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This image bank contains approximately 1400 digitized images about the history of the printed book in the Netherlands, largely originating from the collections of the KB. The images can be downloaded and used with the stated credit line.

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Title
 Two pages from a book of hours from Bruges, 1494

Year
 1494

Type
 handschrift, manuscript

Measurements
 12,6 x 9,1 cm

Related term
 getijdenboeken, miniaturen, randversieringen, handschriften, boekversiering

Period
 15e eeuw

Classification
 D: Geschiedenis van de boekdrukkunst

Content
 At the end of the 15th century, the printed book gradually replaced the manuscript, but around 1500, the illumination of manuscripts in the Netherlands was still fully flourishing with the miniatures of the Ghent-Bruges school. This Book of Hours is a fine example.

Original
 Getijdenboek. - Brugge: 1494, fol. 91v-92r

available in
 Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag 74 G 2

@description
 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek

@reproduction
 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek