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of Hours for Utrecht Use Uncommon in several respects, this Dutch Book of Hours begins with the Hours of the Trinity, which, like the more common Hours of the Eternal Wisdom, are almost exclusively found in manuscripts from the northern Netherlands. Three different mediums meet in this unusual opening. On the right is a traditional, fully illuminated opening initial in the so-called aubergine style, with accompanying border decoration. In the upper right corner of this page a colorful bird looks down on a monkey riding a dog in the lower margin. On the facing page a very simply drawn and colored Gnadenstuuhl (Throne-of-Grace) Trinity is surrounded by a metal-cut border. The popular monkey appears in the lower border, with a deer to the left of the miniature and a bird to the right. This unusual Book of Hours is one of many rare and unusual books bequeathed to LTSP in 1883 by Charles Porterfield Krauth (1823-1883), the Seminary's first Professor of Theology. It is one of eighty medieval and Renaissance manuscripts on display in the exhibition Leaves of Gold: Treasures of Manuscript Illumination from Philadelphia Collections, organized by the Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries in association with the Philadelphia Museum of Art, in the Berman and Stieglitz Galleries, Philadelphia Museum of Art through May 13, 2001. See also:
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