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Source Description
This Book of Hours was created ca. 1460-70 CE in Bruges by the circle of Willem Vrelant. It contains six extant full-page miniatures, which were inserted or painted on the versos of folios left blank, with the images on fols. 101v and 120v created by a different artist. A highly embellished upper board was added in Germany in the nineteenth century that contains an ivory Christ nailed to an engraved gilded cross.
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Document identity
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11347
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Book of Hours
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Book of Hours
description
This Book of Hours was created ca. 1460-70 CE in Bruges by the circle of Willem Vrelant. It contains six extant full-page miniatures, which were inserted or painted on the versos of folios left blank, with the images on fols. 101v and 120v created by a different artist. A highly embellished upper board was added in Germany in the nineteenth century that contains an ivory Christ nailed to an engraved gilded cross.
provenance
Unknown Italian owner, 17th century [1]. Purchased by Peter Marié, New York, August 1891 [2]; Marié Sale, New York, 1903, no. 573; purchased by George Richmond, New York, 1903; purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.[1] Addition of Italian prayer on fol. 2r[2] Possibly purchased in Germany; inscription on flyleaf i, v reads ""573/Homburg August 1891/XIV/750 [crossed out]/647/1600 marks""; sticker on same flyleaf indicates he loaned it to Grolier Club in 1892, inscribed ""P. Marie/ No. 8 [crossed out]/No. 77""
date
ca. 1460-1470
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CC0
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en
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illuminated manuscripts
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15
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cm
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11
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8.1
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Folio H: 4 5/16 × W: 3 3/16 in. (11 × 8.1 cm)
Source extras
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ink and pigments on parchment bound between boards covered with leather, gilded metal, and ivory
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