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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

  • Place
    • Region : Flanders
    • Towns : Lille
    • Details : Lille ? (Bruges ?)
  • 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)

Responsable

Hanno Wijsman