Add MS 38123

HUTH BEQUEST. Vol. X. HOURS, etc., in Dutch. Contents: (1) Calendar. In red, Pontian (Jan. 14), Servatius (May 13), Bonifaco (June 5), Lebuin (June 25 and Nov. 12), Lambert (Sept. 17), Remy (Oct. 1), Victor and Gereon (Oct. 10), Willibrord (Nov. 7) ; pointing clearly to the diocese of Utrecht. f. 1 b; (2) Notes on the ecclesiastical divisions of the year. f. 13 b; (3) "Die seuen getide van der glorioser ioncfrouwen Marien" : Hours of the Virgin. f. 16 b;(4) "Die seuen getide van der ewigher wijsheit" : Hours of the Eternal Wisdom. f. 67; (5) "Die seuen iangegetide van den heiligen cruce" : Hours of the Cross. Slightly imperfect, wanting a leaf after f. 116. f. 94; (6) "Die seuen getide van den heiligen geeste" : Hours of the Holy Ghost. f. 127;(7) Penitential Psalms and Litany. ff. 155, 166;(8) Memorials of SS. Peter and Catherine. fir. 181, 182; (9) "Die lange vigilie voer die gheloeuighe sielen" : Vigils of the Dead. f. 183. Vellum; ff. i + 232. 4 1/2 in. x 3 1/2 in. Second half of XV cent. Gatherings of 10 leaves (i², with 4 single leaves, iii, with 1 single leaf, xiii wants a leaf after f. 116, xvi¹², with a blank leaf cut off, xxiv⁴, with 3 single leaves). The MS. contains twenty-one engravings, seventeen of which are by the artist known as the " Master of the Berlin Passion," after a Passion series inserted in a MS. prayer-book of 1482 in the Berlin Cabinet of Engravings, while the remaining four are by much less important and original engravers (see Cat. of Huth Bequest, p. 13, pl. 10). At the principal divisions (ff. 18, 68, 95, 128, 155, 184) are large decorative initials in blue, red, white, and green, with gilt studs, and full borders of gilt bars and disks, with flowers and foliage in gold and colours. Minor borderdecorations in the same style fill the margins of the pages which contain the coloured engravings. Apparently belonged to the artist Maximilaan Anne " 'sGravesande Guicherit" (d. 1831, at Delft, see A. J. van der Aa, Biogr. Woordenboek, vii, 1862, p. 546): see printed label on f. i, " 's Gravesande Guicherit." Afterwards to William Bragge, F.S.A. (sale-cat. 1876, lot. 105). Huth bookplate. The Huth Library, ii, p. 731. (This MS. has been transferred to the Department of Prints and Drawings, but is here described for convenience of reference.)

Liturgies DUTCH: Hours, Utrecht use: 15th cent.

Art. Engravings, etc: Coloured engravings, mostly by the Master of the Berlin Passion, inserted in Dutch Horae: late 15th cent.

Art. Illuminations and Drawings DUTCH: Horae : initials, borders, and coloured engravings: late 15th cent.

includes:

• ff. 17 b, 27 b, etc Master of the Berlin Passion: Engravings by: 15th cent.
• ff. 94 b, 110 b, 123 b Master of the 'Blumenrahmen': Engravings by: 15th cent.
• f. 154 b Master of the Dutuit Agony in the Garden: Engraving by: 15th cent.