Item Info

Script: Gothic bookhand
Language: Latin
Folio Number: f. 117v
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes: This manuscript has been dated to ca. 1405. The scribe Johannes Parvus signed his name on f. 206v.
Notes: This miniature of the "Mercy-Seat" Trinity opens the Hours of the Holy Spirit. This type of Trinity shows God the Father holding the Crucifix, with the Holy Spirit flying between them. This miniature was painted by the Luçon Master, one of the finest painters working in France in the beginning of the fifteenth century. His work is a prime example of the International Style, a style associated with courtly European culture at this time.
Notes: Trinity
Sirsi Catalog Key: 1457701
Country: Country:France
City/Town/Township:Paris

Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): 1415
Image Dimensions Width: 210 mm
ShelfMark: Widener 4
Creator Name: Luçon Master - Artist
Johannes Parvus (a.k.a. Jean Le Petit) - Scribe