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on the Middle Ages
Northern Netherlands
SIGNED AND DATED!
Latin Bible made for
Wouter Grauwert
Dean of St. Salvator in Utrecht
manuscript in 2 volumes dated and
signed by Jacob Teuer in 1443 and 1445,
illuminated in the circle of the Master of
Catherine of Cleves
42 large illuminated and 13 historiated initials
294 x 204, 408 and 444 leaves
God in Heaven
in
Grauwert Bible
The illuminator worked in Utrecht, in the
circle of the Master of Catherine of Cleves
with whom he supposedly collaborated.
As this bible is dated and localized our
Master may now be named the Master of
Wouter Grauwert
Initial: Jeremiah
Colophon of Grauwert Bible
completed by the hand of Jacob Teuer, 1443
Jeremiah, James, John: initials
by the Master of Wouter Grauwert, Utrecht 1443 and 1445
RECENTLY DISCOVERED
Missale
for the use of Utrecht
Manuscript illuminated
with
8 large initials and
a full-page Crucifixion miniature
360 x 250 mm, 263 leaves
Utrecht Missale
Crucifixion miniature and Te Igitur at Canon text, Utrecht c. 1450
Illuminated manuscript, 360 x 250 mm, 263 leaves
More, very fine, Utrecht illumination in a Latin Missale, c. 1450
Illuminated manuscript, 360 x 250 mm, 263 leaves
Van Teylingen Book of Hours, c. 1475-1480
Handed down in the family of Augustijn and Josina van Teylingen in Alkmaar
not seen in public for many years
Augustijn en Josina van Teylingen van Egmond van de Nijenburg,
triptych by Jacob Cornelisz van Oostzanen, c. 1515 (Berlin, Gemäldegalerie)
Annunciation and Pentecost in the Van Teylingen Hours
illuminated by the Master of the London Jason, Haarlem, 1475-1480
182 x 132 mm, 203 leaves, 9 full-page miniatures, 10 fully decorated textpages, 4 historiated initials
Annunciation
By the best illuminator
working in Haarlem:
the Master of the
London Jason,
Haarlem, Holland, c.
1475-1480
All Saints
by the inventive and creative
Master of the London Jason,
Haarlem, c. 1475-1480
Burial scene and Hellmouth
Office of the Dead, London Jason Master,
Haarlem, c. 1475-1480, 182 x 132 mm, 203 leaves, 9 full-page miniatures and 4 historiated initials
Holy Sacrament and St. Clara
Van Teylingen Hours, London Jason Master, Haarlem, c. 1475-1480
Bartholomaeus Anglicus,
Vanden proprieteyten der dinghen
‘Encyclopaedia’ in 19 books
Haarlem, printed by Jacob Bellaert
24 december 1485,
284 x204 mm, 464 leaves,
11 full-page woodcuts by the Bellaert Master
Printer’s device of Jacob Bellaert
Woodcuts designed by the
Bellaert Master
‘Encyclopaedia’ in 19 books, dealing with
God, the Angels and Man:
the soul, the elements, human body, life
cycles and illness
Bartholomaeus Anglicus, Vanden proprieteyten der dinghen
also discussing and illustrating the visible world, among other things, animals and plants
Haarlem, Jacob Bellaert, 24 december 1485
Adoration of the Magi
Book of Hours in Dutch, use of Utrecht
Manuscript illuminated with 14 full-page miniatures faced by finely decorated text pages by
the Masters of the Zwolle Bible and the Masters of Margriet Uutenham.
Netherlands, Arnhem and Zwolle, c. 1470
133 x 99 mm, 224 leaves
Flight into Egypt
Book of Hours
Masters of the Zwolle Bible and text-page decorated by the Masters of Margriet Uutenham
Arnhem and Zwolle, c. 1470
Arrest of Christ
Book of Hours
Masters of the Zwolle Bible and text-page decorated by the Masters of Margriet Uutenham
Arnhem and Zwolle, c. 1470
St. Cornelius, St. Hubertus and decorated text-page
miniatures and finely decorated text page by
the Masters of the Zwolle Bible and the Masters of Margriet Uutenham
Spotlight
on the Middle Ages
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