76/1814 [Medieval manuscripts]. (Book of Hours). Manuscript in Middle-Dutch on vellum, ±1440, (155) lvs., red and black ink, littera textualis, 19 lines to the page, leaves measuring ±10x7 cm., rubricated in red and blue ink, rich pen-flourishes in red, blue and gold in outer margins in the style predominant in the province South Holland (Delft?) w. some occas. floral decoration on colours and gold, contemp. overlapping vellum, 12mo.

- Lacks 8 lvs. (possibly (at least) 4 miniatures): first 3 lvs. to the hours of the Virgin; first leaf to the hours of the Cross; first leaf to the Penitential Psalms; first leaf to the Vigil of the Dead and 2 other lvs; contemp. owner's entry on verso final leaf: "Jacobis Pietersz van Dijck hoert dit boek toe 1440 den 1 August vereet (?) van Jan Goesman (?)"; two 16th century owner's entries on recto 2nd leaf: "int jaer dusent vijf hondert ende dertien sterf baeef lambertsz. dochter op die XV dach in september bid voer hoer siele om godes willen. Dit boeck hoert toe duif lambertz dochter" and "int jaer ons heren dusent vijf hondert ende vieren twintich sterf duif lamberts dochter op die VIII dach in januaris bid voer hoer sieel om godes willen"; two curious 17th cent. prints of people in costume on both pastedowns; several curious cut out woodcut letters and a coat of arms (cut out from other works) mounted on prelim. lvs. (incl. a ms. initial "A"). Hinges broken (loosely holding on cords); vellum severely darkened.

= A lovely book of hours probably compiled for an Augustinian nun in the diocese of Utrecht. Contains the hours of the Virgin, the hours of the Cross, Penitential Psalms, Vigil of the Dead and other prayers. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXI.