Leiden. Universiteitsbibliotheek, BPL 3101

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- Leiden University Libraries, BPL 3101
- Leiden. Bibliotheek der Rijksuniversiteit, Bibl. publ. lat. 3101
- Leiden. Universiteitsbibliotheek, BPL 3101
- Leiden. Universiteitsbibliotheek, Bibl. publ. lat. 3101
- Leiden. University Libraries, BPL 3101
- Leyde. Bibliothèque de l'Université, Bibl. publ. lat. 3101
- Leyde. Universiteitsbibliotheek, BPL 3101
Held at : Leiden. Universiteitsbibliotheek
Date of Origin :
- 1440 - 1460 (Source: Leiden University Libraries Digital Collections)
- Low Countries, northern part ; Zwolle, 15th century, c. 1450 (Source: Leiden University Libraries Digital Collections)
Place of Origin :
- Pays-Bas (région historique -- nord) (Source: Leiden University Libraries Digital Collections)
- Zwolle (Overijssel, Pays-Bas) (Source: Leiden University Libraries Digital Collections)
Script :
- Script: Copied by the same scribe who wrote ms. Zwolle, GA : Coll. GAZ 57.
Binding :
- Binding: Medieval binding, contemporary. - Leather (brown goatskin, blind-tooled) over wooden boards. Decorated with panel stamp on both sides (John the Baptist with lamb; described by Verheyden 1933). Two clasp fastenings (closing back to front, renewed). - Bookblock resewn, spine renewed.

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Origin: According to Wierda (1995) this ms. is part of the group of Sarijs mss., most likely coming from Domus Parva, Zwolle.
Illumination: Text rubricated. Versals alternating in red and blue; 2-line initials mostly in blue; 4-line initials in gold on painted grounds with floral border decorated with gold; 9-line initials in gold at the beginning of the texts, supplemented with painted decoration in 3 borders (decorative elements include carbuncles). Historiated initial at the beginning of the book (Virgin with Child) on a golden ground with (f. 13r), in the style of the 'Sarijs manuscripts' (see Wierda 1995).
Textual: Book of hours, Dutch translation by Geert Grote. Calendar with traditional golden number; Petrus ad Vincula (1.8) propably ìncorrectly in blue (only occurrence); 'Sarijs' (19.1); Franciscan saints without distinction in rank, but Bernardinus (canonised in 1450) only in the Litany (f. 131r). Female saints in the Litany closing with Clara, Aldegonda and Elisabeth; no specific prayers following.
Also described by MMDC and A.W. Byvanckgenootschap (database RKD, The Hague).