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MS. D'Orville 214

Summary Catalogue no.: 17092

Contents

Book of Hours, Use of Utrecht
(fol. 4)

Calendar

Rubric: ... Die Ghetide van Onser Vrouwen ...
(fol. 55)
Rubric: ... die Ghetide vanden Heiligen Gheest
(fol. 79)
Rubric: ... die Ghetide vander Ewigher Wijsheit

A prayer by Sinte Bernardinus

(fol. 103)
Rubric: ... die langhe Ghetide vanden Heilighen Cruce
(fol. 127)

The Seven Penitential Psalms and Litany

(fol. 143)
Rubric: ... die langhe Vighelie van neghen lessen
(fol. 177)

Some prayers, one by Bernard of Clairvaux

Language(s): Middle Dutch

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: 191 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 5.625 × 3.875 in.

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander i. 249

Good decorative borders

Good initials

Binding

Brown leather with blind tooling partly from rolls (16th century?), the back may be older, the clasps are lost

History

Origin: 15th century, end ; Netherlands, perhaps 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 213

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. 90

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (2 images from 35mm slides)

Bibliography

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2024-02-01: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1897)