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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

  • Place
    • Region : Eastern Northern Netherlands (incl. Guelders)
  • 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

/

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