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Source Description
This folio comes from a fragmentary Book of Hours created in Ghent ca. 1300. It was made 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 marginal drolleries and grotesques, making it a rich and charming book even in its fragmentary state.
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Document identity
localId
95335
label
Leaf from Book of Hours: Seven Penitential Psalms, Initial D with the Martyrdom of the Apostle Peter
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1
Source metadata
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95335
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object
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normalized
title
Leaf from Book of Hours: Seven Penitential Psalms, Initial D with the Martyrdom of the Apostle Peter
description
This folio comes from a fragmentary Book of Hours created in Ghent ca. 1300. It was made 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 marginal drolleries and grotesques, making it a rich and charming book even in its fragmentary state.
provenance
Gruel and Engelmann Collection, Paris, late 19th-early 20th century; purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1903; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
date
early 14th century (Gothic)
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CC0
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en
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illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
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1
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1
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import
dimensions
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cm
width
6.8
height
4.7
dimensionsRaw
H: 2 11/16 × W: 1 7/8 in. (6.8 × 4.7 cm)
Source extras
med
ink and pigments on parchment
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6505
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none
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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5a8698945123b621