Loftie Hours

mid 15th century

9.5 cm 14.5 cm

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This mid-fifteenth-century illuminated Book of Hours is written entirely in Dutch on fine parchment, and is remarkable for its eighteen grisaille miniatures. The technique, wherein the figures are modeled primarily in a gray wash, became a favorite in the Netherlands, and the...

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provenance	provenance Margriete rogm[arie?] ca. 1440-1450; Rev. W. J. Loftie (1839-1911) Collection [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [Burlington Fine Arts Club Exhibition, catalogue no. 243, 1907-1908]; Acquired by Henry Walters from Leon Gruel, prior to 1931, no. 1164; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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language	language en
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ink and pigments on thin to medium weight, clean white vellum, well surfaced on both sides, very few hair follicles show; miniatures on heavier parchment covered with binding; Binding: worn brown panel-stamped calf over boards, blind, probably fifteenth century; frame of double fillets enclosing to rectangular panel stamps, each 50 x 71 mm, of two files of three mythological beasts and grotesques, surrounded by an inscription in Gothic script (the inscription is illegible and the beasts not identifiable because of wear to the binding); sewn on four raised bands, rebacked; post-medieval brass catch and clasp; edges gilt

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illuminated manuscripts

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Masters of the Delft Grisailles

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Manuscripts and Rare Books

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