Book of Hours

ca. 1450

16.3 cm 21.7 cm

Citation Source image

Completed for liturgical use of the Augustinian Canons of the Windesheim Chapter ca. 1450, this Book of Hours features eleven extant miniatures and nine historiated initials. The manuscript was illuminated by the Master of the Ghent Privileges and associates, possibly in Tourn...

Artifact

id
id
33924
contentType
contentType
object
stage
stage
normalized
provenance
provenance
Havet family, Tournai, Belgium (?), late 15th century [1] [2]. Acquired by Gruel and Engelmann, Paris, late 19th-early 20th century [3]; purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore, early 20th century; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.[1] Suggested by an added armorial design on fol. 8r[2] Two otther added inscriptions point to previous owners: a 16th century inscription on fol. 1r, ""servio Alberto Godefrido Cluter"" and a date that appears to be ""1504""; modern pencil notation ""N. 1200"" on front flyleaf ii,r[3] Their bookplate inscribed ""No. 60"" on front pastedown
rightsUri
rightsUri
CC0
language
language
en
pageCount
pageCount
7
source
source
import
Source image fields (5)
thumbnailUrl https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.172_Fp_DD_001_sap.jpg
largeImageUrl https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.172_Fp_DD_001_sap.jpg
iiifBase https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.172_Fp_DD_001_sap.jpg
imageCount 7
sourceUrl https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.172