Book of Hours, use of Rennes

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Book of Hours, use of Rennes

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Item No: mcaw040372
Title: Book of Hours, use of Rennes
Additional Title: Book of Hours, use of Rennes
Script: Gothic bookhand
Language: Latin
Folio Number: f. 37v
Source: Rare Book Department
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This manuscript has been dated to ca. 1405. The scribe Johannes Parvus signed his name on f. 206v.

This miniature begins Lauds of the Hours of the Virgin. 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.


Sirsi Catalog Key: 1457701
Country: Country:France
City/Town/Township:Paris

Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): 1415
ShelfMark: Widener 4
Creator Name: Egerton Master, follower of - Artist
Johannes Parvus (a.k.a. Jean Le Petit) - Scribe

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