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3550  :  Hours (of Emperor Ferdinand I)

Number

3550


Shelf Marks

  • Wien, ÖNB, 1875

Owners before c.1550

  • Emperor Charles V ?
  • Emperor Ferdinand I
  • Emperor Maximiliaan II

Commissioners

  • Emperor Charles V
    • Sovereign: Prince
    • Gender : Man

Country

Austria


Ownership Category

Public

Origin

  • Place
    • Region : Flanders
    • Details : Flanders
  • Date
    • Date details : c.1530 (c.1510-1520 ?)
    • Half centuries : 1500-1549
    • Decade : 1530 - 1539

Physical description

Measurements

  • 266 (2+264) leaves
  • Size categories of height : 200-224 mm
  • Height of text blocks : 212 mm
  • Width of text blocks : 145 mm

Illustrations

  • Information on the illustrations : 11 large, 17 small miniatures
  • Total number of illustrations : 28
  • Number of miniatures : 28
  • Number of historiated initials :
  • Number of grisailles :
  • Number of drawings :

Miniaturists

  • M Morgan 491
  • M Charles V (circle)
  • M Davidscenes Grimani (one miniature)

Material

Parchment

Binding

  • Description : (black velvet)
  • Dating : Unknown


Content

Genre

books of hours and prayer books

Authors

/

Translators

/

Contents

  • 1 : Hours (of Emperor Ferdinand I)

Languages

  • Latin

Bibliography

Bulletin de la Société française de reproductions de manuscrits à peintures, Paris 1912, ill. 24 (f.36v-37)

Franz Unterkircher, Bibliothèque nationale d’Autriche. Manuscrits et livres imprimés concernant l’histoire des Pays-Bas 1475-1600, exhib. cat., Brussels 1962, 074 (ill. 26: f.1v)

Bodo Brinkmann, Offizium der Madonna der Codex Vat. Lat. 10293 und verwandte kleine Stundenbücher mit Architekturbordüren (Kommentarband bei Faksimileausgabe), Zurich 1992, p.036 (n.24) (M Davidscenes Grimani: 1 min.)

Maurits Smeyers en Jan Van der Stock (eds.), Flemish Illuminated Manuscripts, 1475-1550, Ghent 1997 [also published in Dutch: Vlaamse miniaturen voor vorsten en burgers, 1475-1550, Ghent 1997], Fig. 39 (f.81v)

Thomas Kren & Scot McKendrick, with contributions by Maryan W. Ainsworth, Mari-Tere Alvarez, Brigitte Dekeyser, Richard Gay, Elisabeth Morrison & Catherine Reynolds, Illuminating the Renaissance. The Triumph of Flemish Manuscript Painting in Europe, exhib. cat., Los Angeles-London 2003, p.383-5, 495-496 (M Davidscenes, M Morgan 491)

Photo Archives

Brussels, IRPA-KIK, File Autriche 02 (14 photos)

Responsable

Hanno Wijsman