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MS. D'Orville 213

Summary Catalogue no.: 17091

Book of Hours, Use of Utrecht

(fol. 2)

Calendar

Rubric: ... Die Vrouwe Ghetijde

(fol. 44v)

Rubric: Penitential Psalms and Litany

(fol. 59)

Rubric: ... die Vighelie

(fol. 95v)

Rubric: ... Die Ghetide vander Ewigher Wijsheit

(fol. 117v))

Rubric: ... die grote Ghetide vanden Heilighen Cruce

(fol. 141v)

Rubric: ... die Ghetide vanden Heilighen Gheest

(fol. 154v)

Rubric: Prayers

Language(s): Middle Dutch

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: parchment

Extent: 165 leaves

Dimensions (binding): 5 × 3.75 in.

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander i. 231

Good borders

Good initials

Binding

Contemporary brown leather with blind tooling in straight lines, the clasps are lost

History

Origin: 15th century, second half ; Netherlands, probably Utrecht

Provenance and Acquisition

The honour paid to Saints Odulphus, Willibrord and Lebuinus (Livinus) in the Calendar and Litany point to Utrecht or its neighbourhood. See also MS. D'Orville 214.

Jacques Phillippe D'Orville of Amsterdam (1690–1751)

Jean D'Orville, b. 1734, his son, by descent

Jean D'Orville, son of Jean, by descent

Sold to the Rev. John Cleaver Banks (1765/1766–1845): purchased from him by the Bodleian

Acquired by the Bodleian in 1804

Record Sources

Description adapted (February 2024) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1897). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1966)

Summary Catalogue, Vol. 4, p. 89

Summary Catalogue, Vol. 4, p. 90