731 : Prayer Book
Number
731
Shelf Marks
- Berkeley, University of California, Bancroft Library, UCB 82
- Phoebe A. Hearst (until c.1909)
Owners before c.1550
- Fam. Cleves-Mark
Commissioners
- Fam. Cleves-Mark
- Nobility
- Gender :
Country
USA
Ownership Category
Public
Origin
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Place
- Region : Eastern Northern Netherlands (incl. Guelders)
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Date
- Date details : c.1425-1450 ?
- Half centuries : 1400-1449
- Decade : 1430 - 1439
Physical description
Measurements
- 029 (2+25+2) leaves
- Size categories of height : 150-174 mm
- Height of text blocks : 150 mm
- Width of text blocks : 105 mm
Illustrations
- Information on the illustrations : 81 marginal scenes
- Total number of illustrations : 83
- Number of miniatures : 81
- Number of historiated initials : 2
- Number of grisailles :
Material
Parchment
Binding
- Description : (brown velvet over paste board)
- Dating : Unknown
Content
Genre
books of hours and prayer books
Authors
/
Translators
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Contents
- 1 : Prayer Book
Languages
- Dutch
Bibliography
Hanno Wijsman, Luxury Bound. Illustrated Manuscript Production and Noble and Princely Book Ownership in the Burgundian Netherlands (1400-1550), (Burgundica, xvi), Turnhout (Brepols), 2010, p.308
Online Informations and images
Information and images: http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Scriptorium/form.html
Responsable
Hanno Wijsman