556 : Hours (Rome, Utrecht) "Adair"
Number
556
Shelf Marks
- Den Haag, KB, BPH 131 (ICN AA5823)
- Amsterdam, BPH, 131 (ICN)
- Sotheby's 2003-06-17, no.32
- JR Ritman
- Tenschert (LMA, vol. II, no. 34)
- Sotheby's 1989-06-19, no.3030
- Adair (after 1966)
- Christies 1966-06-29, no.117
- JR Abbey (no.7367)
- Meerman (1757)
Owners before c.1550
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Commissioners
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Country
Netherlands
Ownership Category
Public
Origin
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Place
- Region : Holland
- Towns : Delft
- Details : Delft
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Date
- Date details : c.1490
- Half centuries : 1450-1499
- Decade : 1490 - 1499
Physical description
Measurements
- 154 (4+149+1) leaves
- Size categories of height : 150-174 mm
- Height of text blocks : 163 mm
- Width of text blocks : 113 mm
Illustrations
- Information on the illustrations : 4 other miniatures lack
- Total number of illustrations : 13
- Number of miniatures : 13
- Number of historiated initials :
- Number of grisailles :
- Number of drawings :
Miniaturists
- M Adair Hours
Material
Parchment
Binding
- Description : 20th c. (brown leather; Roger Devauchelle)
- Dating : 1800-1900
Content
Genre
books of hours and prayer books
Authors
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Translators
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Contents
- 1 : Hours (Rome, Utrecht) "Adair"
Languages
- Latin
Bibliography
Henri L.M. Defoer, Anne S. Korteweg & Wilhelmina C.M. Wüstefeld, The Golden Age of Dutch Manuscript Painting, exhib. cat., New York-Utrecht-Stuttgart 1989, cat. no. 096, pl. 96, fig 151
Helen Wüstefeld & Anne Korteweg, Sleutel tot licht. Getijdenboeken in de Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica, Amsterdam 2009, no. 14
Heribert Tenschert (ed.), Kataloge Antiquariat Heribert Tenschert: Leuchtendes Mittelalter, vol. II, Rotthalmünster 1990, no. 34 (8 ill.)
Online Informations and images
http://www.ritmanlibrary.nl/c/p/exh/web-exh/bph-stl-h4.html; http://www.mmdc.nl
Responsable
Hanno Wijsman