Walters Ms. W.192, Book of Hours in Dutch Calendar Hours of the Virgin Hours of the Holy Cross Hours of the Holy Spirit Penitential Psalms and litany Office of the Dead Prayers for the Eucharist Book of Hours Geert Groote Translator Principal cataloger Marrow, James Cataloger Walters Art Museum curatorial staff and researchers since 1934 Editor Herbert, Lynley Editor Noel, William Copy editor Dibble, Charles Contributor Bockrath, Diane Contributor Dutschke, Consuelo 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 created in the Netherlands in the fifteenth century. Written entirely in Dutch, its calendar is for the use of Utrecht. However, it was probably made in Haarlem, which produced books of hours with this kind of border decoration. Its folios are highly finished, and it is richly illuminated throughout with sprouting foliage, occasionally inhabited by people, animals, and grotesques. Large decorative initials mark the main divisions in the text, the first of which is historiated with an image of the Virgin and Child. Especially notable is the fine quality and abundance of its burnished gold, found in the initials and vegetation on nearly every page of the manuscript. Baltimore The Walters Art Museum W.192 The primary language in this manuscript is Dutch; Flemish. 1r - 157r Book of Hours 1r - 12v Calendar Januarius Calendar for use of Utrecht; mostly full, graded in red and black 14r - 60r Hours of the Virgin Hier beghinnen die seuen ghetiden van onser lieuer vrouwen. Mettentijt Domine. Here du selte opdoen myn lippen 61r - 82r Hours of the Holy Cross Hier beghinnen die seuen ghetiden vanden heilighen cruce. Die mettentijt. Here ihesu criste des leuenden goods soen 83r - 104r Hours of the Holy Spirit Hier beghinnen die seuen ghetiden vanden heilighen gheest Die metten Domine la. Here du selte opdoen mijn lippen 105r - 120v Penitential Psalms and litany Hier beghint die seuen psalm van penitencien. Here in dynre verbolghentheit en straffe 121r - 152v Office of the Dead Hier begint die vigilie van neghen lessen. Mi hebben omme beuanghen 153r - 155v Prayers for the Eucharist Dit ghebet selmen lesen eer dat men gaen wil totten heilighen sacrament. Three prayers: fol. 153r: O ouerste priester ende waerachtig biscop; fol. 155v: O he ihesu criste lof si dynre ontsprekeliker minnintliker goedertierenth(eit); fol. 156r: Lof si den vader inder moghenth(eit). Lof si den sone inder wijsh(eit)

Highly finished cream-colored parchment, thin to medium weight

 Foliation: i+157+ii19.1 13.2 9.0 7.0 Flyleaves are added laid paper; modern pencil foliation upper right corners, rectos

1, 1(8,-1), 2(6), 3-6(8), 7(8,-3), 8(*,-2,4,5,7), 9-12(8), 13(6), 14(8), 15(4), 16-21(8), 22(6,-6), ii None Mostly trimmed off; traces found on fols. 50v, 54v, and 62v Quires begin on fols. 1(1), 8(2), 14(3), 22(4), 30(5), 38(6), 44(7), 51(8), 55(9), 63(10), 71(11), 79(12), 87(13), 93(14), 101(15), 105(16), 113(17), 121(18), 129(19), 137(20), 145(21), 153(22)

 Ruled in ink Gothic bookhand Historiated initial fol. 14r Large decorated initial fol. 61r Large decorated initial fol. 83r Large decorated initial fol. 105r Large decorated initial fol. 121r Large decorated initial fol. 153r One historiated initial (8 lines) and five large decorated initials (6-9 lines) with foliate margins containing occasional birds, insects, people, and hybrid creatures; smaller decorated initials (2 to 4 lines), including "KL" in calendar, done in blue, rose, and burnished gold, many with sprouting foliage, some with bars extending from top to bottom of text block; small initials (1 line) in alternating blue and gold initials accented with red and purple penwork throughout majority of text; geometric line fillers in blue and gold in litany; rubrics in red, text in black ink Initial "H" (Here du selte) with Virgin and Child, and prophet with scroll in margin Hours of the Virgin Historiated initial "H," 8 lines

The painting of the Virgin and Child has been heavily restored.

 Foliate initial "H" (Here ihesu criste) with grotesques in margin Hours of the Holy Cross Decorated initial "H," 9 lines Foliate initial "H" (Here du selte) with human-faced animal in margin Hours of the Holy Spirit Decorated initial "H," 9 lines Foliate initial "H" (Here in dynre) with beast-legged bishop in margin Penitential Psalms Decorated initial "H," 8 lines Foliate initial "M" (Mi hebben) with beast-legged nude woman in margin Office of the Dead Decorated initial "M," 9 lines Foliate initial "O" (O ouerste) Prayers for the Eucharist Decorated initial "O," 6 lines

French, eighteenth century, brown, oiled leather, roll border with silver design, cast and chiselled metal corner pieces and clasps

 Second half of the 15th century CE Haarlem, Netherlands Created in the fifteenth century in the Netherlands Marshall C. Lefferts collection, sold 1901; ex-libris on inside corner, upper board George H. Richmond, purchased from Lefferts sale, 1901 Henry Walters, Baltimore, acquired before 1931 Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters' bequest Relevant Works De Ricci, Seymour. Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada. Vol. 1. New York: H. W. Wilson, 1935, p. 793, cat. no. 3. 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 Biography Liturgical Devotional Scriptural Theological Legal Historical Scientific Scientific -- Medical Literary -- Prose Literary -- Poetry Philosophical Astrological Sufi English Book Christian Codex Illumination Walters Art Museum Dutch Book of Hours Manuscript Netherlands 15th century Devotion Historiated initial Painting Binding Grotesques Ornament Scripture