708 : Hours (Tournai, SN, Rome)
Number
708
Shelf Marks
- Baltimore, WAG, W 435
- Olschki (in 1910-1912)
Owners before c.1550
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Commissioners
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Country
USA
Ownership Category
Public
Origin
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Place
- Region : Flanders
- Towns : Lille
- Details : Lille ? (Bruges ?)
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Date
- Date details : c.1490
- Half centuries : 1450-1499
- Decade : 1490 - 1499
Physical description
Measurements
- 188 leaves
- Size categories of height : 150-174 mm
- Height of text blocks : 159 mm
- Width of text blocks : 120 mm
Illustrations
- Information on the illustrations : 12 large, 25 small miniatures
- Total number of illustrations : 37
- Number of miniatures : 37
- Number of historiated initials :
- Number of grisailles :
- Number of drawings :
Miniaturists
- Jean Markant
- M Edward IV (influence)
Material
Parchment
Binding
- Description : c.1550-1600 (crimson velvet over wooden boards)
- Dating : 1550-1600
Content
Genre
books of hours and prayer books
Authors
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Translators
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Contents
- 1 : Hours (Tournai, SN, Rome)
Languages
- Latin
- French
Bibliography
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. 102 (ill. 124)
Dominique Vanwijnsberghe, ‘Marketing Books for Burghers: Jean Markant’s Activity in Tournai, Lille, and Bruges’, Elizabeth Morrison & Thomas Kren (eds.), Flemish Manuscript Painting in Context. Recent Research, Los Angeles 2006, 135-148, no 1
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. 284 (ill. XLIa, 531: f.25v-26, 101v-102)