Book of Hours, use of Paris

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Book of Hours, use of Paris

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Item No: mcaw081531
Additional Title: Book of Hours, use of Paris
Script: Gothic bookhand
Language: Latin
Folio Number: f. 153r
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes: Agony in the Garden
Notes: This miniature begins Matins of the Passion cycle of the Hours of the Virgin. This very luxurious book of hours was written in blue ink and gold in France in the early fifteenth century. Its decoration was left incomplete, however, until the end of the century when it was finished in Italy by two Italian illuminators, the Neapolitan Cristoforo Majorana (active ca. 1480-94) and another artist whose work is close to the Master of the della Rovere Missals (active ca. 1475-1505), an anonymous master active in Italy and France. This miniature is by Majorana.
Sirsi Catalog Key: 1611289
Country: Country:Italy
City/Town/Township:Naples

Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): 1499
Image Dimensions Width: 210 mm
ShelfMark: Widener 8
Creator Name: Cristoforo Majorana - Artist

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