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Leaf from the Egmond Breviary
Artist: Masters of Zweder van Culemborg
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Parchment, heavily trimmed, 210 x 143 (168 x 112) mm, framed miniature 160 x 99 mm, 2 columns, 36 lines, ruled in faint brown ink.
CONTENTS: On recto part of the Office for the Sunday before Advent, beginning imperfectly (terra promissionis introduci nos posse) and ending with the lesson on the Feeding of the Five Thousand (Accepit ergo Jhesus panes et cum gracias egisset distribuit discumbentibus).
DECORATION: On verso full-page framed miniature of the Dedication of the Temple of Solomon with full gold, blue and pink bar border, and three-sided acanthus, gold leaf and spraywork border including two half-length figures of prophets with scrolls inscribed Hec est domus (antiphon for the Dedication of a church) and Templum domini. On recto full gold, blue and pink bar border, and three-sided acanthus and spraywork border including two half-length figures of prophets with scrolls inscribed Discubuere and Collegerunt (referring to the lesson on the Feeding of the Five Thousand).
History note: Made for a duke of Guelders-Jülich, probably Arnold of Egmond (1423 – 1473); George Egmond (d. 1559), bishop of Utrecht (coat of arms added on the flyleaf of the Egmond Breviary); Rev. R.E. Maycock; his sale, Sotheby’s, London, 2 Feb. 1960, lot 247; purchased by Francis Wormald (1904 – 1972); his gift, 1960.
Method of acquisition: Given (1960) by Wormald, Francis
15th Century, second quarter#
Circa
1435
CE
-
Circa
1440
CE
Support
composed of
parchment
Miniature
Height 160 mm
Width 99 mm
Text
Height 168 mm
Width 112 mm
Page
Height 210 mm
Width 143 mm
Accession number: MS 1-1960
Primary reference Number: 170628
Project ID: 109
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Manuscripts and Printed Books
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