Book of Hours

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Illuminated manuscript. Book of Hours. Grote, Geert, author. Master of Herman Droem (attributed), artist. Production Place: Northern Netherlands, Delft. Circa 1480-circa 1490. 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 â 12v Calendar; fols. 14r â 45v Hours of the Virgin; fols. 47r â 66v Hours of the Eternal Wisdom; fols. 67r â 88v Hours of the Cross; fols. 90r â 113v Hours of the Holy Spirit; fols. 115r â 138v Hours of All Saints fols. 139r â 157v Penitential Psalms and Litany; fols. 159r â 174v Prayers at Mass; fols. 176r â 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.
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