Walters Ms. W.167, Amherst Hours Calendar Hours of the Virgin: Matins to None Mass of the Virgin Gospel lessons The Creed Hours of the Virgin: Vespers and Compline Short Hours of the Cross Penitential Psalms and litany Prayer to St. Catherine Prayer to St. Barbara Prayers to St. Margaret Prayers to St. Christopher and St. George Book of Eternal Wisdom <note type="title" xml:id="n494.002022">Original title in Latin is "Cursus aeternae sapientiae;" in German "Das Büchlein der ewigen Weisheit"</note> Book of Hours Suso, Henry, 1295-1366 Henricus Suso Heinrich Seuse Principal cataloger Marrow, James Cataloger Dutschke, Consuelo Cataloger Herbert, Lynley Cataloger Valle, Chiara Editor Herbert, Lynley Copy editor Dibble, Charles Contributor Bockrath, Diane Contributor Boot, Christine Contributor Emery, Doug Contributor Noel, William Contributor Tabritha, Ariel Contributor Toth, Michael B. Conservator Owen, Linda Conservator Quandt, Abigail The Walters Art Museum

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 This book of hours was written in Dutch in the fifteenth century for the use of Utrecht. The Hours of the Virgin and of the Cross are accompanied here by the Dutch translation of Henry Suso's "Cursus aeternae sapientiae," a text that was particularly popular for private devotion in the Netherlands. Once owned by the English collector Lord Amherst, the manuscript is exceptional for its extensive illumination. Webs of foliage cover every margin, most sprouting medallions containing flora and fauna. The divisions in the text are marked by twenty richly painted full-page miniatures, often accompanied by related marginalia. Further illumination in the form of historiated and foliate initials marks minor breaks in the text, and the overall effect is a visual feast for the reader. Baltimore The Walters Art Museum W.167 The primary language in this manuscript is Dutch; Flemish. 1r - 129r Book of Hours 1r - 12v Calendar Januarius Calendar for use of Utrecht; full, graded in red and black 13v - 47v Hours of the Virgin: Matins to None Here du salt opdoen mijne lippen Hours of the Virgin divided into two parts, with Mass of the Virgin, Gospel readings, and Creed embedded within 48r - 50v Mass of the Virgin Hie begint onser lieuer vrouwen mis. Wees gegruet ioncwinnende magedyn 50v - 51r Gospel lessons Dit is die evangelium. In der tijt dat (dat is crossed out) als ihesus 51r - 53r The Creed Hier beginne die Credo van der missen in duysche credo in deum. Ic geloue in enen got uader almechtich 53v - 65v Hours of the Virgin: Vespers and Compline 66r - 77v Short Hours of the Cross Des vaders wijsheit die gotlike 78r - 96r Penitential Psalms and litany Here in dynne uerbogentheit 96v - 99r Prayer to St. Catherine O vry edele coningine Maget 99v - 101r Prayer to St. Barbara Barbara reyne suuer beelde lof 101v - 102v Prayers to St. Margaret Heilige santine margriete 102v - 103r Prayers to St. Christopher and St. George Sunte cristofel heilich sant 103v - 129r Book of Eternal Wisdom <note type="title" xml:id="n494.002145">Original title in Latin is "Cursus aeternae sapientiae;" in German "Das Büchlein der ewigen Weisheit"</note> Hier beghinnet die ewige wijsheit in duytsche. Mine siecle heuet di begeert inder nacht

Very thin to medium-weight parchment, well finished but worn

 Foliation: ii+129+ii15.5 11.3 7.2 5.4 Flyleaves not original, made of eighteenth-century laid paper; portion of watermark "JHO" visible on front flyleaf ii, and portion of "EN" watermark visible on back flyleaf i

1-2(6), 3-4(8), 5(6), 6(10), 7(6), 8(8), 9(8,-8), 10-11(8), 12(10,-5,-7), 13-17(8) None None Quires begin on fols. 1(1), 7(2), 13(3), 21(4), 29(5), 35(6), 45(7), 51(8), 59(9), 66(10), 74(11), 82(12), 90(13), 98(14), 106(15), 114(16), 122(17)

