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Book of Hours: MS 138

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

Book of Hours

Maker(s)

Author: Grote, Geert
Artist: Master of Herman Droem (attributed)

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Description

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Parchment, ii paper flyleaves + i contemporary parchment flyleaf + 207 fols. + i contemporary parchment flyleaf + ii paper flyleaves, 174 x 120 (95 x 60) mm, 20 long lines, ruled in purple ink, catchwords, leaves lost before fols. 67 and 139

BINDING: 18th century, gold-tooled brown leather over pasteboards

CONTENTS: fols. 1r – 12v Calendar; fols. 14r – 45v Hours of the Virgin;
fols. 47r – 66v Hours of the Eternal Wisdom; fols. 67r – 88v Hours of the Cross;
fols. 90r – 113v Hours of the Holy Spirit; fols. 115r – 138v Hours of All Saints
fols. 139r – 157v Penitential Psalms and Litany; fols. 159r – 174v Prayers at Mass; fols. 176r – 207v Office of the Dead

DECORATION: Six full-page miniatures in architectural frames with three-sided acanthus and floral borders on plain parchment including half-length angels, animals, birds, and dragons often emerging from conch shells, at major text divisions: fol. 13v Hours of the Virgin, Annunciation; fol. 46v Hours of the Eternal Wisdom, Christ among the Doctors; fol. 89v Hours of the Holy Ghost, Pentecost; fol. 114v Hours of All Saints, Group of saints with Holy Trinity above; fol. 158v Prayers at Mass, Last Supper; fol. 175v Office of the Dead, St Michael weighing souls on scales.

ORNAMENTATION: Blue or pink initials [10 ll.] with acanthus ornament, foliage infill on gold grounds, and full acanthus and floral borders identical with those surrounding the miniatures at major text divisions; blue, pink or grey white-patterned initials [4 ll.] with foliage or fruit infill on gold grounds and one-sided acanthus and floral borders containing animals, birds or hybrids, and a Pelican in her piety (fol. 130v); alternate blue and red penwork initials [2 ll.] with red, pink or blue pen-flourished infill and extensions; alternate red and blue one-line initials; capitals highlighted in red.

Notes

History note: Richard, seventh viscount Fitzwilliam of Merrion (1745 – 1816), acquired in 1809; his bequest, 1816

Place(s) associated

  • Delft

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1816) by Fitzwilliam, Richard, 7th Viscount

Dating

15th Century, fourth quarter
Circa 1480 CE - Circa 1490 CE

People, subjects and objects depicted

Project

  • Cambridge Illuminated

Components of the work

Support composed of parchment
Page Height 174 mm Width 120 mm
Text Height 95 mm Width 60 mm

Materials used in production

Gold

Techniques used in production

Penwork
Illumination

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: onse heer
  • Location: Fol. 15r
  • Type: Secundo folio

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Identification numbers

Accession number: MS 138
Primary reference Number: 169676
Project ID: 74
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 27 June 2023 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

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