Dutch book of hours (use of Utrecht; Geert Grote translation)

Title
Dutch book of hours (use of Utrecht; Geert Grote translation)
LC Subject
Catholic Church--Prayers and devotions Manuscripts, Dutch Endpapers Books of hours
Repository
University of Oregon. Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
Author
Catholic Church Groote, Gerard, 1340-1384
Description
Manuscript document. Title devised by cataloger. Date based on style of pen-work ornamentation. Collation: Parchment, ii (modern paper) + 131 + i (modern paper) folios on parchment, modern foliation in pencil, 1-131, lacking five leaves (collation i-vi8 vii8 [-3, lacking one leaf after f. 50, with loss of text] viii8 ix8 [-2, lacking one leaf after f. 64, with loss of text] x8 xi8 [-1, -6, lacking one leaf after f. 78 and one leaf after f. 82, with loss of text] xii8 [-5, lacking one leaf after f. 88, with loss of text] xiii-xvii8 ). Decoration attributed to the Master(s) of Dirc van Delft Group. Rubrics in red, capitals touched in red, 1-line initials alternating in burnished gold and blue throughout, decorated with blue and red pen-work, 2-line initials in burnished gold throughout, decorated alternately with red and blue pen-work, seven 3-line initials in burnished gold on grounds divided in pink and blue, accompanied with borders decorated with bars in burnished gold, pink, and blue; and branches of leaves and flowers in burnished gold (ff. 2v, 21, 24v, 28, 31, 34, 38v), two 7-line initials, one in blue (f. 1), another in pink (f. 44), decorated with geometric pattern in white, on burnished gold grounds with bar borders in burnished gold enlivened with curling branches of flowers and leaves in burnished gold and colors, a small tear in the outer margin of folio 22 and in the lower margin of folio 93. Binding: Bound in eighteenth century brown calf, spine gold-tooled with flowers; red leather label with gilt titling: GETYDEN MANUSCRIP; multi-colored gold brocade endpapers with flowers and leaves; modern fitted case, spine restored, stitching of quires somewhat loosened, small marks of wear on the leather. Lettering: Gothic book-hand (textualis), written in brown ink. Translation from Latin to Middle Dutch by Dutch reformer Geert Grote (1340-1384) in 1383-1384. Grote also added a new text to the standard contents, the Hours of Eternal Wisdom, the Getijden van de Eeuwige Wijsheid, a translation of the Cursus Aeternae Sapientiae by Henry Sus.
Provenance
Purchase; Les Enluminures, New York, NY; August, 2021.
Date
1410/1420
Identifier
MS_139
Item Locator
MS 139
Rights
No Copyright - United States
Dc Rights Holder
University of Oregon. Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
Use Restrictions
Property rights reside with Special Collections & University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries. All requests for permission to publish collection materials must be submitted to Special Collections & University Archives.
Language
Latin
Type
Collection
Format
application/xml
Material
parchment
Set
University of Oregon Special Collections Manuscripts and Rare Books
Primary Set
University of Oregon Special Collections Manuscripts and Rare Books
Institution
University of Oregon
Layout
131 unnumbered leaves ; 105 x 75 mm No catchwords or signatures, ruled in brown ink (justification 51 x 34 mm), in a single column of 14 lines.