423 : Hours (of Albrecht of Brandenburg) (vol. 2)
Number
423
Shelf Marks
- unknown location
- Sotheby's 2001-06-19, no. R.36-II
- JR Ritman
- Tenschert, cat. XXI, no. 44
- Sotheby's 1988-06-21, no. 65
- Oxford, BL, Astor A 24-II
Owners before c.1550
- Albrecht of Brandenburg (1490-1545, cardinal)
Commissioners
- Albrecht of Brandenburg (1490-1545, cardinal)
- Foreigner
- Gender : Man
Country
unknown
Ownership Category
Private
Origin
-
Place
- Region : Flanders
- Towns : Bruges
- Details : Bruges
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Date
- Date details : 1522-1523 (after 1522-1523 ?)
- Half centuries : 1500-1549
- Decade : 1520 - 1529
Physical description
Measurements
- 298 leaves
- Size categories of height : 200-224 mm
- Height of text blocks : 216 mm
- Width of text blocks : 145 mm
Illustrations
- Information on the illustrations : 94 miniatures in the two volumes together
- Total number of illustrations :
- Number of miniatures :
- Number of historiated initials :
- Number of grisailles :
- Number of drawings :
Miniaturists
- Simon Bening (and workshop)
Material
Parchment
Binding
- Description : c.1750 (Dutch)
- Dating : 1700-1800
Content
Genre
books of hours and prayer books
Authors
/
Translators
/
Contents
- 1 : Hours (of Albrecht of Brandenburg) (vol. 2)
Languages
- Latin
Bibliography
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