1246 : Hours (Paris)(Grandes heures of Philip the Bold)
Number
1246
Shelf Marks
- Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, 3-1954 (+ Brussels, KBR 11035-7)
- Mrs. W.F. Harvey (Parbrook Heath House, Hampshire)
Owners before c.1550
- Philip the Bold
- John the Fearless
- Philip the Good
- Library Burgundian Dukes
Commissioners
- Philip the Bold
- Sovereign: Prince
- Gender : Man
- Philip the Good
- Sovereign: Prince
- Gender : Man
Country
United Kingdom
Ownership Category
Public
Scribe
Jean l'Avenant
Origin
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Place
- Details : Paris + SN
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Date
- Date details : 1376-1378 (Paris); c.1390 (Paris); c.1440 (SN); 1451 (SN)
- Half centuries : 1450-1499
- Decade : 1450 - 1459
Physical description
Measurements
- 257 (275??) leaves
- Size categories of height : 250-274 mm
- Height of text blocks : 253 mm
- Width of text blocks : 178 mm
Illustrations
- Information on the illustrations : 18 miniatures from 15th c., 127 miniatures from 14th c.
- Total number of illustrations : 18
- Number of miniatures : 18
- Number of historiated initials :
- Number of grisailles :
- Number of drawings :
Miniaturists
- Dreux Jehan / M Girart de Rousillon
- Jan de Tavernier
- Willem Vrelant (1451)
- M Wauquelin's Alexander
- Marc Caussin
- other hands
Material
Parchment
Binding
- Description :
- Dating : (no data)
Content
Genre
books of hours and prayer books
Authors
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Translators
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Contents
- 1 : Hours (Paris)(Grandes heures of Philip the Bold)
Languages
- Latin
- French
Bibliography
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Photo Archives
Leuven, Illuminare, Slides nos. 03020-1