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2838  :  Hours (Tournai)

Number

2838


Shelf Marks

  • Paris, BNF, lat 1364
  • Colbert

Owners before c.1550

  • monk inl St-Martin convent ?

Commissioners

  • monk inl St-Martin convent ?
    • Clergy
    • Gender : Institution

Country

France


Ownership Category

Public

Origin

  • Place
    • Region : Flanders
    • Towns : Tournai
    • Details : Tournai
  • Date
    • Date details : c.1400-1410
    • Half centuries : 1400-1449
    • Decade : 1400 - 1409


Physical description

Measurements

  • 259 (4+255) leaves
  • Size categories of height : 125-149 mm
  • Height of text blocks : 135 mm
  • Width of text blocks : 095 mm

Illustrations

  • Total number of illustrations : 78
  • Number of miniatures :
  • Number of historiated initials :
  • Number of grisailles : 78
  • Number of drawings :

Miniaturists

  • Jean Semont
  • M White Backgrounds

Material

Parchment

Binding

  • Description : 17th c.
  • Dating : 1600-1700


Content

Genre

books of hours and prayer books

Authors

/

Translators

/

Contents

  • 1 : Hours (Tournai)

Languages

  • Latin
  • French

Bibliography

Maurits Smeyers, Bert Cardon, Susie Vertongeren, Katrien Smeyers & Rita Van Dooren, Naer natueren ghelike. Vlaamse miniaturen voor Van Eyck (ca. 1350 – ca. 1420), Leuven 1993, no. 60

Bernard Bousmanne & Thierry Delcourt (dir.), Ilona Hans-Collas, Pascal Schandel, Céline Van Hoorebeeck & Michiel Verweij (eds.), Miniatures flamandes, 1404-1492, exhib. cat. (Brussels-Paris, 2011-2012), Paris-Brussels, 2011, No. 004, p. 027, 36, 131, 136, 150

Dominique Vanwijnsberghe, “Moult bons et notables”. L’enluminure tournaisienne à l’époque de Robert Campin (1380-1430), Leuven 2007, no. 17

Online Informations and images

See: http://images.bnf.fr/

Photo Archives

Paris, BNF, bl-w photo collection: 13 photos

Responsable

Hanno Wijsman