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Getijdenboek (horae...)

      Manuscript on milkwhite (sheep) vellum, for use in Utrecht, probably/possibly 1502 or 1491.In smalloctavo (leaves 125x90mm; text 82x52 mm)191 (of 192) unnumbered leavesIn XVIII century, simple parchment bindingTwo paper leaves bound in in the end, discussing possible date in a XVIII century hand (Dutch)Bookplate (Rick Jackson) dated 1887Dutch text (Geert Grote translation) throughout17 rules to a pageWritten in littera textualis in brown ink by one hand,No miniaturesRed & blue initials all through the textFive large (10 rules) decorated initials in red & blue with one margin decoration in red ink.Many large (3 rules) initialsOver 100 two rule, simple initials in red & blue.Browning to first leave, else excellent.*Dutch manuscript book of hours of around 1500, very well preserved and complete except for one leave (of oficium mortuum). Probably written in Utrecht but used in Holland (in calendarium, in red august 17: Jeroen). Translated from Latin into Dutch by Geert Groote (Gerardus Magnus, Deventer, 1340-1384), co-founder of the devotio moderna, the innovative movement in the Catholic Church in the XIV century.Contents: Calender folio 1- 12 Hours of virgin 13-66 Hours of the Cross: 67- 90 Hours of Eternal Wisdom: 91- 117 Hours of the Holy Spirit: 118- 141 Seven Psalms of penetation: 142- 153 Lithany: 154-167 Office of the death: 168-175 Other prayers: 175-191