3931 : Hours (Sarum)
Number
3931
Shelf Marks
- unknown location
- London, Sotheby's 2014-12-02, no. 51
- Thomas Rookwood (1726)
- Sir Thomas Rokewode-Gage, 8th Baronet (1810-66), of Hengrave Hall, Suffolk
Owners before c.1550
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Commissioners
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Country
unknown
Ownership Category
Private
Origin
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Place
- Region : Flanders
- Towns : Bruges
- Details : Bruges ?
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Date
- Date details : c.1460-1470
- Half centuries : 1450-1499
- Decade : 1460 - 1469
Physical description
Measurements
- 138 leaves
- Size categories of height : 150-174 mm
- Height of text blocks : 158 mm
- Width of text blocks : 112 mm
Illustrations
- Information on the illustrations : 1 large (+ four cut-out), 8 small miniatures ; 8 historiated initials
- Total number of illustrations : 17
- Number of miniatures : 9
- Number of historiated initials : 8
- Number of grisailles :
Material
Parchment
Binding
- Description : 16th-17th c. (brown leather binding, spine and ribbons renewed by the book binder and restorer Anthony Gardner, OBE, in Chiddingfold, 1957, with the binder’s Apologia on verso of modern vellum leaf after fol.135, in fitted green case)
- Dating : 1700-1800
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
Online Informations and images
http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2014/medieval-renaissance-manuscripts-l14241/lot.51.html
Responsable
Hanno Wijsman