 Ruled in ink Gothic bookhand Medallions with saints on rectos Full-page miniatures, fols. 13v, 33v, 38r, 41v, and 45r Historiated initial, fol. 48r Full-page miniatures, fols. 53v and 60v Full-page miniatures, fols. 66r, 67v, 69r, 70v, 72r, 73v, 75r, and 76v Full-page miniature, fol. 78r; small historiated initials, fols. 84r and 86v Full-page miniature, fol. 96v Full-page miniature, fol. 99v Full-page miniature, fol. 101v Full-page miniature, fol. 102v Large decorated initial, fol. 103v Twenty full-page miniatures, one large historiated initial (7 lines), three small historiated initials (3-5 lines), one large decorated initial (9 lines); foliate margins with five medallions per page (3-4 lines) containing saints, grotesques, flowers and peacocks (true of almost entire manuscript, with main exception being margins around full-page miniatures); small decorated initials (1-3 lines) and geometric line fillers throughout in gold, blue and pink with white accents; rubrics in red, text in brown ink Medallions with SS. Andrew, Paul, and Anthony Calendar: January Marginal medallions, 4 lines Medallions with SS. Anthony and James the Great Calendar: February Marginal medallions, 4 lines Medallions with SS. Anthony, James the Great, Bartholomew, and Andrew Calendar: March Marginal medallions, 4 lines Medallions with unidentified saints Calendar: April Marginal medallions, 4 lines Medallions with SS. Anthony, Paul, Peter, and John the Evangelist Calendar: May Marginal medallions, 4 lines Medallions with Christ and SS. Peter, John the Evangelist, Anthony, and Bartholomew Calendar: June Marginal medallions, 4 lines Medallions with SS. James the Great, Anthony, and Paul Calendar: July Marginal medallions, 4 lines Medallions with SS. Anthony, James the Great, and Bartholomew Calendar: August Marginal medallions, 4 lines Medallions with SS. Paul, Anthony, and Andrew Calendar: September Marginal medallions, 4 lines Medallions with SS. James the Great, Lawrence, Bartholomew, and Stephen Calendar: October Marginal medallions, 4 lines Medallions with SS. Catherine of Alexandria, Agnes, Dorothea, and Barbara Calendar: November Marginal medallions, 4 lines Medallions with SS. Anthony, James the Great, and Bartholomew Calendar: December Marginal medallions, 4 lines The Annunciation, with angels playing music Hours of the Virgin: Matins Full-page miniature

The inscription on the scroll held by Gabriel reads "Ave gratia plena," or "Hail, full of grace."

 The Nativity Hours of the Virgin: Prime Full-page miniature The Annunciation to the shepherds, with angels Hours of the Virgin: Terce Full-page miniature The Adoration of the Magi, with angels Hours of the Virgin: Sext Full-page miniature The Massacre of the Innocents Hours of the Virgin: None Full-page miniature Initial "V" with Virgin and Child of the Apocalypse Mass of the Virgin Historiated initial "V," 7 lines The Circumcision of Christ, with angels Hours of the Virgin: Vespers Full-page miniature Initial "C" with the Virgin and Child Hours of the Virgin: Compline Historiated initial "C," 3 lines The Flight into Egypt Hours of the Virgin: Compline Full-page miniature The Betrayal of Christ, with soldiers Short Hours of the Cross Full-page miniature Christ before Pilate, with the fable of the fox and the rooster, and apes Short Hours of the Cross Full-page miniature The Flagellation of Christ Short Hours of the Cross Full-page miniature The Mocking of Christ Short Hours of the Cross Full-page miniature Christ Carrying the Cross Short Hours of the Cross Full-page miniature The Crucifixion, with angels Short Hours of the Cross Full-page miniature The Deposition Short Hours of the Cross Full-page miniature The Entombment, with angels Short Hours of the Cross Full-page miniature David rising from the Earth Penitential Psalms Full-page miniature Initial "H" with Virgin and Child Penitential Psalms Historiated initial "H," 5 lines Initial "O" with Christ Penitential Psalms Historiated initial "O," 3 lines St. Catherine of Alexandria, with soldiers Prayer to St. Catherine Full-page miniature St. Barbara Prayer to St. Barbara Full-page miniature St. Margaret, with dragons Prayers to St. Margaret Full-page miniature St. Christopher carrying Christ across the water Prayer to St. Christopher Full-page miniature Decorated initial "M" Book of Eternal Wisdom Decorated initial "M," 9 lines

Eighteenth-century green morocco over pulp- or paste-board; gilt tooled floral motif

