Book of Hours
This large Book of Hours was created ca. 1440-50 in Bruges by the Masters of the Gold Scrolls. The original female patron was especially devoted to Franciscan and French saints, as evinced by the content of the calendar, litany, and suffrages. Although six images have been los...
Artifact
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9172
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object
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normalized
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provenance
Jean-Baptiste Verdussen, Anvers, mid 18th century [1]; Verdussen Sale, July 1776, no. 30; purchased by Van Merlen, Anvers, 1776 [2]. Unknown owner, France, 19th century [3]. Count Alfred Werlé, Rheims, late 19th-early 20th century [4]; Werlé Sale, Paris, February 5 1908, no. 6. Purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.[1] His bookplates (the design of which also served as his printer's device) on both front and back pastedowns, inscribed ""TUTISSIMA VIRTUS PIETAS HOMINI""[2] Recorded in Oxford copy of catalog in manuscript after p. 18[3] ""No. 28"" on front flyleaf recto and contents list on front flyleaf verso[4] His bookplate with monogram and ""No. 1776"" on front pastedown
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CC0
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en
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1
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Source image fields (5)
| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.173_Fnt_DD_0001_sap.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.173_Fnt_DD_0001_sap.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.173_Fnt_DD_0001_sap.jpg |
| imageCount | 1 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.173 |