Leiden. Universiteitsbibliotheek, BPL 3769

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    • Leiden University Libraries, BPL 3769
    • Leiden. Bibliotheek der Rijksuniversiteit, Bibl. publ. lat. 3769
    • Leiden. Universiteitsbibliotheek, BPL 3769
    • Leiden. Universiteitsbibliotheek, Bibl. publ. lat. 3769
    • Leiden. University Libraries, BPL 3769
    • Leyde. Bibliothèque de l'Université, Bibl. publ. lat. 3769
    • Leyde. Universiteitsbibliotheek, BPL 3769
  • Held at : Leiden. Universiteitsbibliotheek
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  • Decoration :
    • Decoration: Each of the six text sections opens with a 10-line initial in blue, heightened with white, on a gold ground, and combined with painted decoration over three borders. – One historiated initial: Virgin with child on crescent moon, while two angels in the outer corners are holding the floral border decoration (f. 14r, cf. similar initial+borders in codex Liverpool, University Library, Radcliffe 8, f. 15r, and codex Utrecht, Museum Catharijneconvent, BMH 49, f. 13r; depicted in Wierda 1995, plates 9, 15). – Five decorated initials (ff. 50r, 73r, 97r, 118r, 137r). – Canonical hours indicated by 3-5-line gold initials on a ground of alternate blue with old pink and old pink with blue, heightened with white, and combined with painted border decoration (including 100+ occurences of a decorative element known as ‘karbonkel’; cf. De Vreese 1971). – Also alternate red and blue initials (2 lines) and versals; the Litany of the Saints contains alternate gold and blue versals and line fillers.
  • Dimensions :
    • 1 volume, 171 leaves : historiated initial, decorated initials ; 145x102 mm
  • Binding :
    • Binding: Medieval binding, contemporary. - Leather (blind-tooled, damaged) over wooden boards. – Panel stamp on front and back: floral frame with in each corner a dragon or griffin in a medallion); inside the frame a pelican, feeding her young (similar to the panel stamp of codex Utrecht Museum Catharijneconvent, ABM 35, also a book of hours with a Zwolle origin; cf. Wierda 1995, p. 44). – Two clasp fastenings (closing back to front, replaced, one hook missing).

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  • Book of hours in the Dutch translation of Geert Grote. Contains: (ff. 1r-12v) Calendar, use of Utrecht. – (ff. 14r-49r) Hours of the Virgin. – (ff. 50r-72r) Long Hours of the Cross. – (f. 73r-95v) Hours of the Holy Spirit. – (ff. 97r-117r) Hours of Eternal Wisdom. – (ff. 118r-136r) Penitential psalms and Litany of the Saints. – (ff. 137r-171v) Office of the Dead. – Empty: ff. 13r-v, 49v, 72v, 96r-v, 117v, 136v.
    Subject (temporal):
    Middle Ages
    15th century

    Titre(s) :
    Book of hours (Dutch) BPL 3769
    Getijdenboek

    Langue(s) des textes : néerlandais

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  • Collation: IV (pastedown, 1-7), III (8-13) ; 4IV (14-45), II (46-49) ; V-2 (50, 51-57,), IV (58-65), IV-1 (66-70, 71-72) ; 3IV (73-96) ; IV-1 (97-101, 102-103), 3sIV (104-127), V-1 (, 128-136) ; 3 IV (137-168), II (169-171, pastedown,,). – Section with Penitential psalms and Litany of the Saints begins in the last quire of the Hours of Eternal Wisdom, after a blank page (f. 117v).
  • Leaves cut out in several quires, but without loss of text; probably caused by scribal errors. Stubs between ff. 57/58 and 70/71 contain several letters; those on the verso of the first stub show that the verso of the missing leaf was a dittography of 57v, by a scribe who forgot to turn the page of his exemplar.
  • Postcard from Willem de Vreese to J.F.M. Sterck about the manuscript, dated 4 October 1936, kept with the manuscript.
  • Textual: (f. 1r-12v) Calendar contains erroneous saints, a.o. on 19 January “Sarijs” instead of “Marijs”; on 14 July “Rocatus” instead of “Focatus”; cf. Wierda 1995, p. 56. – Correction on 21 January: “Clement” (in red) crossed out and followed by “Agneta joncf.” (in red). – The months June (6r) and July (7r) are both indicated as “Junius Weidemaent” (in red). – Andreas missing on 30 November.

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