 15th century CE Netherlands Created in the Netherlands, fifteenth century; calendar for Use of Utrecht Reynold Gideon Bowyer (1785-1826), student at Goettingen and priest at Durham William, Baron Amherst, before 1908 (armorial bookplate with motto "Victoria concordia crescit" on inside of upper board); no. 462 in Amherst sale in London, December 3, 1908, sold to Stanhope (?) Lady William Cecil sale, London, December 12, 1911, no. 57, sold to Bishop (?) Bishop (?), bought from Cecil sale 1911; Lilian Randall suggested it may be his bookplate (sideways "B" with snake inn form of "S") on inside of upper board, with penciled no. 14 Sotheby sale, London, January 17, 1921, no. 580, sold to Herzberger Henry Walters, Baltimore, acquired through Paul Gruel (?) in Paris, 1925 Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters' bequest Relevant Works Gorissen, Friedrich. Das Stundenbuch der Katharina von Kleve: Analyse und Kommentar. Berlin, 1973, pp. 83, 605, and 963. De Vreese, W. "Een noordnederlandsch handschrift met 'verlichteriên' uit het midden van de vijftiende eeuw," in Het Boek 11 (1922), pp. 33-62, 161-182, pl. I-III, V-VII. De Ricci, Seymour. Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada. Vol. 1. New York: H. W. Wilson Company, 1935, p. 793, cat. no. 229. Miner, Dorothy. "Dutch Illuminated Manuscripts in the Walters Art Gallery," The Connoisseur Year Book, 1955. Byvanck, A.W., and G.J. Hoogewerff. La miniature hollandaise. The Hague, 1926, p. 21, cat. no. 40, pl. IX, figs. 38 and 39 (fols. 67v-68r and 77v-78r). Art Medicine Museum Poetry Script Muhammad, the Prophet Kashmiri Horses Walters Art Museum Document Astrology Devotion History Legal Literature -- Poetry Literature -- Prose Liturgy Philosophy Science Science -- Medicine Scripture Sufism Theology Mineralogy Logic Geography Geomancy Cosmology Cartography Fortune-telling Koran Qur`an Firman Palimpsest Prayer Bible Gospels Psalter Missal Lectionary Book of Hours Antiphonary Homilary Processional Horologion Breviary Hymnal Chronicle Maghreb Sub-Saharan (West) Africa Turkey Afghanistan Central Asia Egypt England India Iran Iraq Pakistan Germany France Austria Netherlands Ethiopia Armenia Flanders Greece Mamluk Mughal Ottoman Ottonian Armenian Byzantine Abbasid Qajar Rajput Christian Arabic Austrian Dutch Egyptian Fatimid German Indian Islamic Persian Safavid Timurid Turkish Umayyad English French Flemish Ethiopian Carolingian Calligraphy Colophon Headpiece Illumination Illustration Medallion Miniature Ornament Painting Early Abbasid script Ragini Romanesque Gothic Watermark Grotesques Historiated initial Inhabited initial White-vine lettering Textura Batarda Humanistic Uncial Accordion book Album Book Codex Manuscript Heraldry Saint's Life Drawing Grisaille New Abbasid style Musical notation Russia Romania Charter Russian Genealogy Mass book Prayer book Gospel Lectionary Psalter-Hours Treatise Grammar Gloss Pontifical Private devotional text Gradual Protective scroll Scroll 10th century 11th century 12th century 13th century 14th century 15th century 16th century 17th century 18th century 19th century 20th century 8th century 9th century Block book Caroline minuscule Central Arab lands (Near East) Chart English secretary hand Kufic Gothic book hand Original binding Treasure binding Gospel Book Spanish Spain Italian Italy Coptic Scrapbook American United States Maryland Historical Society Friendship book Friendship Biography Judaism Talmud Collection of Sermons Notable Notable binding Textbook Scholarly compendium Ancient Greece Ancient Rome Literature Japanese Japan Nordic Scandinavia Catalog Dictionary Spanish Colonial Mexico Mayan Haggadah Liturgical Devotional Scriptural Theological Legal Historical Scientific Scientific -- Medical Literary -- Prose Literary -- Poetry Philosophical Astrological Sufi English Book of Hours Christian Dutch Book Codex Drawing Grotesques Historiated initial Illumination Manuscript Medallion Miniature Ornament Walters Art Museum Netherlands 15th century Devotion Watermark