Walters Ms. W.171, Duke Albrecht's Table of Christian faith (winter part) Tafel van den Kersten ghelove (winterstuc) Dirc van Delf Principal cataloger Marrow, James Cataloger Devine, Alex Cataloger Herbert, Lynley Cataloger Walters Art Museum curatorial staff and researchers since 1934 Editor Herbert, Lynley Editor Noel, William Copy editor Bockrath, Diane Contributor Bockrath, Diane Contributor Dutschke, Consuelo Contributor Emery, Doug Contributor Noel, William Contributor Tabritha, Ariel Contributor Toth, Michael B. Contributor Valle, Chiara Conservator Owen, Linda Conservator Quandt, Abigail The Walters Art Museum

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 This illuminated manuscript is a document of the first importance in the history of Dutch manuscript illumination and contains an important medieval Dutch devotional text. The Tafel van den Kersten ghelove is a compendium of Christian knowledge written by a learned Dominican, Dirc van Delf. The text is in two parts, one for winter, one for summer. This manuscript is of the winter part and is incomplete, omitting the prologue and chapters 13, 14, and 35-57. The arms of the Bavarian counts of Holland and the kneeling owner on fol. 1r indicate that this manuscript was the actual copy prepared for the dedicatee of the text, Albrecht of Bavaria, Count of Holland, from the original text of his chaplain, and is therefore to be dated to 1404 at the latest, when Albrecht died. The manuscript contains 165 folios and thirty-five historiated initials. Baltimore The Walters Art Museum W.171 The primary language in this manuscript is Dutch; Flemish. 1r - 165v Tafel van den Kersten ghelove (winterstuc) Van gode vander godheit en vander triniteyt. Primum capittelum. Die prophete micheas seyt wt den monde godes References in this description of the text are to Daniels' edition of 1939 (see bibliography); text lacks the prologue, as well as chapters 13 and 14, and is incomplete at the end, lacking chapters 35-57; order of chapters 23-24 inverted

Fine to medium-weight parchment, well prepared; visible pricking marks

 Foliation: i+165+i18.8 13.7 11.5 8.5 Modern pencil foliation in upper right corners of rectos (followed here); fifteenth-century foliation at center of top margins of rectos; gap in latter foliation revealing the loss of seven leaves between present folios 24 and 25, which contained chapters 13 and 14 by Daniels' numeration (evidently preceding his chapter 12 in this manuscript)

i, 1-9(8), 10(6), 11-20(8), 21(7), i Trimmed but visible in the lower margins of the versos of the last folio of some quires Quires begin on fols. 1(1), 9(2), 17(3), 25(4), 33(5), 41(6), 49(7), 57(8), 65(9), 73(10), 79(11), 87(12), 95(13), 103(14), 111(15), 119(16), 127(17), 135(18), 143(19), 151(20), 159(21); first two leaves of last quire hinged together and attached to the last leaf, which is a later substitute on different parchment and in a smaller script like the missing end of chapter 34 of Daniels' edition

