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Oct 15, 2012
Oct 15, 2012

Leaf from a Book of Hours: Adoration of the Magi (recto) and Text with Illustrated Border (verso) (3 of 3 Excised Leaves)

Leaf from a Book of Hours: Adoration of the Magi (recto) and Text with Illustrated Border (verso) (3 of 3 Excised Leaves)

c. 1510

Part of a set. See all set records

This object has related works. See Leaf from a Book of Hours: Calendar Page for May (recto) and Calendar Page for June (verso) (2 of 3 Excised Leaves); Leaf from a Book of Hours: Adam and Eve and the Fall of Man (Prefatory Miniature to the Office of the Virgin) (recto) and Text with Illustrated Border (verso) (1 of 3 Excised Leaves)

France, Rouen, 16th century

Ink, tempera and liquid gold on vellum

Leaf: 19.5 x 13 cm (7 11/16 x 5 1/8 in.)

The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection 2011.66

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Part of a book of hours, this miniature opens the prayers to be recited at sext, or the sixth hour of the day.

Description

Architectural frames, as in this miniature, became popular with the reception of Renaissance motifs north of the Alps. Winged putti, urns, garlands, masks, and scallop shells surround the main scene. These elements could be assembled in different ways so no two margins were identical. The figures themselves are still Gothic in style, with stiff folds in their clothes’ drapery. Rouen in the late 1400s and early 1500s was an established and important center of book production. Richly decorated literary texts and books of hours, such as the one which held this leaf, were made for sale next to the cathedral.

See also
Collection: 
MED - Manuscript Illuminations
Department: 
Medieval Art
Type of artwork: 
Manuscript
Medium: 
Ink, tempera and liquid gold on vellum
Credit line: 
The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection

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