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Book of Hours

Flemish (Artist)

ca. 1470-1480

ink and pigments on parchment bound between boards covered with velvet
(Manuscripts and Rare Books, Medieval Europe )

This Flemish Book of Hours was produced between 1470 and 1480, most likely in either western Flanders or northern France, and probably for an ecclesiastical patron. The significant number of saints in the calendar affiliated with the diocese of Thérouanne, and more broadly northwestern Flanders, may indicate the region of production. The twenty-three full-page polychrome miniatures and six historiated initials show an influence of Simon Marmion, who was active at Valenciennes in the second half of the fifteenth century, and possibly Colin of Amiens, who was active in Paris and Tournai during the same period.

Provenance

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Family of de Sains-Ailly, Picardy [1]. Purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.

[1] Coat of arms on fol. 129r

Exhibitions

2014-2016	From Rye to Raphael: The Walters Story. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.
1982	God's Minstrel: St. Francis of Assisi. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
7/7/2015	Treatment	examined for exhibition; media consolidation

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Geographies

France (Place of Origin) Belgium, Flanders (Place of Origin)

Measurements

Folio H: 3 3/4 × W: 2 1/4 in. (9.5 × 5.75 cm)

Credit Line

Acquired by Henry Walters before 1931

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

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W.204

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