2875 : Hours
Number
2875
Shelf Marks
- Paris, BNF, NAL 3112
- le comte Guy du Boisrouvray
- Seligman, cat. 1952, no. 68
- Enghien, Duc d'Arenberg
Owners before c.1550
Commissioners
- Townsman
- Gender : Couple
Country
France
Ownership Category
Public
Origin
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Place
- Region : Flanders
- Towns : Ghent
- Details : Ghent
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Date
- Date details : c.1425-1450
- Half centuries : 1400-1449
- Decade : 1430 - 1439
Physical description
Measurements
- 101 (100+1) leaves
- Size categories of height : 175-199 mm
- Height of text blocks : 180 mm
- Width of text blocks : 125 mm
Illustrations
- Total number of illustrations : 17
- Number of miniatures : 17
- Number of historiated initials :
- Number of grisailles :
- Number of drawings :
Emblems and Heraldry
arms : "d’azur aux trois feuilles de nénuphar d’or, les tiges en haut" and "de sable à la croix d’argent"
Miniaturists
- M Guillebert van Mets
Material
Parchment
Contemporary Bindings
Content
Genre
books of hours and prayer books
Authors
/
Translators
/
Contents
- 1 : Hours
Languages
- Latin
Bibliography
Georges Dogaer, Flemish Miniature Painting in the 15th and 16th centuries, Amsterdam 1987: M Guillebert van Mets
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. 51
Bernard Bousmanne & Thierry Delcourt (dir.), Ilona Hans-Collas, Pascal Schandel, Céline Van Hoorebeeck & Michiel Verweij (eds.), Miniatures flamandes, 1404-1492, exhib. cat. (Brussels-Paris, 2011-2012), Paris-Brussels, 2011, No. 017, p. 088, 150, 165
J. Seligman, Illuminated manuscripts from the Bibliothèque of Their Highnesses the Dukes of Arenberg, New York, 1952, no. 68 (3 ill.)
Online Informations and images
Digitisation: http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8451104r
Photo Archives
Leuven, Illuminare, Slides nos. 15330-7; Paris, BNF, bl-w photo collection: 9 photos