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69/2771 Medieval manuscripts Book of hours 69/2771 Medieval manuscripts Book of hours 69/2771 Medieval manuscripts Book of hours 69/2771 Medieval manuscripts Book of hours 69/2771 Medieval manuscripts Book of hours 69/2771 Medieval manuscripts Book of hours 69/2771 Medieval manuscripts Book of hours 69/2771 Medieval manuscripts Book of hours 69/2771 Medieval manuscripts Book of hours 69/2771 Medieval manuscripts Book of hours 69/2771 [Medieval manuscripts]. (Book of hours). Southern Netherlands (Brabant or Flanders), ±1500, use of Rome, manuscript in Latin and Dutch on vellum, (3 blank),(165),(6 blank) lvs., black and brown ink on recto and verso, littera textualis, 16 lines in a single column, rubrication and ruling in red pen and ink, leaves measuring ±9,3x7 cm., text measuring ±5,5x3,5 cm., 8 LARGE ARCH-TOPPED MINIATURES IN COLOURS AND GOLD and 18 SMALL MINIATURES IN COLOURS AND GOLD, each miniature surrounded by full borders of coloured flowers, white acanthus, leaves, fruits and insects (so-called "strewn borders"), numerous illuminated capitals and smaller illuminated initials, 18th cent. purple velvet over wooden boards, a.e.g., sm. 8vo. - Contents in good condition: a few miniatures occas. w. small pigment losses; some smudging to border decoration. Probably lacks part of a prayer to the Holy Trinity and 1 full-page miniature and/ or a leaf with a small miniature. Velvet over boards for the greater part worn off; upper cords broken; lacks clasps and catches. A fine and well preserved manuscript with bright colours and gilding. = CONTENTS: Cambrai-Windesheim calendar, probably for the northern part of the medieval diocese of Cambrai (possibly Antwerp or surroundings), in Middle-Dutch (w. table and computeus circle [without date]), saints mentioned in red ink include Agnes (21 Jan), Erasmus (1 June [sic]), [Achatius and the] 10.000 Martyrs (22 June), Division of the Apostles (15 July), Augustine (28 Aug), [Ursula and the] 11.000 Virgins (21 Oct), Nicasius (14 Dec) and Thomas of Canterbury (29 Dec); Prayer to the Holy Face; prayers; Hours of the Cross; Mass of the Virgin; Gospel Lessons; Seven Prayers of St. Gregory; prayers when attending mass in church; prayer on the name of Jesus; verses of St. Bernard; Suffrages; Suffrage to St. George; Marian prayers; Joys of the Virgin; Hours of the Virgin for the use of Rome; Penitential Psalms and Litany; prayer to the Trinity preceded by Psalms 53 and 66 [first part of text probably missing]. Probably made for a man named Johannes (fol. 21r: "michi famulo tuo iohanni" in a prayer on the name of Jesus); all prayers for male use. The manuscript appears to be almost complete, no indications of cuttings were found, there is no Office of the Dead, which is unusual but not necessarily lacking. DECORATION: MINIATURES: (in order of appearance, quarter-page/ 7- or 8-line size unless stated otherwise) 1. Salvator Mundi (full-page); 2. Crucifixion (full-page); 3. Maria Lactans (full-page); 4. Mass of St. Gregory (full-page); 5. Christ-child w. the Instruments of the Passion; 6. St. Bernard w. the devil; 7. Guardian angel w. male patron; 8. John the Baptist w. a book and standing next to the Lamb of God; 9. St. John the Evangelist holding the poisoned chalice 10. St. Peter holding a key and book, St. Paul holding a sword; 11. St. James the Greater w. pelgrims bag and staff, holding a book; 12. Anna selbdritt (full-page); 13. St. Mary Magdalene holding an ointment jar and a book; 14. St. Barbara holding a palm and a book, before the tower; 15. St. Catherine of Alexandria holding a book w. a sword and part of a (broken) wheel; 16. Lamentation; 17. The Assumption of the Virgin (full-page); 18. The Tree of Jesse and Annunciation (full-page); 19. Visitation; 20. Nativity; 21. Annunciation to the shepards; 22. Adoration by the Magi; 23. Presentation in the Temple; 24. Massacre of the Innocents; 25. Flight into Egypt and 26. David Penitent (full-page). This is an attractive book of hours, featuring