Book of Hours (DS581) (Q2705)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Indiana University, Bloomington (Ricketts 133)
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Book of Hours (DS581) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Indiana University, Bloomington (Ricketts 133) |
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Master of the Bezborodko Hours
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Written in 1491 (dated on fol. 148r) probably for Margaretha van Cleyburg (d. 1537), wife and later widow of Boudewijn Willemszoon van Drenckwaert (c. 1468-1496), bailiff and steward of Voorne; and by descent to her daughter, Catherina van Drenckwaert (wife of Jan Pauwelszoon van der Dycke), granddaughter, Margareta van der Dycke (wife of Jan van den Steen, burgomaster of Bergen-op-Zoom).
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and in 1578 great-granddaughter, Catharina ven den Steen (wife of Jan de Langue, secretary of Brielle), all recorded inside the upper cover; A. D. Schinkel (1784-1864), of The Hague, printer; his sale, The Hague, 21 November 1864, lot 3; William Bragge (1823–1884); probably no. 54 in Burlington Fine Arts Club 1874, p. 11, lent by Bragge; his sale, Sotheby’s, 7 June 1876, lot 221, to Ellis.
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Col. Eustace Balfour (1854-1911, younger brother of Lord Balfour, prime minister 1902-05); sale at Sotheby’s, 28 July 1919, lot 99a; C. L. Ricketts, bought from Voynich in 1921; acquired by the Lilly Library with the Ricketts Collection in 1961.
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1491; s. XV(ex); 1485-1499
15. century
1485Gregorian
1499Gregorian
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Binding: Contemporary blind-stamped binding of slightly bevelled wooden boards sewn on 4 thongs and covered with calf, panelled with multiple frames of triple lines, blind-stamped with tools of (a) Saint Anthony in a lozenge (type of Hulshof and Schretlen 1921, pls. II: 5), (b) a rosette in a circle, (c) a splayed eagle in a circle and (d) several very small flower heads, metal fittings (only...
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Figurative details, ff. 150: Illuminated initials throughout in burnished gold on blue and pink grounds with white tracery, usually with full-length marginal baguettes sprouting into sprays of coloured flowers and leaves, some pages with full baguette borders surrounding the pages with extensive marginal decoration; twelve historiated initials, 8 to 11 lines high (mostly 9-line), showing the...
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Other decoration, ff. 150: Rubrics in red or underlined in red, capitals touched in red, versal initials in alternating blue and burnished gold.
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Layout, ff. 150: (3 blank) + pastedowns, 187 mm. by 134 mm., collation: i#^11# [of 12, blank i probably the front pastedown], ii#^8+2# [fols. 11 and 12 added with miniatures], iii??“iv#^8#, v#^8+1# [fol. 41 added with miniature], vi#^8#, vii#^8+1# [fol. 61 added with miniature], viii??“ix#^8#, x#^8+1# [fol. 79 added with miniature], xi#^8#, xii#^8+1# [fol. 99 added with miniature], xiii#^8...
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Bibliography: Cockerell 1908, p. 119, no. 244; de Ricci 1935, p. 637; Lievens 1963, pp. 50–51; Marrow 1979, p. 226, no. 19; Broekhuijsen and Korteweg 1989, p. 66; Defoer et al. 1989, p. 290; Broekhuijsen 1991, passim; Kidd 2001, p. 44; Broekhuijsen 2009, pp. 10–13, 35, 38, 50, 51, 55, 59, 68, 71 and 75, and pp. 88–90, no. 3.
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ff. 150: A second artist in the workshop painted the scenes of the acts of mercy on fols. 85v, 87v, 91v and 97r. The hand of this second painter is also found in Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, MS 146. Bezborodko Master often copied compositions from engravings; the miniature of the Adoration of the Magi on fol. 31r is taken almost exactly from the print by Israhel van Mekenem the Younger, who...
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ff. 150: Latin.
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ff. 1r-148r: Use of Utrecht. The manuscript here comprises: a Calendar, of the Use of Utrecht (fol. 1r); the Hours of the Virgin, Windesheim Use (fol. 12r); the Hours of the Cross (fol. 42r); the Hours of the Eternal Wisdom (fol. 62r); the Hours of the Holy Ghost (fol. 80r); the Penitential Psalms (fol. 100r) and the Litany; the Verses of Saint Gregory (fol. 114r), a prayer to the Virgin, O...
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28 June 2023
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28 June 2023
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