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Source Description
This illuminated Book of Hours was produced in the second quarter of the fifteenth century. It is written in the Netherlandish translation of Geert Grote. Although lacking in full-page miniatures, the manuscript contains eighteen historiated initials by the Masters of Zweder van Culemborg with ornamental initials and decoration throughout.
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Document identity
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24448
label
Book of Hours in Dutch
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Source metadata
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24448
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title
Book of Hours in Dutch
description
This illuminated Book of Hours was produced in the second quarter of the fifteenth century. It is written in the Netherlandish translation of Geert Grote. Although lacking in full-page miniatures, the manuscript contains eighteen historiated initials by the Masters of Zweder van Culemborg with ornamental initials and decoration throughout.
provenance
Made for anonymous patrons in the second quarter of the 15th century; Melchior Parsoens [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [ink signature, outer margin, fol. 4r]; Gruel and Engelmann, Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [no. 94, bookplate, front pastedown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, June 9, 1903, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
second quarter 15th century
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CC0
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en
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illuminated manuscripts
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import
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cm
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14.4
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10.2
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H: 5 11/16 x W: 4 in. (14.4 x 10.2 cm)
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Dutch
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ink and pigments on thin to medium cream parchment with a fine nap surface covered with red-brown velvet over millboard, sewn on five recessed cords; all edges gilt
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1
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photo
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