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Source Description
This Book of Hours was illuminated between 1460 and 1470 under the influence of Willem Vrelant in Bruges. The manuscript contains seven extant inserted full-page miniatures (eight others are now missing), and their accompanying foliate borders teem with charming grotesques, many of which are holding and reading books.
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Document identity
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39536
label
Book of Hours
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Book of Hours
description
This Book of Hours was illuminated between 1460 and 1470 under the influence of Willem Vrelant in Bruges. The manuscript contains seven extant inserted full-page miniatures (eight others are now missing), and their accompanying foliate borders teem with charming grotesques, many of which are holding and reading books.
provenance
Acquired by Henry Walters, Baltimore; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
date
ca. 1460-1470
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en
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illuminated manuscripts
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cm
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9.4
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6.7
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Folio H: 3 11/16 × W: 2 5/8 in. (9.4 × 6.7 cm)
Source extras
style
School of Vrelandt
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ink and pigments on parchment bound between boards covered with velvet and gilded silver clasps
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