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Book of Hours
(Medieval Europe , Manuscripts and Rare Books)
This Book of Hours was created ca. 1460-70 CE in Bruges by the circle of Willem Vrelant. It contains six extant full-page miniatures, which were inserted or painted on the versos of folios left blank, with the images on fols. 101v and 120v created by a different artist. A highly embellished upper board was added in Germany in the nineteenth century that contains an ivory Christ nailed to an engraved gilded cross.
Provenance
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Unknown Italian owner, 17th century [1]. Purchased by Peter Marié, New York, August 1891 [2]; Marié Sale, New York, 1903, no. 573; purchased by George Richmond, New York, 1903; purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
[1] Addition of Italian prayer on fol. 2r
[2] Possibly purchased in Germany; inscription on flyleaf i, v reads "573/Homburg August 1891/XIV/750 [crossed out]/647/1600 marks"; sticker on same flyleaf indicates he loaned it to Grolier Club in 1892, inscribed "P. Marie/ No. 8 [crossed out]/No. 77"
Exhibitions
| 1991 | The Gothic Revival: The Illuminated Manuscript in Medieval and Modern Times. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Geographies
Belgium, Bruges
(Place of Origin)
Germany, Frankfurt (Place of Binding)
Measurements
Folio H: 4 5/16 × W: 3 3/16 in. (11 × 8.1 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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W.184