Details

Subject(s)

• Books of hours—Netherlands—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Catholic Church—Prayers and devotions—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]
• Illumination of books and manuscripts [Browse]

Translator

• Groote, Gerard, 1340-1384 [Browse]

Donor

• Garrett, Robert, 1875-1961 [Browse]

Related name

• Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Garrett MS. 60. [Browse]

Notes

• Title from printed catalog.
• Script: Textualis semi-quadrata.
• Decoration: Late Gothic Dutch from Delft.

Binding note

Netherlands (?), 16th century. Brown calf over somewhat warped wooden boards (5 mm thick).

Provenance

Garrett MS. 60 was produced in the city of Delft but is of unknown early provenance. According to Philip E. Webber, the dialect is of the northwestern Netherlands. The manuscript was probably purchased then by Thomas Harrison Garrett (1849-1888), Class of 1868, of Baltimore, Maryland, whose bookplate is on the inside front pastedown below the description. The book passed to his son Robert Garrett, also of Baltimore, Class of 1897. His gift to the Princeton University Library, 1942.

Source acquisition

Gift of Robert Garrett, 1942.

References

Medieval & Renaissance manuscripts in the Princeton University Library, volume 1, pages 113-114.

Cite as

Garrett MS. 60, Manuscripts Division, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

OCLC

1090575694

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