Ask the Scholar
Document scope · 1 page
Scholar
Ask about this object, its catalog metadata, its source description, or the page inventory.
For page-specific OCR and visual context, open one of the page chats.
Source Description
Printed books of hours were produced between 1485 and 1520. Significantly less expensive than handwritten production, printing made books of hours’ popularity 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. Open to the suffrages, indicated in red at the top, one page is devoted to Saint Anne and one to Mary Magdalene. Other versions of this book of hours have less color and attention to detail, indicating a higher price paid for this edition.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
167481
label
Printed Book of Hours (Use of Rome): fol. 109r, Mary Magdalene
core
obj
dtoType
object
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
167481
contentType
object
title
Printed Book of Hours (Use of Rome): fol. 109r, Mary Magdalene
description
Printed books of hours were produced between 1485 and 1520. Significantly less expensive than handwritten production, printing made books of hours’ popularity 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. Open to the suffrages, indicated in red at the top, one page is devoted to Saint Anne and one to Mary Magdalene. Other versions of this book of hours have less color and attention to detail, indicating a higher price paid for this edition.
date
1510
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79999379
creators
58485
genreSpecific
Bound Volume
imageCount
1
source
import
cul
France, Paris
accession
2009.276.109.a
Source extras
tec
112 printed folios on parchment, bound
tombstone
Printed Book of Hours (Use of Rome): fol. 109r, Mary Magdalene, 1510. Guillaume Le Rouge (French, Paris, active 1493–1517). 112 printed folios on parchment, bound. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 2009.276.109.a
collection
MED - Manuscript Illuminations
inscriptions
inscription
Suffragia
Ant: Maria ergo unxit pedes Iesu et extersit capillis suis: et domus impleta est ex odore unguenti. V: Dimissa sunt ei peccata multa. Ant: Maria ergo unxit pedes Iesu et extersit capillis suis: et domus impleta est ex odore unguenti. Oratio: Largire nobis clementissime pater quod sicut beata Maria Magdalena dominum nostrum Iesum Christum super omnia diligendo suorum obtinuit veniam peccaminum: ita nobis apud tuam misericordiam sempiternam impetret beatitudinem. Per eundem dominum nostrum Iesum Christum filium tuum. Qui tecum vivit et regnat in…
inscription_translation
Ant: Therefore Mary poured oil on the feet of Jesus and wiped them with her hair, and the house was filled with the scent of the oil. V: Many sins were forgiven her. R: Because she loved much. Prayer: Grant to us, most merciful Father, that just as the blessed Mary Magdalene obtained pardon for her sins by loving our Lord Jesus Christ above all things, so she may obtain for us in the presence of thine eternal mercy a blessing. Through the same, our Lord Jesus Christ thy Son, who liveth and reigneth…
didYouKnow
A typical book of hours contains around a dozen suffrages, also known as memorials, from the Latin <em>memoriae</em>.
creditline
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
updatedAt
2026-05-29 08:37:50.452000
sourceId
167481
dept
Medieval Art
coll
MED - Manuscript Illuminations
med
112 printed folios on parchment, bound
creatorTags
male
thumbnail_url
image_url
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
d615674ad73e02b8