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702  :  Hours (Bruges, (Utrecht?), Rome)

Number

702


Shelf Marks

  • Baltimore, WAG, W 427
  • Henry Walters
  • Gruel

Owners before c.1550

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Commissioners

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Country

USA


Ownership Category

Public

Origin

  • Place
    • Region : Flanders
    • Details : Ghent / Bruges
  • Date
    • Date details : c.1505 (c.1500-1510 / c.1500 ?)
    • Half centuries : 1500-1549
    • Decade : 1500 - 1509

Physical description

Measurements

  • 219 leaves
  • Size categories of height : 100-124 mm
  • Height of text blocks : 101 mm
  • Width of text blocks : 070 mm

Illustrations

  • Information on the illustrations : 19 miniatures, 24 calendar miniatures, einzelmotive
  • Total number of illustrations : 31
  • Number of miniatures : 19
  • Number of historiated initials : 12
  • Number of grisailles :
  • Number of drawings :

Miniaturists

  • M Davidscenes Grimani
  • M Prayer Books c.1500 (influence)
  • M Dresden Prayer Book (influence)

Material

Parchment

Binding

  • Description : 19th/20th c. (crimson velvet)
  • Dating : 1800-1900


Content

Genre

books of hours and prayer books

Authors

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Translators

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Contents

  • 1 : Hours (Bruges, (Utrecht?), Rome)

Languages

  • Latin

Bibliography

Thomas Kren, ‘Flemish Manuscript Illumination 1475-1550’, Thomas Kren (ed.), Renaissance Painting in Manuscripts. Treasures from the British Library, New York-Malibu-London 1983, 1-86, p.059 (n.05) (Hrs., architectural borders)

Roger S. Wieck, with essays by Lawrence R. Poos, Virginia Reinburg & John Plummer, Time Sanctified. The Book of Hours in Medieval Art and Life, exhib. cat., New York-Baltimore 1988, no. 103 (ill. 066)

Bodo Brinkmann, Offizium der Madonna der Codex Vat. Lat. 10293 und verwandte kleine Stundenbücher mit Architekturbordüren (Kommentarband bei Faksimileausgabe), Zurich 1992, Group M Davidscenes Grimani with architectural borders (M Davidscenes Grimani, after 1500)

Anne-Margreet As-Vijvers, Randversieringen in Gents-Brugse manuscripten.De Meester van de Davidscènes en andere verluchters als specialisten in margedecoratie, doctoral dissertation, University of Amsterdam 2002, (part of corpus)

Jonathan J.G. Alexander, James H. Marrow & Lucy Freeman Sandler (with the assistance of Elisabeth Moodey and Todor T. Petev), The Splendor of the Word. Medieval and Renaissance Illuminated Manuscripts at the New York Public Library, exhib. cat., New York-London-Turnhout 2005, see no. 65

Anne-Margreet As-Vijvers, ‘Manuscript Production in a Carmelite Convent: The Case of Cornelia van Wulfschkercke’, Sandra Hindman & James H. Marrow (eds.), Books of Hours Reconsidered, London-Turnhout 2013, p. 279-296, 11.26

Lilian M.C. Randall, assisted by Judith H. Oliver, Christopher Clarkson & Claudia Mark, Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Walters Art Gallery. Vol. III: Belgium, 1250-1530, 2 vols., Baltimore-London 1997, no. 290 (ill. XLIIIb, 541-543: f.6v, 18v, 158v-159)

Online Informations and images

http://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.427/browse

Responsable

Hanno Wijsman