 Lines ruled in brown ink Written in Gothic bookhand; instructions to the rubricator in tiny noting hand found in columns in the gutter (e.g. fols. 43r, 52v-53r, and 81r); possible second hand found on the last folio of text (fol. 165r) in a more angular version of the same script Miniatures by two painters: artist A (fols. 1r-110r) with soft and painterly style, depending very little on outlines and artist B (fols. 112v-156r) using stronger, brighter colors (artist A also illuminated an initial in the four-volume Bible for the Carthusians of Utrecht [Brussels, Bibl. Roy. Mss. 106, 107, 204, and 205]); historiated initials at the opening of each chapter (four for Daniels' chapter 1) (10-15 lines); thirty-five further large historiated initials; smaller initials in gold or blue with violet or red marginal penwork; bar borders with trefoil foliage of red, blue, and gold springing from the initials into the entire left margin, the vine turning into the top and bottom margins; chapter captions in red; Latin words in text underlined in red; paragraph marks in red or blue; capital letters within the text picked out with red strokes; instructions for rubrics visible in the gutter of the binding in very small lettering; instructions to the illuminator in Dutch in another hand visible at lower margins on fols. 105r and 110r Trinity (throne of grace) with Albrecht of Bavaria Chapter 1 Historiated initial "D," 14 lines, with marginal illustrations The kneeling man in the lower margin holds a scroll inscribed "Ghif mi heer ware ghelove." Opposite this figure, a helm with a crest and shield bears the coat of arms of Albrecht of Bavaria. Veil of Veronica Chapter 1 Historiated initial "D," 10 lines Symbolic representation of the Trinity Chapter 1 Historiated initial "D," 12 lines The triangular diagram shows Christ's face at the center and corners: the hand of God, the dove, and the cross with the Crown of Thorns Holy face and ten names of God Chapter 1 Historiated initial "D," 13 lines God enthroned with an open book, globe, and banner Chapter 2 Historiated initial "D," 15 lines Six days of Creation Chapter 3 Historiated initial "D," 13 lines Three choirs of three angels Chapter 4 Historiated initial "D," 14 lines God blessing the eight heavens Chapter 5 Historiated initial "D," 13 lines Seven planets (Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, sun, Venus, Mercury, and moon) Chapter 6 Historiated initial "D," 13 lines Twelve signs of the zodiac Chapter 7 Historiated initial "D," 14 lines Four elements (earth, water, air, and fire) Chapter 8 Historiated initial "D," 13 lines Earthly paradise and its three trees Chapter 9 Historiated initial "D," 14 lines Fountain of life and the four rivers of paradise Chapter 10 Historiated initial "D," 14 lines Animation of Adam Chapter 11 Historiated initial "D," 14 lines God bestowing a soul on mankind Chapter 12 Historiated initial "D," 14 lines Seven ages of man, shown as seven heads Chapter 15 Historiated initial "D," 13 lines Seven ages of the world, shown as seven heads Chapter 16 Historiated initial "D," 14 lines Three theological virtues: Faith, Hope, and Charity Chapter 17 Historiated initial "D," 13 lines Four cardinal virtues: Justice, Prudence, Fortitude, and Temperance Chapter 18 Historiated initial "D," 14 lines Seven gifts of the Holy Spirit Chapter 19 Historiated initial "D," 14 lines Eight beatitudes Chapter 20 Historiated initial "D," 14 lines Tree of life with its twelve fruits Chapter 21 Historiated initial "D," 14 lines Fall of Satan Chapter 22 Historiated initial "D," 14 lines Fall of Adam and Eve Chapter 24 Historiated initial "D," 14 lines Sin personified, shown as a man with three black heads Chapter 23 Historiated initial "D," 14 lines Seven Deadly Sins Chapter 25 Historiated initial "D," 12 lines Seven devils of the Seven Deadly Sins in hell Chapter 26 Historiated initial "D," 15 lines Seven Deadly Sins against the Holy Spirit Chapter 27 Historiated initial "D," 14 lines Ordinary confession before a monk and a priest Chapter 28 Historiated initial "D," 14 lines Episcopal confession before a bishop Chapter 29 Historiated initial "D," 14 lines Papal confession before a pope Chapter 30 Historiated initial "D," 14 lines A church representing the promised land Chapter 31 Historiated initial "D," 15 lines Moses receiving the Ten Commandments Chapter 32 Historiated initial "D," 15 lines Pythagoras and his disciples Chapter 33 Historiated initial "D," 14 lines Symbols of the Four Evangelists Chapter 34 Historiated initial "D," 14 lines

Red velvet over pasteboard; bound by Gruel in the late nineteenth/early twentieth century

 1400-1404 CE Utrecht, Netherlands Albert, Duke of Bavaria and Count of Holland (1389-1404), Utrecht, ca. 1404-1405, by commission Gruel and Engelman collection, Paris, no. 93, before 1931 Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1931, by purchase Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters bequest Relevant Works Daniels, L. M., ed. Meester Dirc van Delf, O.P.: Tafel van den Kersten Ghelove. 3 vols. Antwerp: Neerlandia, 1937-1939. Rickert, Margaret. "The Illuminated Manuscripts of Meester Dirc van Delf's Tafel van den Kersten Ghelove." Journal of the Walters Art Gallery 12 (1949): 78-108, figs. 1, 4, 5, 7, 9, 14, 16, 17, 19, 21, 25, 26. Miner, Dorothy. "Manuscript Exhibition." Bulletin of the Walters Art Gallery 4, no. 6 (1952): 2-3. Walters Art Gallery. The International Style: The Arts in Europe Around 1400. Baltimore: Walters Art Gallery, 1962, pp. 70-71, no. 67, pl. 43. Lane, Barbara Greenhouse. "The Development of the Medieval Devotional Figure." PhD diss., University of Pennsylvania, 1971, p. 181, fig. 210 (fol. 1r). University Art Gallery, Notre Dame, Indiana. Medieval Art, 1060-1550: Dorothy Miner Memorial. Indiana: Notre Dame University, 1974, no. 22. Marrow, James H., Henri L. M. Defoer, Anne S. Korteweg, and Wilhelmina C. M. Wüstefeld. The Golden Age of Dutch Manuscript Painting. New York: George Braziller, 1990, pp. 33-34, no. 4. Marrow, James H. As Horas De Margarida De Cleves. Lisboa: Museu Calouste Gulbenkian, 1995, pp. 14, 46-47, figs. 2, 8. Priem, Rob, et al. The Hours of Catherine of Cleves: Devotion, Demons, and Daily Life in the Fifteenth Century. New York: The Morgan Library and Museum, 2009, pp. 218-19, no. 39. 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 Binding 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 Liturgical Devotional Scriptural Theological Legal Historical Scientific Scientific -- Medical Literary -- Prose Literary -- Poetry Philosophical Astrological Sufi English Book Christian Codex Illumination Manuscript Walters Art Museum Dutch Theology Netherlands Historiated initial Heraldry 15th century