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639  :  Breviary (Cathedral Liège)

Number

639


Shelf Marks

  • Baltimore, WAG, W 83

Owners before c.1550

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Commissioners

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Country

USA


Ownership Category

Public

Origin

  • Place
    • Region : Eastern Southern Netherlands (incl. Liège + Limburg)
    • Details : Liège
  • Date
    • Date details : c.1420
    • Half centuries : 1400-1449
    • Decade : 1420 - 1429

Physical description

Measurements

  • 537 leaves
  • Size categories of height : 175-199 mm
  • Height of text blocks : 182 mm
  • Width of text blocks : 137 mm

Illustrations

  • Total number of illustrations : 19
  • Number of miniatures :
  • Number of historiated initials : 19
  • Number of grisailles :
  • Number of drawings :

Miniaturists

  • (influence from Guelders)

Material

Parchment

Binding

  • Description : 17th c. (parchment, B)
  • Dating : 1600-1700


Content

Genre

liturgical

Authors

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Translators

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Contents

  • 1 : Breviary (Cathedral Liège)

Languages

  • Latin

Bibliography

Lilian M.C. Randall, assisted by Judith H. Oliver, Christopher Clarkson & Claudia Mark, Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Walters Art Gallery. Vol. III: Belgium, 1250-1530, 2 vols., Baltimore-London 1997, no. 228 (ill. XXVIIIc, 439, 563: f.7v, 189v, 396v)

Online Informations and images

http://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.83/browse

Responsable

Hanno Wijsman