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Source Description
This prayer book was written in Dutch ca. 1475. It is notable for its full-page miniature introducing the prayers, which represents a clock containing the crown of thorns, centered between the names of Christ and the Virgin in gold and blue. Reference to the mystical meaning of the clock is found in the manuscript, which contains Henry Suso's text of the clock of the eternal wisdom.
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Document identity
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32217
label
Illuminiated Prayer Book
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object
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Source metadata
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32217
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object
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normalized
title
Illuminiated Prayer Book
description
This prayer book was written in Dutch ca. 1475. It is notable for its full-page miniature introducing the prayers, which represents a clock containing the crown of thorns, centered between the names of Christ and the Virgin in gold and blue. Reference to the mystical meaning of the clock is found in the manuscript, which contains Henry Suso's text of the clock of the eternal wisdom.
provenance
Aert de Cort and Elizabeth de Cort, 16th century [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Adolfo E. Schramm, 19th century [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1994, by purchase.
date
1475
citationUrl
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CC0
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en
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illuminated manuscripts
prayer books
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1
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1
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import
dimensions
units
cm
width
16.1
height
11
dimensionsRaw
Folio H: 6 5/16 × W: 4 5/16 in. (16.1 × 11 cm)
Source extras
med
ink and pigments on finely finished thick parchment bound between wooden boards covered with brown calfskin
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6227
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MSS
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22
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1
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0
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photo
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