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| Keywords: devotional book of hours bookofhours french heraldry ornament painting christian book codex illumination manuscript miniature walters art museum waltersartmuseum flanders france 15th century 15thcentury devotion photo border drawing This Book of Hours was created ca. 1435-1440 in Amiens by artists from the circle of the Master of W.281 (Randall, cat. 112) for a female patron depicted on fol. 135r. The manuscript contains fourteen miniatures and is localized to Amiens by the contents of the calendar and litany, which include many saints particular to that region. Quire 12 (fols. 82-89) is misbound with quire 13 (fols. 90-97), with Suffrages and the Seven Verses of St. Bernard (fols. 82-89) intended to be after the Office of the Dead (fols. 90-128), as evinced by the location of the rubric for the Office of the Dead on fol. 81v. All manuscript images and descriptions were created and are provided through Preservation and Access grants awarded to the Walters Art Museum by the National Endowment for the Humanities, 2008-2015. Access a complete set of high-resolution archival images of this manuscript for free on The Digital Walters (www.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 Website (art.thewalters.org/browse/category/manuscript-and-rare-bo...). This Book of Hours was created ca. 1435-1440 in Amiens by artists from the circle of the Master of W.281 (Randall, cat. 112) for a female patron depicted on fol. 135r. The manuscript contains fourteen miniatures and is localized to Amiens by the contents of the calendar and litany, which include many saints particular to that region. Quire 12 (fols. 82-89) is misbound with quire 13 (fols. 90-97), with Suffrages and the Seven Verses of St. Bernard (fols. 82-89) intended to be after the Office of the Dead (fols. 90-128), as evinced by the location of the rubric for the Office of the Dead on fol. 81v. All manuscript images and descriptions were created and are provided through Preservation and Access grants awarded to the Walters Art Museum by the National Endowment for the Humanities, 2008-2015. Access a complete set of high-resolution archival images of this manuscript for free on The Digital Walters (www.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 Website (art.thewalters.org/browse/category/manuscript-and-rare-bo...). | ||||
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