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Printed books of hours were produced between 1485 and 1520. Significantly less expensive than handwritten production, printing made the popularity of books of hours soar. More than 1,775 different versions were printed during this time, allowing much customization. This hybrid version has printed text but hand-colored images and comes from Paris, a major center of book production.
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167464
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Printed Book of Hours (Use of Rome)
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167464
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Printed Book of Hours (Use of Rome)
description
Printed books of hours were produced between 1485 and 1520. Significantly less expensive than handwritten production, printing made the popularity of books of hours soar. More than 1,775 different versions were printed during this time, allowing much customization. This hybrid version has printed text but hand-colored images and comes from Paris, a major center of book production.
date
1510
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CC0
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CC0
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en
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Q60780949
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Bound Volume
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Overall: 16.7 x 10.5 x 3 cm (6 9/16 x 4 1/8 x 1 3/16 in.)
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France, Paris
accession
2009.276
Source extras
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112 printed folios on parchment, bound
tombstone
Printed Book of Hours (Use of Rome), 1510. Printed by Guillaume Le Rouge (French, Paris, active 1493–1517), miniatures by Master of the Très Petites Heures of Anne of Brittany (French, Paris, active c.1480–1510). 112 printed folios on parchment, bound; overall: 16.7 x 10.5 x 3 cm (6 9/16 x 4 1/8 x 1 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 2009.276
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MED - Manuscript Illuminations
didYouKnow
The workshop of Guillaume le Rouge was in the Neuve Notre-Dame near Paris’s Notre Dame Cathedral.
citations
citation
Brunet, Jacques-Charles. Notice sur les Heures gothiques imprimées à Paris: à la fin du quinzième siècle et dans une partie du seizième, par J.-C. Brunet. VI Paris: Impr. Firmin Didot frères, 1864.
page_number
no. 354 and supplement, I, col. 620
citation
MONCEAUX, Henri. Les Le Rouge De Chablis II 1470-1531. [A List of Works Published by Members of the Family with Short Biographical Notices.]. 1895.
page_number
no. 58 and pp. 32-33
citation
Lacombe, Paul. Livres d'heures imprimés su XVe et au XVe siècle conservés dans les bibliothèque publiques de Paris: catalogue. Nieuwkoop: B. de Graaf, 1963.
page_number
nos. 210 and 211
citation
Moreau, Brigitte, Philippe Renouard, and Stéphanie Öhlund-Rambaud. Inventaire chronologique des éditions Parisiennes du XVIe siècle. Paris: Service des Travaux Historiques de la Ville de Paris, 1972.
page_number
1510, no. 119
citation
Tenschert, Heribert, and Ina Nettekoven. Horae B.M.V. 158 Stundendrucke der Sammlung Bibermühle, 1490 - 1550 3 3. Rotthalmünster: Tenschert, 2003.
page_number
pp. 122-28, 690 ff.
citation
Nettekoven, Ina. Der Meister der Apokalypsenrose der Sainte Chapelle und die Pariser Buchkunst um 1500. Turnhout: Brepols, 2004.
citation
Hindman, Sandra. <em>Pen to Press, Paint to Print: Manuscript Illumination and Early Prints in the Age of Gutenberg. </em>Paris: Les Enluminures, 2009.
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no. 14
citation
Crist, Amy. "A Revolution in Publishing." <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em> 50, no. 4 (July/August 2010): 13-15.
page_number
Mentioned and reproduced: p. 13-15
creditline
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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2026-05-29 08:37:41.306000
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167464
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Medieval Art
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MED - Manuscript Illuminations
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112 printed folios on parchment, bound
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