(Q2678)
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Willem Vrelant, similar to
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"1756 Ex libris Presbiteri Joseph Marie Sormani" (inscription on flyleaf ); H. C. (Harley) Drayton (1901-1966), bought at Sotheby’s, 29 January 1951, lot 13; his sale, Sotheby’s, 12 December 1967, lot 63; re-sold at Christie’s, 28 June 1972, lot 8; Ruth E. Adomeit (1910-1996), bequeathed by her to the Lilly Library.
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s. XV(3/4); 1450-1475
15. century
1450Gregorian
1475Gregorian
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Binding: Old (but not very old) brown velvet over pasteboards, gilt edges; in a paper case.
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Figurative details, ff. 1r-226r: 15 full-page miniatures (three of them modern copies) within full illuminated floral borders facing pages with 6-line illuminated initials and similar illuminated borders, the miniatures showing the Crucifixion (fol. 13v, Matins of the Cross), Pentecost (fol. 23v, Matins of the Holy Ghost), the Virgin and Child with attendant angel (fol. 32v, Mass of the...
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Other decoration, ff. 1r-226r: Headings in red; versal initials in alternating blue with red penwork and burnished gold with black penwork; 3-line initials in burnished gold on red and blue grounds with white tracery.
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Script, ff. 1r-226r: Gothic Liturgical textura.
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Layout, ff. 1r-226r: Collation: i??“ii#^6#,iii#^8+2# [fol. 13 added with miniature, fol. 22 added at the end to complete the Hours of the Cross as a unit], iv#^8+1# [fol. 23 added with miniature], v#^8+1# [fol. 32 added with miniature], vi#^4+1# [fol. 45 added to complete the Mass of the Virgin as a unit], vii#^8+1# [modern fol. 46 added with miniature],viii#^8#, x#^8+1# [fol. 69 added with...
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ff. 1r-226r: Some parts of text crossed out, especially at the end of the Hours of the Virgin. The pictures resemble those of the Bruges illuminator Willem Vrelant, which represents a prolific local style rather than the output of one artist or a single workshop (Bousmanne 1997). Features of the Vrelant style include distance in landscape measured by receding sizes of little round bushes and...
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ff. 1r-226r: Latin.
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ff. 1r-226r: Use of Rome. The text comprises: a Calendar (fol. 1r), including southern Netherlandish entries in red, Saints Amand and Vedast (6 February), Bavo (1 October, of Ghent) and Donatus (14 October, of Bruges); the Hours of the Cross (fol. 14r); the Hours of the Holy Ghost (fol. 24r); the Mass of the Virgin (fol.33r); the Hours of the Virgin, Use of Rome (fol. 47r), with the Advent...
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28 June 2023
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28 June 2023
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