IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 170717 accession number: MS McClean 94 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Monday 24 August 2020 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Parchment, iv contemporary parchment flyleaves + 230 fols. + ii contemporary parchment flyleaves, 180 x 127 (95 x 59) mm, 20 long lines, ruled in black ink, leaves lost before fols. 51, 103, 191. BINDING: fifteenth century, blind-stamped brown leather over wooden boards, sewn on six supports, large central panel with Agnus Dei within medallion inscribed SIET.DAT.LAM.GODS.DET.OPBVART.DIE.ZOND, and medallions of eagle and lion rampant, traces of two fastening devices on foredge, edges gilt and gauffered; repaired and rebacked. CONTENTS: fols. 1r – 12v Calendar ; fols. 14r – 50v Hours of the Virgin; fols. 51r – 73v Hours of the Eternal Wisdom; fols. 75r – 102r Hours of the Holy Spirit fols. 103r – 127r Hours of the Cross; fols. 129r – 137v Penitential Psalms; fols. 137v – 148v Litany with collects; fols. 149r – 190r Prayers and Suffrages fols. 191r – 229v Office of the Dead. DECORATION: Three full-page framed miniatures with full acanthus borders containing angels, human figures, animals, and hybrids, often related to the main subject-matter: fol. 13v Hours of the Virgin, Matins, Christ displaying wounds, blessing and holding orb; fol. 74v Hours of the Holy Spirit, Pentecost with Virgin reading, in border doctor holding urine flask, Samson and the lion, and two bears; fol. 128v Penitential Psalms, Last Judgment with Virgin and St John the Baptist, Christ with sword and lily, angels blowing trumpets in border. 5 historiated initials with full acanthus borders containing angels, human figures, animals, hybrids, and scenes often related to the main subject-matter: fol. 14r Hours of the Virgin, Matins, [H, 10 ll.] Annunciation, angels playing music in border; fol. 51r Hours of the Eternal Wisdom, [M, 8 ll.] Christ among the Doctors, scholars with books in border; fol. 75r Hours of the Holy Spirit, [H, 8 ll.] St Veronica holding Vernicle; fol. 103r Hours of the Cross, [H, 8 ll.] Man of Sorrows surrounded by Instruments of the Passion, angels holding Instruments of the Passion in border; fol. 129r Penitential Psalms, [H, 7 ll.] David penitent. ORNAMENTATION: Blue initial [M, 7 ll.] with white acanthus motifs, foliage infill on gold ground, and full spraywork border with acanthus, flowers, stylised birds and gold balls for Office of the Dead (fol. 191r); gold initials [4 ll.] on a blue or pink grounds with white floral designs or blue initials [4 ll.] on gold grounds, with one- or three-sided acanthus borders containing human figures, animals, birds, hybrids, and hunting scenes; blue or pink white-patterned initials [2 ll.] on gold grounds; gold, red or blue penwork initials [2 ll.] with violet, blue or red pen-flourished infill and extensions; alternate red and blue one-line initials; capitals highlighted in red. title: book of hours NOTES ----- type: history note value: label with classmark A.IV.99 inside upper cover; Baron Schraut of Leiden; William Bragge (1823 – 1884); his sale, Sotheby’s, London, 7-10 June 1876, lot 472; Howell Wills (inscription inside upper cover); his sale, Sotheby’s, London, 11-17 July 1894, lot 706; Frank McClean (1837 – 1904); his bequest, 1904. LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Manuscripts and Printed Books collection: Frank McClean STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/170717 PEOPLE ------------------- McClean, Frank Wills, Howell Bragge, William Baron Schraut of Leiden TECHNIQUES ---------- illumination CATEGORIES ------ category: illuminated manuscript category: manuscript DATING ------ creation date: 1470 - 1480 creation date earliest: 1470 creation date latest: 1480 culture: 15th Century# CREATORS -------- maker: Master of Gysbrecht de Brederode EXHIBITIONS HISTORY ------------------- title: Illuminated Manuscripts in the Fitzwilliam Museum: An Exhibition to Commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the Death of the Founder, Richard, 7th Viscount Fitzwilliam of Merrion title: The Golden Age of Dutch Manuscript Painting CITATIONS -------- A descriptive catalogue of the McClean Collection of Manuscripts in the Fitzwilliam Museum La miniature hollandaise dans les manuscrits des 14e, 15e et 16e siècles La miniature dans les Pays-Bas Septentrionaux Illuminated Manuscripts in the Fitzwilliam Museum: An Exhibition to Commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the Death of the Founder, Richard, 7th Viscount Fitzwilliam of Merrion The Golden Age of Dutch Manuscript Painting Met Prosper Verheyden op pad. Noord-Hollandse boekbanden opnieuw belicht: Lam Gods-paneelstempels versus penwerkdecoratie A Catalogue of Western Book Illumination in the Fitzwilliam Museum and the Cambridge Colleges. Part One. Vol. 1: The Frankish Kingdoms, Northern Netherlands, Germany, Bohemia, Hungary, Austria; Vol. II: The Meuse Region, Southern Netherlands the Bout Psalter-Hours, dated 1453 --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/msspb/msspb2/MS_20McClean_2094_20_28f051r_29.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 512 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/msspb/msspb2/mid_MS_20McClean_2094_20_28f051r_29.jpg height: 742 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/msspb/msspb2/MS_20McClean_2094_20_28f051r_29.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 512 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/msspb/msspb2/preview_MS_20McClean_2094_20_28f051r_29.jpg height: 371 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/msspb/msspb2/MS_20McClean_2094_20_28F074v_29.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 481 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/msspb/msspb2/MS_20McClean_2094_20_28F074v_29.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 481 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/msspb/msspb2/MS_20McClean_2094_20_28F074v_29.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 481 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/msspb/msspb2/preview_MS_20McClean_2094_20_28F074v_29.jpg height: 395 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/msspb/msspb2/MS_20McClean_2094_20_28f103r_29.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 523 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/msspb/msspb2/mid_MS_20McClean_2094_20_28f103r_29.jpg height: 727 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/msspb/msspb2/MS_20McClean_2094_20_28f103r_29.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 523 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/msspb/msspb2/preview_MS_20McClean_2094_20_28f103r_29.jpg height: 363 pixels width: 250 pixels