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Source Description
The last page of this Book of Hours holds a rebus, a riddle created from images. In this case, it was meant to help one memorize a prayer to the Virgin Mary. The reader pieced together the intended text from the sound of the words represented by the image, although here the text is given as well. Word and image play together, for instance when the French word "de" (of) is intended, a picture of dice, "dé," is shown.
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Document identity
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26617
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Book of Hours
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Source metadata
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26617
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object
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normalized
title
Book of Hours
description
The last page of this Book of Hours holds a rebus, a riddle created from images. In this case, it was meant to help one memorize a prayer to the Virgin Mary. The reader pieced together the intended text from the sound of the words represented by the image, although here the text is given as well. Word and image play together, for instance when the French word "de" (of) is intended, a picture of dice, "dé," is shown.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore, after 1894 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1525 (Renaissance)
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CC0
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en
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rare books
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3
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3
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import
dimensionsRaw
H: 5 7/8 in. (15 cm)
Source extras
med
woodcut print on parchment between red velvet
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5349
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2829
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Page inventory
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1
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photo
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photo
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3
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photo
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