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Source Description
This Dutch book of hours was made for a female patron, possibly pictured on fol. 109r, in the mid-fifteenth century. Originally richly illuminated by the workshop of the Master of Catherine of Cleves, the manuscript now lacks all of its full-page miniatures, although the eight surviving historiated initials speak to its original grandeur. Its rebinding in the seventeenth century resulted in the loss of several folios and the reordering of many of the texts. While the catalog description here remains faithful to the order of the texts as they appear today, an attempt has been made within the individual parts to reconstruct the original layout of the manuscript.
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Document identity
localId
4017
label
Van Alfen Hours
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Source metadata
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4017
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title
Van Alfen Hours
description
This Dutch book of hours was made for a female patron, possibly pictured on fol. 109r, in the mid-fifteenth century. Originally richly illuminated by the workshop of the Master of Catherine of Cleves, the manuscript now lacks all of its full-page miniatures, although the eight surviving historiated initials speak to its original grandeur. Its rebinding in the seventeenth century resulted in the loss of several folios and the reordering of many of the texts. While the catalog description here remains faithful to the order of the texts as they appear today, an attempt has been made within the individual parts to reconstruct the original layout of the manuscript.
provenance
Sashers family, Netherlands, (notes of births, 1605-1610 fol. 240r) [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Van der Feer Lader Collection [no. 83], Netherlands [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Ph. J. van Alfen of Doorn, Netherlands [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Sotheby's Sale, New York, December 6, 1971, lot 54; Walters Art Museum, 1971, by purchase.
date
mid 15th century (Gothic)
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CC0
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en
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illuminated manuscripts
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1
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1
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import
dimensions
units
cm
width
15.4
height
11.8
depth
4.5
dimensionsRaw
Overall H: 6 1/16 x W: 4 5/8 x D: 1 3/4 in. (15.4 x 11.8 x 4.5 cm); Folio H: 5 11/16 × W: 4 5/16 in. (14.5 × 11 cm)
Source extras
style
International Gothic
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med
ink and pigments on thin to medium-weight smooth vellum bound between pasteboard covered with brown calfskin
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7230
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Single page context
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1
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photo
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