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| Keywords: book of hours bookofhours flemish christian binding book codex heraldry historiated initial historiatedinitial illumination manuscript miniature walters art museum waltersartmuseum painting calligraphy flanders 16th century devotion This sixteenth-century Book of Hours was created by one of the followers of the Master of the Prayer Books of Bruges for the usage of Rome in 1510. In 1577, it was acquired by Charles de la Porte, who commissioned its rebinding, and had the armorial shield of his family added to a decorated initial on fol. 136r. While the manuscript's illuminations are relatively spare in their renderings, they include a number of unusual details. The margins of the Crucifixion (fol. 17v-18r) and the beginning of the Devotional Sequence (fol. 140r) contain segmented borders divided by red and white tree trunks with peeling or "bleeding" bark, thus unifying the two sets of prayer. Also of note is the miniature depicting the Pentecost, where Mary is shown kneeling in prayer. Decorated initials are present throughout the manuscript. This manuscript appears to have been used infrequently by its original owner, with limited dirt and wear on most of the pages. Sixteenth century in eastern France; dark brown calf; gold blocked and tooled, with central oval composed of wreath and foliated scrolls, with similar design on both front and back cover; spine contains gold-tooled inscription: "ANNO / CAROLUS / *DE*LA* / PORTE / SIT. VITA COMOE / DIA (Let life be a comedy) / 1577" Manuscript images and descriptions are created and provided through Preservation and Access grants awarded to the Walters Art Museum by the National Endowment for the Humanities, 2008-2014. Images, manuscript descriptions, and associated data on this Web site are released for free under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported license for anyone who wants to use them. creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en Access a complete set of high-resolution archival images of this manuscript for free on thedigitalwalters.org/01_ACCESS_WALTERS_MANUSCRIPTS.html For a digital “turning the pages” presentation of the manuscripts and downloadable PDFs, visit the Walters Art Museum’s Web site: art.thewalters.org/browse/category/manuscript-and-rare-bo... This sixteenth-century Book of Hours was created by one of the followers of the Master of the Prayer Books of Bruges for the usage of Rome in 1510. In 1577, it was acquired by Charles de la Porte, who commissioned its rebinding, and had the armorial shield of his family added to a decorated initial on fol. 136r. While the manuscript's illuminations are relatively spare in their renderings, they include a number of unusual details. The margins of the Crucifixion (fol. 17v-18r) and the beginning of the Devotional Sequence (fol. 140r) contain segmented borders divided by red and white tree trunks with peeling or "bleeding" bark, thus unifying the two sets of prayer. Also of note is the miniature depicting the Pentecost, where Mary is shown kneeling in prayer. Decorated initials are present throughout the manuscript. This manuscript appears to have been used infrequently by its original owner, with limited dirt and wear on most of the pages. Sixteenth century in eastern France; dark brown calf; gold blocked and tooled, with central oval composed of wreath and foliated scrolls, with similar design on both front and back cover; spine contains gold-tooled inscription: "ANNO / CAROLUS / *DE*LA* / PORTE / SIT. VITA COMOE / DIA (Let life be a comedy) / 1577" Manuscript images and descriptions are created and provided through Preservation and Access grants awarded to the Walters Art Museum by the National Endowment for the Humanities, 2008-2014. Images, manuscript descriptions, and associated data on this Web site are released for free under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported license for anyone who wants to use them. creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en Access a complete set of high-resolution archival images of this manuscript for free on thedigitalwalters.org/01_ACCESS_WALTERS_MANUSCRIPTS.html For a digital “turning the pages” presentation of the manuscripts and downloadable PDFs, visit the Walters Art Museum’s Web site: art.thewalters.org/browse/category/manuscript-and-rare-bo... | ||||
