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1192  :  Hours (Nivelles, Liège)

Number

1192


Shelf Marks

  • Brussels, KBR, IV 1113
  • Kraus (1977)

Owners before c.1550

  • Margareta van Schorisse (Marguerite d'Escornaix)
  • St Gertrudis convent, Nivelles

Commissioners

  • Margareta van Schorisse (Marguerite d'Escornaix) (abbess St Gertrudis convent, Nivelles)
    • Clergy
    • Gender : Woman

Country

Belgium


Ownership Category

Public

Origin

  • Date
    • Date details : 1445 (1455 ?)
    • Half centuries : 1450-1499
    • Decade : 1440 - 1449

Physical description

Measurements

  • 190 leaves
  • Size categories of height : 175-199 mm
  • Height of text blocks : 195 mm
  • Width of text blocks : 135 mm

Illustrations

  • Total number of illustrations : 43
  • Number of miniatures :
  • Number of historiated initials : 43
  • Number of grisailles :
  • Number of drawings :

Miniaturists

  • M Guillebert van Mets (circle)

Material

Parchment

Binding

  • Description : 17th c. (green morocco)
  • Dating : 1600-1700


Content

Genre

books of hours and prayer books

Authors

/

Translators

/

Contents

  • 1 : Hours (Nivelles, Liège)

Languages

  • Latin
  • French

Bibliography

Isabelle Hottois e.a., L'iconographie musicale dans les manuscrits de la Bibliothèque royale Albert Ier, exhib. cat., Brussels 1982, no. 248

Georges Dogaer, Flemish Miniature Painting in the 15th and 16th centuries, Amsterdam 1987: M Guillebert van Mets

Medieval Mastery. Book Illumination from Charlemagne to Charles the Bold, 800-1475, exhib. cat., Leuven 2002, no. 72

Bernard Bousmanne & Thierry Delcourt (dir.), Ilona Hans-Collas, Pascal Schandel, Céline Van Hoorebeeck & Michiel Verweij (eds.), Miniatures flamandes, 1404-1492, exhib. cat. (Brussels-Paris, 2011-2012), Paris-Brussels, 2011, No. 016, p. 088, 150, 157, 162, 164

Cinq années d’acquisitions 1974-1978. Exposition organisée à la Bibliothèque royale Albert Ier, Brussels 1979, no. 047 (ill.)

Photo Archives

Brussels, KBR, bl-w photo collection: 50 photos

Responsable

Hanno Wijsman