Book of Hours

early 14th century (Gothic)

4.7 cm 6.8 cm

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This fragmentary Book of Hours was created in Ghent ca. 1300 for the use of a woman with Dominican ties. Although quite a bit of text and imagery is missing, including the calendar and Office of the Dead, this tiny manuscript is lavishly decorated on nearly every page with mar...

Artifact

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16130
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object
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normalized
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provenance
Gruel and Engelmann Collection, Paris, late 19th-early 20th century; purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1903; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
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CC0
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en
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13
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