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Source Description
This prayer book was produced ca. 1430-40, likely in Brabant, but the contents of the calendar point to Tournai and Cambrai, and the Office of the Dead is for the use of Liège. North Netherlandish influence, possibly connected with works by the Masters of the Gold Scrolls, is suggested by the style and iconography of its images. The manuscript is notable for its large number of miniatures--forty-eight in total--as well as the sense of narrative within them, and the diversity of the suffrages they illustrate is striking. That the original owner had a strong interest in the Passion is evident in both the choice of texts and the images. The manuscript was well used, and accrued not only additional prayers and suffrages, but devotional objects as well: a pilgrim's badge was once attached to the corner of the image for the suffrage to relics on fol. 160r.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
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40576
label
Prayer Book, including Office of the Dead
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object
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1
Source metadata
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40576
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object
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normalized
title
Prayer Book, including Office of the Dead
description
This prayer book was produced ca. 1430-40, likely in Brabant, but the contents of the calendar point to Tournai and Cambrai, and the Office of the Dead is for the use of Liège. North Netherlandish influence, possibly connected with works by the Masters of the Gold Scrolls, is suggested by the style and iconography of its images. The manuscript is notable for its large number of miniatures--forty-eight in total--as well as the sense of narrative within them, and the diversity of the suffrages they illustrate is striking. That the original owner had a strong interest in the Passion is evident in both the choice of texts and the images. The manuscript was well used, and accrued not only additional prayers and suffrages, but devotional objects as well: a pilgrim's badge was once attached to the corner of the image for the suffrage to relics on fol. 160r.
provenance
Owned by Damascène Morgand (?), Paris [1]. Purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore, early 20th century; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.[1] His possible inventory number ""15283"" inscribed on front pastedown
date
ca. 1430-1440
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CC0
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en
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illuminated manuscripts
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1
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1
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import
dimensions
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cm
width
13.8
height
10.2
dimensionsRaw
Folio H: 5 7/16 × W: 4 in. (13.8 × 10.2 cm)
Source extras
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ink and pigments on parchment bound between boards covered with leather
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6505
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Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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208be7b9a5b8a9bf