(Q43302)
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Mary, Queen of Scots, 1542-1587
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Butler, Charles, 1821-1910
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Bixby, William K. 1857-1931
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Books of hours--Belgium--15th century
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Illuminations (paintings)--Belgium--15th century
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Historiated initials--Belgium--15th century
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between 1440 and 1460
15. century
1440Gregorian
1460Gregorian
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Extent: ff. ii + ii + 162 + i : parchment ; 129 x 180 mm
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Book of Hours, liturgical use undetermined, written in the middle of the fifteenth century in Flanders. The miniatures may not have been originally intended for this book, since the borders don't match; those for sext and none appear reversed, with the Presentation in the Temple preceding the Adoration of the Magi; all the full-page miniatures have been repainted.
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Span folios: ff. 1-162v. Support: Parchment. Layout: 112 28 38(+1, f. 21 and 6, f. 26) 410(+1, f. 31) 510(+10, f. 51) 610(+5, f. 57 and 10, f. 62) 710(+3, f. 67 and 8, f. 72) 810(+4, f. 80) 910(+1, f. 88) 108 1110(+1, f. 107) 1210 138(-5, excised by the scribe; through f. 134) 1410(-8 and 10, both excised by the scribe) 15-1610. One catchword survives, in a small cursive hand in the inner...
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Decoration: Eleven full page miniatures on the versos of inserted singletons, blank on the recto, related in style to those of the Master of Guillebert de Mets and the Master of the Privileges of Ghent; the borders on the facing text pages do not match those on the illuminated pages. The miniatures were repainted in varying degree, perhaps in the seventeenth century. Historiated initials...
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Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 10/18/2009.
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A possession note on the back flyleaf identifies a late sixteenth century owner as Johannes Hullandt; in another inscription, ca. 1600[?], Carolus Hullandt "vicecomes Rolariensis villae" (Rousselaere?) gives the book to Catarina van Huerne. On the front flyleaf, f. i verso, are pious phrases and the inscription "Vertu pour guide, Jacqueline van." On f. ii verso, the inscriptions, "This Book...
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22 July 2024
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22 July 2024
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