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A miscellany of devotional prayers and meditations on the Passion and the Virgin, in Latin, written in the Netherlands, perhaps Utrecht, ca. 1445-1455. James H. Marrow attributes the decoration to the Masters of the Wouter Grauwert. The inclusion among the prayers at the end of the manuscript of Saints Jerome, Paula, Eustochium, Hugh Bishop of Grenoble and Hugh of Lincoln suggests Carthusian use. This is supported by the ca. 15th-century signature of one Gerard of the Carthusian abbey of Mont-St-Gertrude near Utrecht, who bought the book from Hendrik Herp (here "Henricus Erpensis") (1410-1477 or 78), a well-known mystic and theologian associated with the Brethren of the Common Life (fol. iii verso): "Gerardus Francisci a Monte S. Gertrudis emit hunc libellum ab Henrico Erpensis."
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
ht253f70z
label
Devotional prayer book
core
obj
dtoType
photograph
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
ht253f70z
contentType
photograph
stage
normalized
title
Devotional prayer book
description
A miscellany of devotional prayers and meditations on the Passion and the Virgin, in Latin, written in the Netherlands, perhaps Utrecht, ca. 1445-1455. James H. Marrow attributes the decoration to the Masters of the Wouter Grauwert. The inclusion among the prayers at the end of the manuscript of Saints Jerome, Paula, Eustochium, Hugh Bishop of Grenoble and Hugh of Lincoln suggests Carthusian use. This is supported by the ca. 15th-century signature of one Gerard of the Carthusian abbey of Mont-St-Gertrude near Utrecht, who bought the book from Hendrik Herp (here "Henricus Erpensis") (1410-1477 or 78), a well-known mystic and theologian associated with the Brethren of the Common Life (fol. iii verso): "Gerardus Francisci a Monte S. Gertrudis emit hunc libellum ab Henrico Erpensis."
date
["[ca. 1450]"]
year
1450
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
Latin
identifierLocal
06_01_018707
creators
Catholic Church
Herp, Hendrik, approximately 1400-1477
Gibson, Francis, active 17th century
Fry, Muriel Agnes, active 20th century
Laurentius van der Torqel, active 16th century
Masters of the Wouter Grauwert
Sotheby's (Firm)
Maggs Bros.
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Medieval and Early Renaissance Manuscripts
subjects
Catholic Church--Prayers and devotions--Early works to 1800
subjectsGeographic
Europe
Netherlands
Utrecht
genreBasic
Manuscripts
Books
genreSpecific
Illuminations
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Netherlands
Manuscripts, Medieval--Netherlands
Prayer books
Panel-stamped bindings
Inscriptions
Autographs
Gothic scripts
typeOfResource
Still image
Text
country
Netherlands
city
Utrecht
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
np193j758
schema:latitude
52.083333
schema:longitude
5.133333
extent
240 leaves : parchment, ill. ; 120 x 87 (86 x 45) mm
notes
Ms. codex.
Bibliographic record created by BPL staff based on description by Dr. Lisa Fagin Davis and by James H. Marrow's entry in the 2016 Beyond Words exhibition catalog (no. 123)
Origin: Written in the Netherlands ca. 1450.
pubPlace
[Utrecht?]
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no
dcId
ht253f70z
type
photograph
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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