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703  :  Hours (Bruges?, Utrecht?, Rome)

Number

703


Shelf Marks

  • Baltimore, WAG, W 428

Owners before c.1550

  • (in Italy)

Commissioners

  • (Italian market)
    • Foreigner
    • Gender :

Country

USA


Ownership Category

Public

Origin

  • Place
    • Region : Flanders
    • Details : Ghent / Bruges
  • Date
    • Date details : c.1495-1510
    • Half centuries : 1500-1549
    • Decade : 1500 - 1509

Physical description

Measurements

  • 222 leaves
  • Size categories of height : 075-099 mm
  • Height of text blocks : 097 mm
  • Width of text blocks : 068 mm

Illustrations

  • Information on the illustrations : 21 miniatures, 24 calendar miniatures, 1 historiated initials
  • Total number of illustrations : 34
  • Number of miniatures : 21
  • Number of historiated initials : 13
  • Number of grisailles :
  • Number of drawings :

Miniaturists

  • M Davidscenes Grimani (workshop)
  • M Prayer Books c.1500 (circle)

Material

Parchment

Contemporary Bindings


Content

Genre

books of hours and prayer books

Authors

/

Translators

/

Contents

  • 1 : Hours (Bruges?, Utrecht?, Rome)

Languages

  • Other (Italian + Latin)

Bibliography

Thomas Kren, ‘Flemish Manuscript Illumination 1475-1550’, Thomas Kren (ed.), Renaissance Painting in Manuscripts. Treasures from the British Library, New York-Malibu-London 1983, 1-86, p.059 (n.06) (Hrs., architectural borders)

Roger S. Wieck, with essays by Lawrence R. Poos, Virginia Reinburg & John Plummer, Time Sanctified. The Book of Hours in Medieval Art and Life, exhib. cat., New York-Baltimore 1988, no. 104 (ill. 024)

Bodo Brinkmann, Offizium der Madonna der Codex Vat. Lat. 10293 und verwandte kleine Stundenbücher mit Architekturbordüren (Kommentarband bei Faksimileausgabe), Zurich 1992, Group M Davidscenes Grimani with architectural borders

Bodo Brinkmann, Die flämische Buchmalerei am Ende des Burgunderreichs: der Meister des Dresdener Gebetbuchs und die Miniaturisten seiner Zeit, 2 vols., Turnhout 1997, p.378 (n21)

Jonathan J.G. Alexander, James H. Marrow & Lucy Freeman Sandler (with the assistance of Elisabeth Moodey and Todor T. Petev), The Splendor of the Word. Medieval and Renaissance Illuminated Manuscripts at the New York Public Library, exhib. cat., New York-London-Turnhout 2005, see no. 65

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 (M Davidscenes)

Lilian M.C. Randall, assisted by Judith H. Oliver, Christopher Clarkson & Claudia Mark, Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Walters Art Gallery. Vol. III: Belgium, 1250-1530, 2 vols., Baltimore-London 1997, no. 289 (ill. XLIIIa, 539-40: f.17v-18, 32v-33, 87v-88)

Online Informations and images

http://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.428/browse

Photo Archives

Brussels, KBR, bl-w photo collection: 1 photo

Responsable

Hanno Wijsman