Slides nos. 00450-80; Brussels, IRPA-KIK, File Grande-Bretagne 2 (24 phots of 24 miniatures); Brussels, KBR, bl-w photo collection: 26 photos