Maastricht Hours

Due to the missing folio, there is no drawing of the zodiac sign of September (Libra) nor work of the month of October.

All the miniatures are placed in an architectural frame with medallions at the corners representing figures or angels.

We see successively: The Marian Hours themselves open with an illuminated Initial 10 lines high, decorated with a Virgin and Child.

The other prayer times are always preceded by a full-page miniature depicting a scene from the Passion of Christ on the back of the page.

The initial on the recto side (7 to 8 lines high) is always illuminated, as are the miniatures illustrating the scenes from the Passion narrative.

Almost all the large initials (three lines) develop into an exuberant marginal decoration, generally inhabited by animals and fantastical creatures.

The pages on which no large initials are painted nevertheless present abundant marginal decoration with very diverse themes, ranging from religious to scabrous (drolleries), in which animals often play a central role.

On page 243v, a donkey operates a catapult to throw stones while dogs attack a castle occupied by monkeys.

Two pages of the calendar of saints. A folio is missing between f10v (September) and f11r (October). It depicts some saints from the Meuse-Rhine region such as: Remaclus (September 3), Severin (October 23), and Amand (October 26).
Double page at Compline (f130v-f131r). On the left the Resurrection , on the right the three Marys . At the bottom left perhaps a portrait of the owner of the prayer book. On the right two men with parchments, a dog, and another dog with a bishop's head.
Double page at the Office of the Dead (f187v-f188r): Christ in limbo and souls in Abraham's bosom.