Book of Hours

ca. 1505 (Renaissance)

14.2 cm 22.7 cm 3.7 cm

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Books of Hours, which contained daily prayers, were the jewels of manuscript production, so the creation of acceptable printed equivalents was challenging. Printing Books of Hours on parchment and employing artists to paint the images and initials by hand went a long way towar...

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25539
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Acquired by Henry Walters, Baltimore; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
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en
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9
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